Posts of Interest

  • A Woman of Letters

    For a writer, letter writing is not a lost art. In our letters, we practice our craft, learning how our words can touch, amuse, and gall our reader.

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  • Writing About Writing

    Every writer hears, “Write what you know.” And what every writer knows is writing, its intricacy, weight, and solitude.

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  • The Writer’s Game

    If you’re a writer who loves baseball, you’re in good company. And you’re in Heaven as the MLB lockout ends and baseball gets the green light for 2022. By the end of this week, Spring Training will be underway, the hot dog vendors will suit up, and summer will begin.

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  • Don’t A-BAN-don Me

    Recent ban requests include the 20th century classics To Kill A Mockingbird (H. Lee), The Handmaid’s Tale (M. Atwood), and The Bluest Eye (T. Morrison). These prize-winning novels tackle tough issues of racism and sexism.

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  • Edit, Edit, Edit

    Writing isn’t easy. Skilled writers make it look effortless, but years of work go into every word.

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  • What Would Mother Think?

    I follow the most basic writer’s advice: Write what you know.

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  • What’s An Invoice?

    Until last week, I’d never sold a story. Not for money. And while my first fee is modest, it required me to produce my first invoice.

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  • Coming Soon

    15 October 2021 A recently accepted story, The Streets of Sorrow, is awaiting publication by The Evening Street Press in 2022. Watch this space for details on when and where issues will be available. In the meantime, visit www.eveningstreetpress.com for current issues of poetry, fiction and nonfiction.

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  • Creating characters is a writer’s bread and butter. Without sympathetic characters, a story can feel remote to the reader. Characters are the reader’s guide as they enter the world of the story.

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  • Give a Good Critique

    As a writer working in secret for decades, I’ve seldom shared my work with other authors. After a college writing class in which another student dismissed my work in one word, ‘boring,’ I walked away from further opportunities to share my stories.

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