reading and writing a life
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Your writing is: necessary wonderful your message to the world Just in case no one has told you this today, or if someone has, here’s a reinforcement: in writing, you are doing exactly what you are supposed to do. Let go of your insecurities and doubts, you’ve…
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Some great opening lines chosen at random: Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show. —Charles Dickens, David Copperfield (1850) The sky above the port was the color…
The recorded reading list is rather puny. I keep making the goal to read fifty books per year, and I keep failing. Oh well. Soldier on. Here’s a brief summary of what I have read, thus far: Elizabeth Gilbert can narrate the socks off a story. And that, in my opinion, is the only notable attribute […]
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The decision to write about writing publicly was made years ago. I opened generationKathy with the intention of regularly taking the opportunity to introduce myself as a writer. I get all warm and fuzzy over the prospect of introducing myself to new acquaintances as a writer. Truthfully, though, I’ve yet to suggest to any of […]
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So, there’s this thing called The Pitch. Somewhat like a query letter, only not. I get the impression that magazines have been requiring The Pitch for quite some time, even if it is a new-to-me phrase. I’ve had my head in the sand a while, apparently. Or, maybe I have spent an inordinately small amount […]
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Originally posted on Brigit's Flame Writing Community:
Attention: May is on the horizon, and with it comes a new writing challenge! Rather than the rapid-fire seven day contests of months past, for the mid-year we are bringing you the opportunity to spend all month perfecting a story or collection of poetry. Sign-ups are required to…
Copied from:Vine Leaves News Blog Congratulations to the Quarter-Finalists of the 2015 Vine Leaves Vignette Collection Award! The manuscripts on this list are those which Jessica, Dawn, Krystal, Kristen and Theresa unanimously believed would be an honour to publish through Vine Leaves Press. Though we do not have any strict judging criteria (these are vignettes, […]
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Originally posted on Brigit's Flame Writing Community:
Top o’ the mornin’, my darling Flamelings! Stories of What Worlds May Come await your reading, commenting, and voting. The poll closes tomorrow. Meanwhile, #youshouldbewriting for Week Three! Competitive and Just For Fun entries for Live To Tell The Tale are due the 22nd. We all know —…
The entries for Local Color are due tomorrow night by 11:45 p.m. EST. Don’t miss your chance to write for our March contest! Feel free to leave any questions you might have in comments here, or at Brigit’s Flame.
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Growing up beneath Tennessee skies, surrounded by a multitude of waterways, I thought I knew the color blue well. Blue can be frothy, almost as white as the clouds on a bright April morning, or deep and temperamental, nearly black, just before winds stir up a poisonous…
