Note to readers: I have gotten a response from a publisher who has asked me to make changes to my novel and resubmit it. I am very excited and for the next few weeks I will be busy revising my novel, so I am spreading out this post into three parts. Enjoy. In the first […]
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Every November a fervor sweeps writerdom, an evangelical commitment to write fast and write more. This effort is called NanoWrimo or “National Novel Writing Month.” The objective is to write a novel in a month, or at least the rough draft of one. For many it is a way to end procrastination, cut through resistance,
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As an adolescent I was obsessively polite. I had learned that people were less likely to hate me if I never contradicted them, and I tried desperately not to offend anyone. As a result, I had few enemies but not many friends either. Writing was the place where I went in order to say what
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For most of my life, especially since college, I have kept journals. Most of my major life events since then have found their way into notebooks. But I will have to omit the most major life event of all: death. This is unfair. I think I should be able to write a journal entry afterward
