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Blog: Gretchen Craig Topics:fiction, writers, novels
Monthly Archives: January 2015
Favorite Bits From Other Writers
Now and then I jot down passages I especially like. Sometimes it’s a life-lesson sort of thing and sometimes it’s a description that catches me. Today I’m going to share some bits of description I admire. From Joanna Bourne’s The … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Bryson, Dean Koontz, description, Flannery O'Connor, Joanna Bourne, Louise Penny, Sue Monk Kidd, writing craft
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LIVING A DOUBLE LIFE AS SLAVE AND REBEL
LIVING A DOUBLE LIFE. January 8, 2015, is the 204th anniversary of the great slave revolt of 1811. Daniel Rasmussen’s excellent book, American Uprising, The Untold Story of America’s Largest Slave Revolt, chronicles the times, the events, and the people … Continue reading
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Don’t write what you know Part II
Don’t write what you know Part II I subscribe to an online thing, Advice for Writers, that comes to my email daily. It’s great. I recommend it to anyone who is writing or wants to write. Or may will write … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice to Writers, empathy, Nikki Giovanni, writers, writing, writing what you know
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