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Has The Grinch Stolen Your Christmas Spirit? by Sandy Loyd

Sandy wrote this for us in 2013, but her thoughts and the story that came from them resonates still. ~ed. I believe that’s what happened to me. Every year about this time (just before Thanksgiving), when the stores have had their Santa decorations up for a solid month and canned Have a Jolly, Jolly Christmas …

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What is a Perfect Pitch? by MM Pollard

What Is a Perfect Pitch? The Answer Depends on Who You Ask I’m an English teacher, a writer, an editor, and a workshop presenter because I love words, all words. My philosophy is that if one word is good, then five words are five times better. Yes, I’m wordy, but please don’t hold that against …

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Writing Tight by Kathy Otten

Congratulations. You’ve finally finished your new novel or short story. You labored long and hard to move your characters and plot from your head into a completed rough draft. You spent months persevering through rewrites, tweaking sub-plots, and eliminating characters. Now your final copy is ready to be sent into the vast world of readers. …

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Writing for Personal Fulfillment by Irene Roth

Do you write for personal fulfillment? Or do you slave away at your writing all week and then quit writing for a few days and do something else and then go back to your wiring on Monday un-refreshed? Many of us treat our writing as a job, and on a rudimentary level it has to …