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  • Posting this for Cece so it's in introductions:  Hi everyone.  I'm new here, but Sar...the early phases of a new chapter of my life, and so am not in heavy literary mode these days, but I look forwar...
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    “Fiction is the art form of human yearning.” – Robert Olen Butler “We are living...Chief?) – does little to quell its effect on my psyche. I’m in fight-or-flight mode all the time, feeling angry a...
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    When asked about the inspiration for my novel, I answer simply: “I love libraries.” Libraries of all shapes and sizes; new libraries and old libraries; libraries here,...
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    Every year, at various points, I find myself asking this question of my classes and myself: "What does it mean to have integrity?" And an answer invariably comes, pr...

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  • Deborah, I cried constantly from the first time I heard the news through Obama's speec...s. But when it's people I know personally and love deeply, I kick into 'brave' mode and remain solid as a rock, a...
  • I couldn't agree more. Sometimes we get so wrapped up in our story we forget about our audience. We know the cast of characters, where the story is headed, but have we...
  • Great post, Julie.  I think that the whole creative process is a leap, at least for me.  I wrote for decades without showing a word to anyone; I wrote because that's w...