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What are you willing to fight for?

January 7, 2021

What do you need to go after with fearless tenacity? For me, it’s my writing career. I’m done looking at …

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Sometimes you just need to get away

November 18, 2019

I spent 36 hours over the weekend doing nothing but working on manuscript revisions. Well, I did sleep and take …

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Words out in the world (sort of)

June 22, 2019

Ah, progress. I reached a milestone this week when I finished a decent draft of the first two parts of …

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An archeological dig in my home office

June 6, 2019

View this post on Instagram It’s not perfect, but it’s a start. I made it a point to clean out …

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Writing, reading, and Marla Gibbs

May 28, 2019

I’ve returned to my Camilla Hall manuscript now that the academic year is over. I don’t have anything profound to …

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Sorry, trees!

June 23, 2015

Sometimes a writer just has to make hard copies.

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  • RT @Super70sSports: “Attention, eight-crayon peasants, I’ll be using baller colors like burnt sienna whenever I fancy it because I’m now a… 1 day ago
  • I believe all writers can find something positive about what they did last year. For me, I did another revision of… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 day ago
  • You know me...I cannot advocate enough for how history helps us understand the present. Get started here. twitter.com/ramtinarabloue… 2 days ago
  • When you land your #publishing deal, refer back to these useful tips. #writing #amwriting #writingcommunity twitter.com/GuerillaMemoir… 2 days ago
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