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  • While browsing around at the Strand a while ago, I found a book (two, actually) called "A History of Modern Poetry" by David Perkins. The first book is "From the 1890s to the High Modernist Mode" and the second is...
  • I don't have an MFA. My bachelor's degree is in journalism and my master's degree is i...it comes to fiction writing, I think the school of life is as important as any mode of formal education. That sai...
  • ” I loved the book, mostly because it is filled with writing exercises inspired by sp...remember
 them. Expressing and listening to one’s own life story is an ancient mode of healing. How do we learn t...
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  • Hi! So excited to be part of this group! =D My Website is http://www.lilywolfwords.ca...com Info on my YA book: http://www.astraeapress.com/#ecwid:category=662245&mode=product&product=3028835 I...
  • I've found one more reader for my manuscript (thanks Kristin LaTour!) and I'm still lo...the 5 readers who still have my ms.  I am going back into writing and revising mode, and I plan to limit book ms...
  • I understand Carrie. I hate being interrupted by life. But that's the way it is, so I...y sets in, and I have to deal with that. It is hard to get back in the writing mode. By the time you do, then her...
  • Started by Emily Lackey
    Last reply by Toni D. Weymouth
    This is what I don't understand. How does one become a writer? And when do you bec...leave in due time. If that doesn't work, try the toilet, or in French, ca'mode. Toilet or Ca'mode means to refresh the body, wh...
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  • Books that will stick with me ... I am sure I'll forget all the important ones if I do this in freewriting mode, but here goes: 1. Bitten (K...
  • Started by Emily Lackey
    Last reply by June O\'Hara
    This is what I don't understand. How does one become a writer? And when do you bec...leave in due time. If that doesn't work, try the toilet, or in French, ca'mode. Toilet or Ca'mode means to refresh the body, wh...
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  • I just finished line edits, so I am in editing mode.  I spruced it up a bit (I think).  But, since you know the whole story, you will know if a word is not quite right....  Anyway, hope it h...