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Kill Your Muse and Move On by Sarah Madison

I have to admit, whenever I read someone speak of their Muse’, I cringe inside. Don’t get me wrong: there’s nothing wrong with having an outside source of inspiration for a creative project. Most of us have been there. We imagine a specific actor playing the role of our hero, or we see a photograph …

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The Pro Rookie: A New Year. A Fresh Page by Liz Crowe

Ah…..resolutions. We make them. We make fun of them. We break them. In a few cases, we keep them. For those of us who like to write, these resolutions sometimes take the form of publishing goals, or sales goals or “viral” goals or whatever else we’re calling “making an impact in the most crowded book …

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Why I Write by Richard Brumer

After years of skiing down mountains, sailing oceans and backpacking to exotic places, I needed a different form of stimulation, a new adventure, something that would bring me closer to my inner self. I began writing three years ago when I was only eighty-three. I had recently returned from a backpacking trip in India and …

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Finding Inspiration When the Muse is on Hiatus by Kirsten Blacketer

There are many times when I find myself staring at a blank document waiting for my muse to start whispering to me. Not that she ever does. That would be far too convenient. Sometimes she gives me the nudges I need to get started, but more often than not those pushes come at extremely inopportune …