A final post before I head out to Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota tomorrow for our winter residency. Excuse my comments on other posts to those not in the Hamline crowd, but we all get rather excited as writing camp...
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The writing life includes many lonely days of uncertainty. Staring at the screen, unsure of the...
Read MoreTrue confessions. I’m a dinosaur as far as social media goes. I can break out into a cold sweat just thinking about doing a Facebook update or signing up for Twitter. But I just did. I signed up for Twitter to at least...
Read MoreAt many writing conferences and writing programs like ours at Hamline, agents or editors will hold a first pages session. The first page of a story is read and first reactions given. As readers, we have our own first page...
Read MoreOne of the fun things about having a new book come out is that you learn about new media. Recently I received this email invitation:”Join our collection so that students and teachers can hear from you when reading your...
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