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  • Hi, I'm currently taking an online personal essay writing class through MediaBistro. For me, I'm looking very specifically to hone my craft. Why is my essay "flat" sou...
  • Honestly, I'd get an editor to look at it. Critique groups are great for giving you feedback as you write, encouraging you, helping you overcome writer's block, etc.--...
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      Les Lavandes Villa, Ramatuelle/St. Tropez, France Dear Writers:   Ready for a week...how-stopping minutes! Reading/performance is an increasingly crucial skill for modern-day authors. Plus it’s a gr...
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    Let’s say I were like the journalist Mahmoud al-Sawadi in Ahmed Saadawi’s Frankenstein in Baghdad. Mahmoud lucked into a period of preventive detention and had time to...

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  • I have tried this, Clare. I went back to a piece I'd written two years ago. Interesting how I was able to dive deeper into the emotional experience of what I was trying to convey.
  • Marilyn, What an inspiring post.  I just ordered 4 copies of your yummily titled book from Red Room. I so admire how you dive deeper and deeper with every book into our innermost lives and outermost concerns.  Thank you for all the inspiration, insight, and delight!
  • Usually, I publish a novel in mid-October. That means that all the editing and proofre...November 1st. Naturally, I found it harder than usual to shake off the "edit" mode. I've had to remind myself se...