Category Archives: Writing

Why Words Matter

Posted on May 13, 2013 by

Why Words Matter – click to read more and to get a review of GATSBY!

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What Makes a Character Memorable?

Posted on April 20, 2013 by

What Makes a Character Memorable?.

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Is There a Gender Bias Among Authors of Genre Novels?

Posted on April 11, 2013 by

Is There a Gender Bias Among Authors of Genre Novels? Join the discussion at reneejohnsonwrites.

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Are Contests Valuable to Writers?

Posted on April 8, 2013 by

Are Contests Valuable to Writers? The answer at http://reneejohnsonwrites.com .

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Editors – Three Important Reasons Writers Need Them!

Posted on March 30, 2013 by

The question of who needs an editor comes up often once a manuscript is finished.  Editor and blogging friend Linda Paul answers this for us in the post on editors at reneejohnsonwrites.com. Editors – Three Important Reasons Writers Need Them!

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Should You Narrow the Focus of Your Blog?

Posted on March 23, 2013 by

Check out my new writing site: Renee Johnson Writes. This is its premier post.  Let me know what you think.  It is still a work in progress, but I hope to make it a place that all of us can … Continue reading →

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Blue Ceiling with Yellow Stars

Posted on March 14, 2013 by

“I have finished that chapel I was painting.  The Pope is quite satisfied.”  – Michelangelo My friend Paula and I had set out to Italy to fulfill a nearly lifelong desire to see the great works of art in St. Peter’s … Continue reading →

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Winter Wonderland

Posted on January 21, 2013 by

  Snow  provokes responses that reach right back to childhood. - Andy  Goldsworthy We have been blessed with a winter’s wonderland.  It didn’t make bad driving conditions because temperatures had been in the seventies right before the sudden plummet.  This is … Continue reading →

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Easy Reading is Damn Hard Writing

Posted on December 1, 2012 by

I have known people who thought the ultimate criticism was to have someone tell them that their manuscript was easy to read.  And I have known commenters who snickered about their ‘cleverly designed insult’ when saying just that about a piece … Continue reading →

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A Grateful Nation

Posted on November 20, 2012 by

When most of us think of Thanksgiving tradition we go all the way back to 1621 and the first Thanksgiving feast attended by fifty-three Pilgrims and ninety Native Americans.  It isn’t hard to imagine that they had much to be … Continue reading →

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