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  • Posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2015Tuesday, September 15, 2015
  • by Jennifer S. Brown

Learning to Write: an Alarm, a Gun in the First Act, and an MFA

To all those also celebrating Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year), I wish you l’shanah tova tikatevu! My writing education…

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  • Posted on Saturday, September 5, 2015Saturday, September 5, 2015
  • by Karma Brown

The New Debs: Please Welcome the Class of 2016!

Please return next Saturday for the Deb class of 2016’s first guest, Carolina De Robertis — author of THE GODS OF…

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  • Posted on Sunday, February 22, 2015Sunday, September 6, 2015
  • by Karma Brown

News Flash: Vacations, Revisions & a Writers Retreat!

Congratulations to Annie Aizon, winner of WHEN REASON BREAKS by guest author Cindy Rodriguez! Check back next Sunday for this week’s…

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  • Posted on Thursday, January 22, 2015
  • by Sona Charaipotra

Finding A New Crit Partner Is Like Dating

Starting grad school four years ago, I thought I had the writerly thing down. After all, I worked in big…

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  • Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2014Thursday, December 11, 2014
  • by Sona Charaipotra

Life Lessons from Hollywood, With Love

People say book publishing is a hard game. Heck (haha, heck!), I’ve said it myself, right here on this very…

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  • Posted on Thursday, November 6, 2014Thursday, November 6, 2014
  • by Sona Charaipotra

On Writing Communities, Competition And Finding Your Tribe

I’ve always heard of this legend, the solitary writer, head down at her desk, never looking for the light or…

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