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A small claw hammer painted white and decorated with tiny flowers, lying on a deep olive surface. Title: Writing Something You Still Love Ten Reads Later.
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Writing Something You Still Love Ten Reads Later

August 25, 2008September 10, 2026

Just a few days ago, I received my final galleys for Something About Her. (momentary…

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A towering stack of manuscript pages, its cut edges lit so each sheet shows, on warm parchment. Title: How Wrong Facts Made My Story Better.
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Wed to the Research: How Wrong Facts Made My Story Better

May 25, 2008September 10, 2026

For writers, research is as much a fact of life as death and taxes.  Whether…

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A grinning man in a rust jacket hauls an overstuffed canvas mail sack of envelopes onto his shoulder, on a deep teal wall. Title: The Illustrious Rejection Club.
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The Illustrious Rejection Club

December 12, 2007September 10, 2026

Sitting on the second agent-requested-partial-turned-rejection, I found myself turning to the internet in search of…

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