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Can You Juggle?

21.07.2011

Because I don’t believe you should wait around for word back on a manuscript submission, and because I usually can’t wait to get to a new project, I’m working on an article that has a deadline date. November feels like a long way away. It isn’t when you don’t have a complete first draft down. [...]

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Wanting Doesn’t Always Make It So

26.06.2011

When I ask students what their writing goals are, I sometimes get a variation of this response: Everything! I want to write for all ages—fiction, nonfiction, poetry, everything! Well, that’s not realistic, especially when it’s for every single readership age. Writers have their own unique voice on the page. Some write incredible humor for little [...]

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For the Love of Fair Isle

31.05.2011

I’m not sure where my love of fair isle knitting came from. It’s one of those things you’re drawn to and can’t figure out why. I never had a favorite fair isle sweater when I was a kid that I’m still pining for, I never knew anyone who knit them when I was growing up, [...]

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“Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.” —Anne Lamott

08.05.2011

When I first studied writing, an instructor asked me if I was a long writer or a short writer. Of course, I said long. Everyone wants to write novels, right? Except I’m not a long writer. I write short. I read something interesting (though don’t remember where), that short writers have a hard time keeping [...]

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