Reading time: Less than 5 minutes Do you work at beating bad writing habits? Don’t just ignore them! Instead, deal with them promptly — before they become deeply engrained… I was sitting on a bus last week —one of those long painful rides that seemed to be taking almost a […]
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Today’s subject is “How do you know that you’ve written enough? That is, how do you decide when you’re finished?” Thanks so much to Joan Rush for suggesting this excellent topic. I want to begin by quoting Priscilla Long who is a fabulous writer and teacher — she’s based in Seattle — and if you’re
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Reading time: Just over 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of metaphors and similes from Tom Mueller… I’ve long considered myself a bit of a foodie and when I heard there was a great
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Reading time: About 5 minutes Have you ever read a book that had an all-out-of-proportion impact on you? Today’s post gives you 10 books that changed my life. The New York Times last week ran an article under the headline “the book that changed my life.” The paper had asked
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So, if you want to give up your habit of procrastinating, be sure you ask yourself what you’re getting from it. (We don’t procrastinate because we’re stupid. Or lazy! We procrastinate because we usually have very logical reasons for not wanting to do something.) The best way to get to the core of the issue
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Reading time: Just over 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of similes and metaphors from Louis Bayard…. When I read Louis Bayard’s historical novel Courting Mr. Lincoln, I wasn’t sure I was impressed. I
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There’s a particularly nasty strain of flu going around this year. I know because my husband caught it two weeks before Christmas. I knew he was really sick because he took a day off work, something he’s done only three times in the 32 years we’ve been together. (When fighting a bug, he washes his
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Reading time: Just over 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of similes and metaphors from Anthony Lane… I don’t drink much, even at dinner parties. But in the summer I do love a weak
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Reading time: About 7 minutes In the season after Christmas, when life seems flat and winter feels cold, dark and endless, I like to settle in by the fire and wrap my fingers around a steaming cup of fine reading. Here are my 10 favourite articles or posts from last month, culled
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Is your big writing project starting to make you feel OVERWHELMED? Here are seven tips that will not only help you feel better but that will also make you a more productive writer: Take a break: The biggest part of your problem may be that your “well” isn’t full enough. Just as a conventional well
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