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Editors – Three Important Reasons Writers Need Them!

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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What Do You Like To Read?

Mystery?  Suspense?  Romance?  Science Fiction?  Memoir?  Humor? What calls you back to the written word? Fantasy?  Do it Yourself?  Cookbooks? What are you looking for in the pages of a book? Do you like knowing how things will end up … Continue reading

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The Year That Changed My Life

“Inside you there’s an artist you don’t know…say yes quickly, if you know, if you’ve known it from before the beginning of the universe.”   – Rumi The holiday that I am celebrating today isn’t just Columbus Day.  It is my … Continue reading

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Synopsis Confusion

When I was in college – albeit many, many years ago – I was taught that a proper synopsis was 1 page for every 25 pages of manuscript. Thorough, complete, nothing significant excluded. At a writer’s retreat early this spring, … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday ‘She Writes’

Happy second birthday She Writes, an organization of writers – both published and not. She Writes turns two on June 29. Women from around the world congregate here online to help each other and share their own struggles and musings. … Continue reading

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How Do You Find a Writing Community?

When I left Essoyes, France last October, the last instruction given to me by the teacher – Janet Hulstrand – was to find a community of writers to surround myself with. I’m sure she was concerned that I would lack … Continue reading

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