Monthly Archives: September 2017

One Writer

As we ply our trade, often alone, often confused, it can help to know that other writers felt the same way. I came across this description of her early writing days penned by Edna Ferber,  Pulitzer Prize-winning author and a … Continue reading

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Writing Reverie

Fuzzy brained and addle-pated today, so we’ll have to see where this musing, this reverie takes us. It’s not just that I’ve run out of coffee, which as my beloved mom used to say is “Bad News Bears,” (after the … Continue reading

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Sweetly Tuned

“Violin strings, as you know, will snap if they are too tense, or taut, and yet if to loose they are of no use to the violin. “The normal and natural condition for a person is to neither be tuned … Continue reading

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Something Wonderful

As we move into the days of leaves and harvest, let us take a few moments to ponder the nature of our livelihood as scribes and storytellers: It is a sacred calling. Kahlil Gibran said that “work is love made … Continue reading

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e-Book Alert

From time to time, with the goal of keeping us all up to date and in tune with what’s happening in publishing, I like to give a heads up on awards and contest that might prove of interest. Here’s one … Continue reading

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