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WRITING ROOM: FROM FAMILY ROOM TO SICK ROOM AND BACK

March 10, 2021 by

A writing room is any room where writing is done. It’s a bedroom, a classroom, or living room. It could be a bar or coffee house; a bus or train. Some writing rooms belong to writers who need ‘consistency of place’ to be productive. How can you be sure your writing room is right for […]

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WRITING LIFE LOOKS FOR SMOKING WRITERS

May 5, 2020 by

Do people in the writing life smoke to show they’d rather die than change bad habits? Or maybe they secretly want to lose a few pounds, although Joan Didion may disagree. The writing life? Please. I hear that and think of droopy people sitting around typewriters with a pipe or cigarette stuck in their face. […]

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QUARANTINE PARTNER: IF YOU COULD CHOOSE ONE FROM HISTORY

April 21, 2020 by

Instead of the quarantine partner you have, or don’t have, choose one person from history to spend the same time with. Some people would be good campers, some not, but one might be just right. Who would it be? Here’s a few:

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AUTHOR PHOTOS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS? Pt.2

March 17, 2018 by

    Exercise your laser beam eyes?   Nothing says “buy snake oil” either in print or bottle, than an expression that includes laser beam eyes.   This author looks like a button downed English professor forced to read WR121 funnel essays year after year. With that in mind does he have laser beam eyes, […]

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WRITING FROM THE HEART (WHAT TO LEAVE OUT)

February 10, 2016 by

Do you practice writing from the heart, or even plan to? Romance writers practice writing from the heart, even when their stories take a turn for the worst. Action writers do it, writing from the heart, just to remind you they’ve got one. Adventure writers fill pages with writing from the heart to make you […]

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WHO PLAYS STORY MUSGRAVE IN THE STORY MUSGRAVE STORY?

December 19, 2014 by

Seventy nine year old Story Musgrave is a name we all should know. My sons saw the movie Interstellar and decided it was the perfect show for their old man’s sixtieth birthday. And they were right. I was moved by a movie, which is what’s supposed to happen, right? I left with a yearning feeling […]

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