Category: Writing
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Vienna, but not Austria
Join me and these local independent authors for a conversation about writing and publishing. Kimberly G. Hargan–The Dauphin’s Lost Jewels (Sci-fi) Lisa G. Eley–Thirteen Geese in Flight (Biography) Candace Meredith–Contemplation: Imagery, Sound, and Form (Poetry) Kacy Cooney–In a Maze of Imagination (General Fiction) Kamakshi P. Murti–Lalli’s Window (Children’s Fiction) Jonathan Zeitlin–Death & Repair (Mystery) And…
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Writers Write (and it’s hard)
Great stuff! In a few simple lines our craft is cast in opposing opposing lights: it is spiritual grandness and workaday labor. We are at once inspired and guided by “the invisible hand of the soul.” Yet who can deny that “Writing a novel is drudgery”? Yes & yes. More inspiration below. Dear Sugars, My…
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Angels Walk Here
This blog opened four years ago with the following: I wish more people were reading books. Here’s what I’m reading: Heaven Is Coming Home, by David Suarez Gomez. That’s all I wrote. And I didn’t post again for months. I had a voracious appetite for reading and I was writing books, but they were years from…
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Comic Relief for Troubled Times
Taking aim at the institutions we once trusted to save us from ourselves. Out Today. AMERICA’S NEXT GUN MASSACRE IS INEVITABLE. Unless one government intern can make a miracle of his odd DC jobs. Gabriel Dunne’s internship has him tracking gun violence in America. But before he can start, boss Chloe tasks him with planning…
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The Paneless Window Washer
The air and leaves outside turn to fall. In the week ahead we’ll celebrate Rosh Hashanah, Navrathri, and the official start of Autumn. I’ll hold the first book discussion for my debut novel, 18 months old already. My Foreign Service colleagues and I will start the annual ritual of progress into new jobs, new countries,…
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