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  • Started by Chandra Hoffman
    Last reply by Chandra Hoffman
    As a new blogger, I am curious about whether or not the majority of bloggers choose to have comments enabled or disabled? I post most of my blog entries to my professi...
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  • Hi Julie   Yes it does make sense thank you.   I'm so tied into my new website right n...(down to highly astute insights about humans today), his social commentary on modern day suburnites,the environm...
  • Started by Candy Fite
    Last reply by Candy Fite
    Taking in all of your advice, here's my attempt at adding a bit more "voice" and conflict and personality to the query. I really don't like the 1 in 10,000 part of the...
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  • I know that it's a personal preference, but I've seen multiple articles on query letters say not to use "I", even in the biography. Personally, I think that feels arti...
  • Hi Carolyn,   "In their culture, in the 1970s, cousins are off-limits for romance" confused me a little because if they are first cousins, the taboo is still in place...
  • Here are my answers: 1. Genres: So far, young adult and middle grade fiction (historical and fantasy), but I may start writing adult fiction within the next few months...
  • Started by Cori Howard
    Last reply by Sarah Marxer
    Hi everyone! I'd like to begin again with a discussion of the essays by Anne Lamott and Sheree-Lee Olson. Anne is one of my favorite writers on motherhood, not because...
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  • Kelli, Thanks for the input. Yes, I did want the reader to infer about the forgetting and be more universal. I also wanted the poem to have an abrupt shift the way one...
  • Melanie- I LOVE it. I think my favorite line is "Beneath Chester High's fluorescent lights she feels about as special as a potato." You've got great voice.
  • Hmm... the first sentence isn't really working for me, because a reader can't care about "faceless tragedies." You have to put a face on it, that's kind of the point....