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“Easy Reading”

“Easy reading is damned hard writing.”   Nathaniel Hawthorne “You know, I’ve read your last story, and I ought to have returned it weeks ago. It isn’t right. It’s almost right. It almost works. But not quite. You are too … Continue reading

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Enlightening Excavation

“The great challenge in writing is always to find the universal in the local, the parochial.” William Trevor “I like looking at people’s lives over a number of years without continuity. Like catching them in snapshots. And I like the … Continue reading

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Dance On

“The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.” Mark Twain If ever there was a stylist who showed a passion for words it’s “the founding father of American … Continue reading

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