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Being a Writer in 2020: Whitney Dineen
What in the sweet Jesus hell is going on with this year? I have never simultaneously felt like I was doing so much and so little at the same time. There have been days where the thought of getting out of bed was almost more than I could bear, and weeks where I didn’t even […]
A New Perspective On Perspective
Writing a novel is a humbling experience. The idea begins as a tiny seed in the back corner of a writer’s mind. The images dance across the imagination as if a movie is unfolding right before the writer’s eyes. The characters become real people, friends or foes, whose dialogue both taunt and delight. And then, the writer sits at their desk and begins to write.
Jane Gilmartin On Writing
On the day I turned 50, I found myself sitting at my first ever novel writing workshop at Grub Street in Boston. I had secured the last remaining spot in the class only the afternoon before, a gift from my husband. I remember surveying the other eleven faces around that table and feeling suddenly certain […]
Finding Emotional Connection
by Leslie Budewitz We read for many reasons: To peek into a time or place that fascinates us. To catch up with old friends, or watch in disbelief as they go wild. To avoid dirty looks when we show up at book club with wine but without having read the book. To be entertained. But […]
Are You Stuck?
How to get past that brick wall and start writing again It’s happened to all of us. Fingers flying, the word count is ticking up nicely, then suddenly, BAM. You sit down to write, and it’s like dragging a refrigerator up the hill. You make yourself finish the chapter, but it has all the charm […]
Why I Wrote Tales Of The Holy Mysticat
This outrageous book began as a series of stories I wrote to amuse friends about the idiosyncrasies of Dagesh, my peculiar cat. Before I continue, let me explain why I named him Dagesh? This was because one of the first things I noticed after bringing him home from the shelter was the long vocalizations he […]
What I Wish I’d Known While Querying
Like many writers, my debut novel is not the first completed novel I’ve written. In fact, I secured representation with an agent for the second book project I queried. She called me on a bright December morning. I will never forget her voice on the other end of the phone: “I’m in love with this! […]
An Interview with Tiffanie DeBartolo
An Interview with Tiffanie DeBartolo It’s never too late to become who we’re meant to be, or to summon the courage to develop into the person whom we desire to be. Indie record label owner and author Tiffanie DeBartolo’s newest novel, “Sorrow,” (Oct. 20, Woodhall Press) expertly examines this idea through the lenses of art, […]
Why The Hippies Are Topical
Why the Hippies are Topical: How Writing About a Historical Time Can Make a Writer Ask— Can We Really Make a Better World? By Margaret Ann Spence The sour dough bread is rising. I’ve captured the yeast myself, a painstaking process. The yoghurt sits fermenting. What am I, a hippie? No. But I have always […]
Writing About Mental Ilness
One in five of us in Canada and the United States will experience a mental illness in our lifetime. As an educator, friend, family member and parent, I’ve been personally affected, as have so many of us. Yet, we struggle to accept and understand mental illness, knowing when to seek support and how to find […]
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