Category: Writing Tips
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The Politics of Writing an Invited Book Chapter
Bottom line: Do some homework about the editors In the not-so-distant past, I’ve received an invitation to submit a book chapter to an edited volume or handbook where the process of submission and revision seemed to turn into a guessing game to say what the editors wanted me say. This has turned in to the…
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Writing and Reading Go Hand in Hand
You cannot sustain a life of writing without a life of reading. Writing in a 2002 book called, Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing, Margaret Atwood, famed writer of the Handmaid’s Tale, writes of how writing and reading are intertwined. Far more acquainted with the likes of Odysseus and Ovid than most of are, she…
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Crises in Writing Confidence
Over the pandemic, I signed up for Masterclass and watched each and every class featuring writing of any kind, from novels to nonfiction to screenwriting. A well known screenwriter, famous for shows like West Wing said something that rings true to me. Even after years and years of writing, he said, there are days when…