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Conferences and Conventions, Guest Feature, Opinion

Lani Sarem at AWCon 18: I Remain Unconvinced

on January 30, 2018January 30, 2018Leave a Comment on Lani Sarem at AWCon 18: I Remain Unconvinced

Lani Sarem appeared at the 2018 Agile Writers Conference in Richmond, VA over the weekend. I discovered the conference via the social media anger at 1) Sarem speaking at any writing conference at all; 2) …

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Writer's Life

Saying Goodbye: Words of Wisdom from Sarah Domet

on July 12, 2017July 12, 2017Leave a Comment on Saying Goodbye: Words of Wisdom from Sarah Domet

Last night, I went to a conversation with authors Sarah Domet and Jonathan Rabb at The Book Lady Bookstore. The event promoted the paperback release of The Guineveres, Domet’s debut novel. For the umpteenth time, …

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Writer's Life, Writing Classes

Best and Worst of Critique Comments (bonus)

on May 27, 2015May 27, 20151 Comment on Best and Worst of Critique Comments (bonus)

It’s been fun going through the nice and nonsensical comments my peers have left on my short stories over the years. Some are helpful, some are supportive, some are mean and some are just plain …

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Writer's Life, Writing Classes

Best and Worst of Critique Comments #6

on May 18, 2015May 18, 2015Leave a Comment on Best and Worst of Critique Comments #6

Here we are, ladies and gents: the last Best and Worst of Critique Comments. It’s been a load of fun and I love all the wonderful reactions you’ve posted here or on Facebook. Thank you …

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Writer's Life, Writing Classes

Advice From the Pros (And How to Take It)

on April 20, 2015April 20, 2015Leave a Comment on Advice From the Pros (And How to Take It)

Last week, my duties as an intern took me to various classrooms. Several designers were visiting for SCADstyle to give lectures, talk on panels and meet students. I attended the events and shadowed some of …

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Writer's Life, Writing Classes

Best and Worst of Critique Comments #5

on March 27, 2015March 27, 2015Leave a Comment on Best and Worst of Critique Comments #5

Ah, the return of a popular series! If you need to catch up on the last four episodes, you can find all of those right here. The guidelines are slightly different from last time; instead …

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Writer's Life, Writing Classes

Best and Worst of Critique Comments #4

on May 14, 2013May 14, 2013Leave a Comment on Best and Worst of Critique Comments #4

The final verbal critique of the quarter. The 500 word short story I wrote for class was one I’m very proud of. I spent a few weeks on it and even volunteered to read first …

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Writer's Life, Writing Classes

Best and Worst of Critique Comments #3

on April 2, 2013April 2, 20131 Comment on Best and Worst of Critique Comments #3

As with my fiction class last quarter, our first two stories are critiqued by the whole class. Everyone gets a copy to write on and we read it aloud. A moment of insanity struck me …

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Writing

The Next Big Thing: Blog Hop

on March 22, 2013March 22, 2013Leave a Comment on The Next Big Thing: Blog Hop

I was tagged in this Blog Hop business a while ago. I meant to get on it right away, but a few things pushed ahead of it. Now that I’m less busy, I can indulge …

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Writer's Life, Writing

The Best and Worst of Critique Comments #2

on February 21, 2013February 21, 2013Leave a Comment on The Best and Worst of Critique Comments #2

So we had another full-class critique of short stories. This time, the story had to be 500 words (as opposed to the last story, which was 8-10 pages). After some of the comments I received …

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Writer's Life, Writing

The Best and Worst of Critique Comments

on February 7, 2013February 7, 20136 Comments on The Best and Worst of Critique Comments

I finally got to present my short story to my fiction class, and the comments I received were worth the wait. (I had food poisoning the day I was scheduled for critique, so I was …

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