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My Walden Pond…my writer’s view
This is where I did a mini writing retreat last week. I call this lake “My Walden,” because I feel inspired here. My soul drinks in the quiet, the peace, the beauty, like medicine for all the ills of...
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Advice to Writers: Read Good Books
“If you read good books, when you write, good books will come out of you.” ~NATALIE GOLDBERG
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Want to be a writer? Read, write, repeat.
Want to be a better writer? Read more!! Advice from Stephen King, who knows a little bit about the craft. This is the same advice I give to my student writers every semester. Reading and writing are...
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Words Mean Everything. What I’m Teaching this Semester.
“Words started to mean not just something, but everything.” I’m looking forward to teaching The Book Thief, by Markus Zukas this semester. Reading and writing our way through trauma can save us,...
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Writing Like a Turtle
This is what I tell my writing students... Every writer knows, that to make progress you have to take risks. To tell the truth and really leave it all on the page, you will feel vulnerable, like the...
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Diet For a Writer’s Life
Write every day. Read intensely. See what happens. -Ray Bradbury It’s a lifestyle choice.
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Let the light in.
“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” Leonard Cohen Let in the light.
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