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We’re All in This Together: Growing as a Writer
We all grow as writers as we move along on our writerly journey. When we look back on the things we wrote a year, five years, or ten years ago, we can tell how much we’ve grown. What is one thing that you’ve done to help yourself grow as…
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We’re All in This Together: Artists Dates
Julia Cameron suggests that creative people go on an artist’s date—something to fulfill your creative soul. Is there something you do regularly or some outing/event/field trip you’ve done (maybe even only once) that has refilled your creative energy? Romelle Broas Dental hygienist by day, writer by night, mother all…
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We’re All in this Together: Rituals and Routines
Do you have a writing ritual or routine? Is there a certain place you sit down to write? Do you have to have a certain thing to drink? A particular time of day? If you do, how do you think it helps you as a writer? If you don’t,…
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We’re All in This Together: What’s So LOVELY About Writing for Children?
It’s a month of love. February: when we’re supposed to celebrate the ones we love and buy them expensive flowers and chocolates. Some of us would rather have books (at least Sue and I would). I asked our WAITT group the following question in honor of Valentine’s Day. What…
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We’re All in This Together: Writing Goals for 2014
Last month our WAITT members talked about accomplishments for 2013. This month, it’s time to look forward. We are sharing at least one writing-related goal for 2014 and how we are going to get there. I can’t wait to see what these ladies accomplish in 2014!!! Sue Heavenrich Archimedes…
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We’re All in This Together: Celebrating 2013
The WAITT group is so inspiring to me when I see how hard they are working on making their writing better and getting it out into the world. We are celebrating 2013 and all that we have accomplished this year. What is one writing-related thing that you accomplished in…
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We’re All in This Together: Picture Books We Want to Read Over and Over Again
Many of our “We’re All in This Together” contributors are picture book writers, readers, parents, grandparents. Most of us love picture books in some aspect of our lives. Since it is picture book month, I thought I’d ask them to answer the following question: What picture book, for you,…
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Making Time to Write: Acceptance, Not Excuses
We writers can come up with lots of excuses. Excuses not to write. Excuses for why we are too busy, too tired, too discouraged. Trust me, I’ve been whining about some of these excuses lately. I’ve had some days where I haven’t been able to write. At all. This…
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We’re All in This Together: Favorite Writing Quotes
We’re All in This Together is back! I asked everyone if they had a favorite writing quote that they put near their computer or nearby to inspire them. I hope you will be inspired by reading all of the quotes. EW Clark YA novelist ewclark.net I don’t! What I…
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We’re All in This Together: Fear
Does fear sometimes get the best of you in your writing life? If so, how do you overcome fear? Fear of failure? Fear of judgment by others? Fear of not knowing whether you can make the writing do what you want it to do? These were questions I posed…
