Inspiration
5 Things No One Will Tell You About Being Published
2013 was a pretty amazing year for me. My first novel, Five Days in Skye, was published, and I made the official jump from aspiring/contracted writer to actual author. With it came an inside look into the mysterious world of “being published.” But what I found was not what I...
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Setting–and Reaching–Your Writing Goals
Welcome to the Monday Writers’ Workshop! For 2014, I’m trying out a different format for this Monday column. I’ll be choosing a different theme each month—and I’ve got a great schedule of guest posters lined up, including industry experts and some of my own favorite authors. Appropriately, the theme for...
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Fictional Friday: Learning Not to Put My Dream in a Box, by Cindy R. Wilson
• Fictional Friday, Guest Bloggers, Inspiration, Writing Life
Like most kids, I had a dream. Before I turned thirteen I knew I wanted to be a writer when I grew up. I had it all planned out. I was going to sit in my secluded mountain home, write bestselling novels, and enjoy success. This was before I became...
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Words for Women: An Angel in Disguise, by JoAnn Durgin
February 2nd. Sure, some call it Groundhog Day. But in 1996, it was the day I first held my son Matthew—our third and last child—in my arms at Holy Redeemer Hospital outside Philadelphia. You must understand I’d always wanted girls to dress in frou-frou confections and frilly socks, red patent...
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