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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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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 Yes, I’ve written other (yet unpublished) novels, but starting something altogether new is difficult.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…
