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July 14, 2020
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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June 24, 2020
Wednesday Writing Inspiration for 6.24.20
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June 23, 2020
Tuesday’s Tips—Ideas for Enhancing Your Writing Space
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It’s been several months now since COVID-19 has made working from home the norm, rather than the exception, and if you were used to writing in an office environment or at a café, you’ve probably started to adjust to doing it within those familiar four walls.
It might even seem more preferable: no dressing up in office garb or commuting through morning traffic.
So given that this might be an ongoing arrangement, at least for part of the week, I decided to share som...
June 17, 2020
Wednesday Writing Inspiration for 6.17.20
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June 10, 2020
Wednesday Writing Inspiration for 6.10.20
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June 9, 2020
Tuesday’s Tips—Learning Curves on the Way to Doing Podcasts and Videos
Because of COVID-19, many in-person author events just aren’t happening.
And even though businesses are gradually reopening, the fear that there will be a fall resurgence has sent most authors scrambling for other ways to promote their books.
That’s what happened to me. The plans that I had labored over for a major two-state launch of my second short story collection, PERIPHERAL VISIONS AND OTHER STORIES, hit the skids when the virus arrived, leaving me wondering how best to draw attention to my...
June 6, 2020
Writing in the Midst of Crisis
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(This is an edited excerpt from my newsletter, The Writing Life with Nancy Christie. If you want to subscribe, go here!)
It’s the last month of the first half of 2020 and our country has experienced more in that short time than it has in years.
Six months of disruption and dissent, violence and virus, fear of everything from getting sick to being unemployed to losing the basic freedoms that we had taken for granted.
Whatever end of the political spectrum you’re on ...
June 3, 2020
Wednesday Writing Inspiration for 6.3.20
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