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The Importance of Reading Widely (opens the original)
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When I was at my MFA program one of the things we had to do was read…A LOT. I’ve never read so much either before or, honestly, since; because I’m not a super-fast reader it felt like its own full-time job. Ten plus full-length novels a month, or 30 plus picture books, and with each we had to hand in a précis (a long paragraph detailing what we felt about the book in terms of craft).We were encouraged to read not just things we wanted to read, and not just things that were in the genre or audien
A Lot of Literary Agents Are Open Now (opens the original)
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For my group of writing community members, I spend a lot of time scouring different resources and passing along information on agents and editors. What I’m noticing is that, at the moment, a great many are open to submissions.It’s been a while since I’ve seen this, and it’s a very good sign for writers.During the pandemic, when everything shut down, so did the publishing world. In the downtime, everyone staying at home decided that this was the moment to write that book they’d been longing to br
When You Are Stuck in a Writing Rut (opens the original)
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I was already into my writing career when I decided to go for an MFA. That was when the program at Vermont College of Fine Arts (VCFA) had grown into something strong, I knew some writers on the faculty, and the school had a concentration in writing for children and young adults.(No…this is not me recommending you spend a ton of money and years of your time seeking a degree, unless you want to teach or spend that time and money. Because I don’t believe you need a degree in order to be a successf
The Light and the Dark (opens the original)
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Into the LightThirteen years ago, my husband and I were invited to join a small group of geologists (his lifelong profession, and my early one) on a trek across Tibet and into Nepal. This was a time when our son was going through serious emotional turmoil. I was afraid to leave him alone, but maybe more importantly, I thought he would gain greater benefit from this trip than I would. So, my husband and son spent weeks with this group, traveling across Tibet, and ending their adventure at a sacre
Aspire to Inspire (opens the original)
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Chances are good, if you are here reading my posts, that you are some kind of creative: writer, artist, musician, actor, poet, maybe some or all of the above. And chances are very, very good, that no matter where you hale from or what you believe, you are a Dolly Parton fan.I surely am.Her sudden passing feels like a monumental loss both personally and to the world. Someone who comes from nothing and becomes everything, who starts with raw talent and builds an artistic empire, who writes some of
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