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When Your Writer Self Gets Smacked with a Reality Stick
I love writing retreats. I’ve had the great opportunity to attend one particular retreat, organized by brilliant YA novelist Val Patterson, and led by multi-published Candice Ransom, for three years in a row. It feels indulgent to spend the weekend in a hotel room by myself and talk over…
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Short Snippets: How You Can Get Some Writing (or Revising) Done
If you’ve been following my blog for awhile, you know that I talk about making time to write a lot. I focus on writing every Monday. I’ve done whole series on things you can do in short amounts of time, instead of whining about how you don’t have any…
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Artist’s Date: Hollins
I had the opportunity this summer to audit a class through the Hollins Children’s Literature program. I’m a two-time alumna from this program earning my M.A. and my M.F.A. I’m lucky enough to get to return each summer for the free public event featuring authors, illustrators, scholars, editors and…
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When Life Throws You a Curveball
I’d hoped to spend my weekend hanging out in DC with my high school roommate that I haven’t seen in 20 years. I’d planned to eat Malaysian food with her (where we went to boarding school together), spend some quiet time in my hotel room doing some needed revisions…
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Making Time to Write: Novel Beginnings
Novel beginnings are scary. There is the unknown. Yes, I’ve written other (yet unpublished) novels, but starting something altogether new is difficult. There is a fear and wondering if I can even do it again. Normally I know where my novel is headed when I begin, but this time…
