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December 8, 2020

Mental Wellness Tips for Authors—Guest Post by Chandler Bolt

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Chandler Bolt

Are you feeling some creative stress these days? Welcome to the group. Many of the writers Ive talked with are having trouble putting two words together to make a sentence, three sentences together to make a paragraph.

And if they are trying for anything longer than that, they just want to throw in the towel!

Luckily for all of us, Ive got Chandler Bolt here at The Writers Place to give us some strategies to help us be more productive and creative as well as reduce some of the...

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Published on December 08, 2020 01:12

December 2, 2020

Wednesday Writing Inspiration for 12.2.20

Words for writers from Louise Glück

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The post Wednesday Writing Inspiration for 12.2.20 appeared first on The Writer's Place.

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Published on December 02, 2020 04:00

December 1, 2020

"The Little Red Sock" excerpt

I’ve posted an excerpt from one of unpublished my short stories: “The Little Red Sock” on my Story Bites page

What do you think?

The Little Red Sock
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Published on December 01, 2020 03:31 Tags: shortreads-shortstory-excerpt

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November 17, 2020

Tuesday’s Tips—What I Learned from Conducting A Website and Blog Review

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Originally my plan for this post was to do a review of the social media strategies I’ve been using—admittedly with less than desired success. But before I could do that, I decided I needed to create an inventory of my online presence.


After all, you can’t improve on what you have if you don’t first know what you have or exactly how you are using it—right?


So in this post, I’ll cover my website and blogs—what’s working, what isn’t and what...

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Published on November 17, 2020 01:16

November 12, 2020

My thoughts on Christmas In Whimsy by Clarissa J. Markiewicz

On my link: Focus on Fiction blog, I posted my thoughts on Christmas In Whimsy by Clarissa J. Markiewicz.
(Hint: I loved it!)
Her novel is just what’s needed to inject a little holiday spirit into a highly stressful time!




Christmas In Whimsy
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Published on November 12, 2020 08:00 Tags: novel

November 11, 2020

November 10, 2020

Tuesday’s Tips—How a Place to Write Can Be a Physical Location, a State of Mind, or Even Both

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(This is an edited excerpt from my November newsletter, The Writing Life with Nancy Christie. You can also listen to it on my Living the Writing Life podcast. If you want to subscribe and get this month’s free bonus tip sheet, go here!)


I have been trying, admittedly with limited success, to practice mindfulness—something I had talked about in this Medium article. My goal was to become a better writer and perhaps a more centered person.


One thing I have found is...

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Published on November 10, 2020 02:21