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  • Dear Deborah,  Just this morning I was at one of our Title 1 (free and reduced lunches) elementary schools co-teaching a before-school journaling class with a friend (...
  • "I can be changed by what happens to me. I refuse to be reduced by it." - Maya Angelou
  • Dear Kamy, I'm holding you in the light and sending you well wishes that your recovery goes well and that you're completely healed.  Loving this post because as a publ...
  • Wow, so anyone who answers this post with, "Yes, as any retailer, Amazon gets to set the prices for the goods they offer" has "drunk the Kool-Aid"? That's not a very f...
  • I would love to have a "readers 'n writers" bookshop akin to a farmers' market. I imagine a place where writers could sell their works and readers could browse genres...
  • Her husband's fists and verbal put-downs have reduced Michelle to a shadow of the woman she used to be. She's lost all self-confidence and self-esteem. Then she meets...
  • @Tony I'm working on the piece that will get into the details now -- in short the advance was good (five figures), the house was major, and the editor was smart. But w...
  • I"ve refused to pay for those segregated reviews, which may not be a good thing. I enter some contests, but not the ones that charge hundreds of dollars. When I do a G...
  • Fascinating stuff, Sarah. And lots for me to think about when Elaine Showalter and I are due to speak on the thorny subject of women and self-promotion at the London s...
  • Carrie, that's fantastic! It's rare to find a writing partner like that, and invaluable. I've found that free writing events exist if you look for them. You can also a...