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Seven debut authors. Seven books. One big dance toward publication.

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Tag: amwriting

  • Posted on Thursday, October 29, 2020Wednesday, October 28, 2020
  • by Elizabeth Gonzalez James

The Jackhammer in the Basement: On writing (or not writing) through distractions

“It’s a black fly in your chardonnay. It’s a death row pardon two minutes too late.” Alanis Morissette was kind…

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  • Posted on Thursday, October 8, 2020Wednesday, October 7, 2020
  • by Elizabeth Gonzalez James

World Building in the Real World

When writers talk about “world building” they mean more than just setting. Setting is where a story takes place. But…

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  • Posted on Thursday, September 10, 2020
  • by Elizabeth Gonzalez James

My path to publication: A comedy of failures

I wrote last week about how I hadn’t planned on becoming a writer, and how writing was something I came…

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  • Posted on Friday, September 4, 2020Friday, September 4, 2020
  • by Elizabeth Gonzalez James

A recession, a baby, an idea: The inspiration behind MONA AT SEA

I never planned on becoming a writer. What I actually wanted was an entry-level job in corporate finance. But when…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, July 8, 2020Tuesday, July 7, 2020
  • by Karen Osborne

My biggest blooper.

I was sailing along, finishing the last few edits to ARCHITECTS OF MEMORY’s sequel, when an e-mail came in from…

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  • Posted on Saturday, April 18, 2020Saturday, April 18, 2020
  • by Amy Klein

What Wine to Drink With? Guest Author Alice Feiring Tells Us

Alice Feiring is an outspoken author, journalist, and spitfire wine industry participant. Formerly the wine/travel columnist for Time and the Wall Street Journal Magazine, Feiring…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, April 1, 2020Tuesday, March 31, 2020
  • by Karen Osborne

Inspiration from all sorts of places

This week, we’re talking about writing inspiration. I tried to answer this question in a delightful prose-oriented blog entry, but…

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  • Posted on Friday, March 20, 2020Thursday, March 19, 2020
  • by Amy Klein

My Most Perfect Day (Not).

My most perfect day was any day before the Coronavirus hit. I woke up, took my daughter to school, then…

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  • Posted on Friday, March 6, 2020Wednesday, March 4, 2020
  • by Amy Klein

My Personality is My Writing…

Boy do I LOVE run-on sentences. I discovered this recently while working on the audio version book of The Trying…

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  • Posted on Friday, January 31, 2020Monday, January 27, 2020
  • by Amy Klein

Who Am I and What is My Brand?

God, the word “brand” seems to be the antithesis of actual writing.  But when you’re writing non-fiction that’s what publishers want…

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