Category: writing
How do you know you’re a writer? If you wrote today, you’re a writer.
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I’ve never been a huge fan of “to do” lists. They sit there like little accusations, reminding me when I fail to finish (hey, sometimes I fail to start) the tasks I’ve set for myself. Instead I have become a devotee of the “got done” list. I like the “got done” list so much that…
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Years ago, my good friend Liz Engstrom (see her great tips for writers) turned me on to a terrific book about travel journaling, “Writing Away,” by Lavinia Spaulding. That book helped me start adding images to my journals, and while I am not and never will be a great artist, there are a few things,…
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British author Wilkie Collins turns up on many “best” lists for his fantastic mystery novels of the 19th century. He was among those who pioneered the detective genre. I consider “Woman in White,” published in 1859, to have one of the best villains in fiction. Count Fosco is compelling and complicated, the opposite of a…
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