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Cliche and Stereotype
Writers are warned, with good reason, against relying on cliches and stereotypes when practicing their craft. Cliches are ineffective,...
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Jan 29, 20244 min read
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NEW WIP, SAME IMPOSTER
Woosaaah y'all. If you write, which I assume you do since you're here, you know the exhilaration of working on a new piece. You know the...
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Jan 4, 20242 min read
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EGG-ZAWS-STED
Well, I did it. I published my first book. And let me tell you something, self-publishing is NO JOKE. From worrying over revisions and...
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Sep 6, 20234 min read
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Thick Skin
Eventually, someone else will read your writing. Most of us who fancy ourselves writers will ask other people to read our words and tell...
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Jun 23, 20232 min read
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Write On!
With the Writer's Guild of America strike in it's third week, I couldn't help but think of all the different ways we are entertained and...
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May 25, 20233 min read
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Find Your Tribe...Village...Community
In recent months, I have been busy revising and editing my first novel. I've been sucking down books as quickly as I can purchase them...
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Apr 24, 20232 min read
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Finding Time to Write
I have a question for my fellow writers. HOW DO YOU MANAGE YOUR WRITING TIME? I don't mean how do you organize your writing time. I'm not...
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Feb 25, 20232 min read
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Revisions are a Bummer but...
They truly are where the magic happens. I know I say I'm on the third (fourth, fifth? I don't know anymore) round of revisions of my book...
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Jan 12, 20233 min read
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Obligatory Reflections Post
This post probably won't inspire your writing BUT! it may encourage you to expand your reading horizons and that will always improve your...
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Dec 26, 20223 min read
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NaNoWriMo No-No
If you're even kinda, half-way part of the writing community, you're aware of the annual NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)...
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Dec 1, 20222 min read
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Guess Who's Back?
Great. Now that song is stuck in my head. ANYWAY...It's me. I'm back and ever so glad to be here again! Moving across country is so...
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Nov 1, 20222 min read
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I Wrote a Thing. Now What?
I wrote a book. An entire book! It’s been revised and is currently in the hands of beloved beta readers before being subjected to another...
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May 8, 20224 min read
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Mind the Gap
Most of the requests I get for proofreading or editing assistance come from students. Undergraduate to graduate, they're all looking for...
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Mar 20, 20222 min read
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PUT ME THERE
I write southern fiction. Why? Well, because that's where my roots dig deepest, burrowing through the red clay of my childhood. And if we...
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Mar 8, 20221 min read
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I'm a Terrible Writer
Let me tell you why. Writer's are supposed to have these vast stores of imagination and inspiration, socked away for future reference, in...
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Jan 24, 20222 min read
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Obligatory Reflections Post
Judging from the content of my Twitter and Facebook feeds, it seems most people spend the week between Christmas and New Year's Day in...
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Dec 30, 20212 min read
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Channeling Sisyphus...or GRIT and why it matters.
I recently read Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth. Man, let me tell you, I found myself nodding along with...
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Dec 15, 20212 min read
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Vive la Différence!
I am fascinated by both etymology and philology. To see how words and their meanings change through time and use, and how those changes...
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Nov 23, 20212 min read
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Just Tell The Story!
This week's discussion board in one of my MFA courses asked us to consider the "myths" of writing. The how-tos, the how-not-tos, which...
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Oct 19, 20212 min read
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You Can Do It!
Do you ever reach that point in your writing where you feel as though you simply can't go on? Your characters or your plot are fighting...
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Sep 27, 20211 min read
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