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  • Thanks for the helpful information! It’s great that we live in times when online education is available and affordable for most of us. It’s very good when you can comb...
  • Dear Lauren, thank you very much for this article. Reading is my obsession and I never leave home without a book. Besides, I'm sure reading helps a lot to improve one'...
  • Stephen, that's great that you use blogging as a way to improve your writing. I think it helps me whittle large amounts of information down to bullet points, which is useful in all nonfiction writing.
  • In one sense we are all "emerging writers" just in different places on the continuum. The most well established, well published writers, are still pushing themselves t...
  • Lauren, thank you very much for this article. Reading is my obsession and I never leave home without a book. Besides, I'm sure reading helps a lot to improve one's wri...
  • Dear Elizabeth, While the gods were sleeping, your nose to the grindstone was keeping!  Congratulations on your new book, which is very useful for other writers who li...
  • Absolutely. I've learned that networking is one of the most important things a writer can do both to improve their work and to market their product. Even though I live...
  • Hi, Really bad grammar can jerk me out of a book I am enjoying and TV is often much worse, so I think it is important that people get it right.  And it is not set to i...
  • I was just talking about this with a crit partner this morning. (Talking about dialogue, imagine that!) Anyway, i attribute everything i know about dialogue to having...
  • It sounds like you had a wonderful experience and one that could benefit many. Another great way for writers who already have a life to improve their writing and get a...