Category: creative writing
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The plusses of being an ADHD writer
Home Short Fiction Blog X The memory tree Attention Deficit Disorder runs so deeply in my family that I’ve wondered…
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The joy of filling your head with stories
I checked out books in my school library and devoured them through the week like cans of Pringles.
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How this pantser became a plotter
Home Short Fiction Blog X I’ve always been a seat-of-the-pants writer. Someone who enjoys discovering the book as I write…
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What the Faux, Hemingway?
When a literary quote doesn’t hold true.
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Writing like an animator
Home Short Fiction Blog X Today I did something I’ve always wanted to do: I saw this year’s reel of…
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How not to dread writing
Home Short Fiction Blog X I am a writer and a writing teacher. So I deal with my own writing…
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Why you need to be in a writers group
Home Short Fiction Blog X The life of a writer is solitary work. And that’s good. When you’re by yourself,…
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Growing a confident writer
Home Short Fiction Blog X Today I had my lesson plan preempted by an eleven year old with a story…
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A house named hope
Four years ago today, on April 22, 2019, I sat…
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New year—new news!
New years is not my favorite holiday. To me it…
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Back home and making peace with my TBR Pile
Meanwhile, the wafts from his old home pleaded, whispered, conjured,…
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Substitute
I bake. I’ve loved doing it as long as I…