Take Your Meds

Recently, a friend asked for my best writing advice. Her question brought me back to all the suggestions I’ve heard since 1994 when I first began my journey away from

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Reverse NaNoWriMo

“Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very’; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.” – Mark Twain National Novel Writing

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Good Behavior

For my next book in the FiftyFifty.Me challenge, I read GOOD BEHAVIOR, a memoir, by Nathan L. Henry, the story of his year in jail for armed robbery. This was

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Deadlines

Over the summer, I compiled a “To Do” list of 76 items to revise on the memoir I’ve been writing for the past few years. I’d hired a freelance editor

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No Conference? No Problem.

“I’m writing a book. I’ve got the page numbers done.” – Steven Wright By now many central Ohio folks have heard that the Columbus Writer’s Conference organizers are taking a

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