Category: Writing

Be a Game Changer: Introduction Dec. 06, 2016 / 0 Comments

Those were the words that Carol Quillen, the president of Davidson College, my alma mater, has told its current students and is also the tagline…

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The Review: You Can Do It! May. 26, 2016 / 0 Comments

Reviews.  I’m convinced that they’re they bane of every writer’s existence.  Truly.  Our very lives as writers hinge on them. We hold our breaths as…

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The Balance Beam of Theme May. 18, 2016 / 0 Comments

Theme.  That’s an elusive term to grasp.  If a writer pushes too hard at a theme, it’s easy to overdo, and she comes across as…

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Entangling the Reader in the Plot May. 11, 2016 / 0 Comments

Many of you know that, surprise, surprise, I was not an English major in college.  I was a physics major, and the language I spoke…

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A Brave New Step May. 04, 2016 / 0 Comments

[caption id="attachment_1120" align="alignleft" width="269"] Photo courtesy of www.flickr.com and Tetsumo.[/caption] In February, I attended a writer’s retreat.  We ate chocolate.  Talked a lot, laughed, and…

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