Own the Emotion, Then Give It Away
Back in April, I volunteered as a studio monitor during the Southeast Regional Ballet Association’s festival here in Jackson, where some 800 ballet students and teachers gathered for three days of...
View ArticleMonday Discovery: “Mantra for the Novelist” at Writer Unboxed
I haven’t shared a Monday Discovery with you in a while. Here’s a quote from “Mantra for the Novelist” by Jael McHenry, debut novelist and contributor at Writer Unboxed. The entire article spoke to me,...
View ArticleStory Surgery
A week or so ago, I re-read one of my short stories I hadn’t looked at in a while. I have to confess I’d felt a little smug about this one. (I almost never feel confident about what I write.) …...
View ArticleDear Dream . . .
From “Blogging 101,” Day Four’s assignment: Publish a post you’d like your ideal audience member to read, and include a new-to-you element* in it. So that audience would be . . . my dream agent, who...
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