Thank you for this. I have been struggling for years weather or not to write a memoir of riding the ups and downs of my daughter's mental illness. I think it will turn out to be about...
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...day my doctor prescribed a baby aspirin for my heart ten years ago. The migraines went away, almost entirely, except under extreme conditions of weather, stress, etc. I too am a crea...
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One of Elmore Leonard's tips: Never open with the weather.
(https://www.writingclasses.com/toolbox/tips-masters/elmore-leonard-10-rules-for-good-writing)
Start with action: "I'd wo...
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Oh, I can really envision your grandpa Alonna, nodding and commenting on the weather! Also made me smile! :) I had a grandpa just like that… Oh, and my dad, who just finished reading my book!
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Lene, I'm so glad your dad is opening up. Made me smile. My grandpa's version of opening up was to nod or a brief comment about the weather or fishing. Julie Metz did a terrific job with your cover of Beautiful Affliction.
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...ook at my clothes as my "uniform," which somehow emotionally deescalates the importance of my wardrobe. My "uniform" changes based on the venue, weather, how long I'll be walking/sta...
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...he agents we have queried. I have to keep telling myself that someone out there will say yes. Also I keep a journal and I write in it about the weather and what I am doing or where...
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...us to focus on the shifting sands of breath, riding that breath as if one rides a camel on the desert. No amount of sand is exactly the same. The weather patterns change. The night fa...
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...edited the book together for months, and on February 21 2014, she sent it out to editors. In two weeks, I had a two-book deal.
THE ASHES OF FIERY WEATHER is due out in Fall 2015 from...
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Karen -- Yes, as I say in my post, Robert Hass, a former Poet Laureate, urges writers to write about their natural region -- and its weather -- with specificity, rather than relying o...
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