Author: Eleanora E. Tate

Another “Not to Write”

     Just as we writers are getting into our literary stride, our grammar gurus rear their conventions heads and point out our “grammatical mistakes.”  Thank goodness that this process arrives late in...

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Where Do You Do What You Do?

     John Hersey once wrote, “To be a writer is to sit down at one’s desk in the chill portion of every day, and to write; not waiting for the little jet of the blue flame of genius to start from the...

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Go, Hamline, Go!

     This blog will be a bit different from my usual postings.      This time I’m riding the “Go, Hamline, Go” bandwagon, gallivanting along, sis boom ba!...

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So What’s a Plotless Book?

     Another amazing Hamline residency has ended and now we’re back into our writing.      As we endeavor to produce satisfying manuscripts, occasionally we might wind up with what some...

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The Best Naps

     These past few days found me being under medication. I had vivid dreams about stories with incredible plots, original conflicts, and heroines whose exploits riveled the best in fantasyland,...

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