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I love all kinds of stories. I also love all kinds of writers. And right now I’m obsessing over three talented women who published their debut novels a little later in their careers: Dennys S. Bryce the author of Wild Women and the Blues https://dennysbryce.com/my-books/ Angie Kim the author of Miracle Creek https://angiekimbooks.com/bio-angie-kim/ Delia Owens
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I’m so excited! I got my copy of Denny Bryce’s Wild Women and the Blues this week. I preordered it from my local bookseller through Bookshop.org, and it arrived yesterday, complete with a peacock feather. Here’s a link to learn more about Denny Bryce and her debut novel. https://dennysbryce.com/about-2/
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Did you know that if someone accidentally turns up the water pressure on your well pump, it can cause the connections on your toilets and sinks to spring leaks? Me either. I learned this lesson the hard way after someone mistakenly upped the water pressure in the house without my knowledge. Leaks sprang up everywhere.
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Today’s writers’ debate is about the process of writing. Do we put our fingers on our keyboards and start typing without a conscious plan? Or do we outline our plots, subplots and characters before starting our stories? This conversation came up with a group of student writers, and there were strong feelings on both sides
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I forgot about these old onions and when I went back to them, they looked like this. They’re beyond their prime for cooking, but kind of pretty for old root vegetables. And that’s how my week is going. There’s a metaphor for writing somewhere in here, but every time I look at this photo, all
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Sometimes I know exactly what I want to write, and I jump in without hesitation. Other times, I need a good writing prompt to get me started. I have several craft books that I dig into when I’m uninspired by my own prompts, but I’d like to expand my own unique list and I thought
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Anyone else remember wacky cakes? When I was a kid, a neighbor gave my mom an easy chocolate cake recipe called wacky cake because it didn’t have any eggs. Instead, the wet ingredients were oil, vinegar and water. The unconventional ingredients worked together with the flour, cocoa powder and other ingredients to make a surprisingly
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Earlier this month I attended an online fiction writing event that had an improv component and a twenty-minute timer. Audience members voted from a list of first sentences and last sentences for the writing prompt. Then writers were given 20 minutes to write a complete story, using the audience’s selection for the first and last
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I’m a writer, so of course I believe that words matter. If they don’t then what am I doing here? I don’t mean like here on Earth. I mean here writing about writing. There’s been a lot of talk about the value of words lately, especially in the context of what the former president had
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One of my all-time favorite quotes comes from a writer/poet/artist in Australia named Erin Hanson. I’ve seen credit given to other writers, actresses and movie characters, but I believe Erin Hanson is the one who said: What if I fall? Oh, but my darling, what if you fly? I can’t tell you how many times
Shellie Kalinsky 