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August 8, 2020
Happy birthday to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings!
August 5, 2020
Wednesday Writing Inspiration for 8.5.20

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July 29, 2020
Wednesday Writing Inspiration for 7.29.20
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July 28, 2020
Tuesday’s Tips—5 Tips for Being Creative in Stressful Times

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Is stress hampering your ability to write? If so, you’re not alone.
Many writers have found that the combination of COVID-19, economic worries and racial tensions have made it challenging if not well-nigh impossible to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) and produce fiction or non-fiction, poetry or essays.
While you may only have limited control over those or other sources of anxiety that you’re facing on a daily basis, I’ve got five tips to help you ta...
July 22, 2020
Wednesday Writing Inspiration for 7.22.20
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July 15, 2020
Wednesday Writing Inspiration for 7.15.20
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July 14, 2020
Tuesday’s Tips—Overcoming Present-Day Fears So You Can Write
(This is an edited excerpt from my newsletter, The Writing Life with Nancy Christie. If you want to subscribe, go here!)
The last six months have been scary for sure.
Our lives have been overwhelmed with fears: fears about the impact of economic downturns, political corruption, longstanding racial inequality, and pandemic-generated health crisis.
And while some of us have been inspired by these fears to write about love, freedom, empowerment, the value of a human life, others have found it chall...
Overcoming Present-Day Fears So You Can Write
(This is an edited excerpt from my newsletter, The Writing Life with Nancy Christie. If you want to subscribe, go here!)
The last six months have been scary for sure.
Our lives have been overwhelmed with fears: fears about the impact of economic downturns, political corruption, longstanding racial inequality, and pandemic-generated health crisis.
And while some of us have been inspired by these fears to write about love, freedom, empowerment, the value of a human life, others have found it chall...
July 8, 2020
Wednesday Writing Inspiration for 7.8.20
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July 1, 2020
Wednesday Writing Inspiration for 7.1.20
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