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Category: The Writer’s Life
How to Write a Novel & Hold Down a Demanding Job
Guest Post by Caroline Elvin, Author & Freelance Writer It’s no easy feat to write a novel, but doing it whilst holding down a full-time job can be a whole separate challenge in itself. Whilst writing my …
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Traditional Publishing: The Pain, Trauma, and Reward
I received my first rejection letter on August 20th of this last year. The words of the form rejection are etched into my mind forever: “Thank you for considering me with your query. Unfortunately, your manuscript does …
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Write Your Heart Out
Sometimes writing feels a lot like trying to fill a bathtub with water using a flour sifter. With a blindfold on. Whilst someone smacks you repeatedly over the head with a fly swatter. It can be a …
How Life Changes as a Published Author
A guest post by Abigail Shepherd A friend asked me the other day if I thought people would be intimidated by the fact that I’m a published author. I had to admit that I hadn’t thought about …
The Meaning of Life Can be Found in a Pen
What is it about that little tiny stick of ink that inspires, takes hold of the soul and forces the bearer on a journey. Armed with such a sword, I always feel as if I can take …
A Week’s Worth ofWriting Prompts 3.0
A writing prompt for each day of the week to help you pursue the muse. Writing is a spiritual practice in that people that have no spiritual path can undertake it and, as they write, they begin …
7 Reasons to Read Outside Your Favorite Genre
We all have our favorites, those authors and genres that we go back to time and again. Why? Because we know we can count on them to be entertained. They get us, right? They know what we …
The day in which I steal a pen from a church and promptly go to hell.
We all have fears. They eat away at us, a little bit at a time. I decided to share my writing journal today, the spiral notebook one, the one I never share with anybody. Ever. I’m sharing …
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The Tibetan Book List
What happens when two book nerds with random minds and eclectic tastes get together to create their challenge list? Looks like it’s time for a visit to http://www.openbookbend.com/ ❏ 6 months 3 days by Charlie Jane Anders …
Tibetan Lemonade 