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Writing Chameleon- tip #2 Don’t take it personally

Writing Chameleon- tip #2 Don’t take it personally When writing for a publication remember you are writing for them not yourself.  You are being hired for your talent, style and your ability to be a chameleon. It is a skill to craft an article that meets the needs of a publication. Even with the best [...]

Write today

I am off for a full day. I wanted to get a quick post in.  Take the time to write today. Even if it is just five minutes or 50 words. Do what you can.  Write in your journal.  Write your book.  Write a friend. Try writing in different formats; in crayon, with your fingers, [...]

Business…

Here is my new column at Self Healing Expressions. Write A Way: Journey to Creativity “If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that’s read by persons who move their lips when they’re reading to themselves.” ~ Don Marquis The Business of Writing By Sandra Lee Schubert What would you [...]

Where have I been?

Wow, I can’t believe it has been a month since my last post.  Where have I been?  Well, writing. Two columns, an article for Beliefnet.com, one short story in progress.  Also doing some blog posts for another site… In the meantime, I have taken a publishing workshop.  I am learning about Squidoo pages, sales and [...]

Today’s Take Action Prompt: Writing in a Form

Try writing in a form. In poetry, play with an acrostic or a more complicated form such as Terza Rima. Two excellent resources are: The New Book of Forms: A Handbook of Poetics by Lewis Turco and The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics by Alex Preminger (Editor), et al. Even if you don’t [...]

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