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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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May 27, 2020
Wednesday Writing Inspiration for 5.27.20
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May 22, 2020
In Conversation With… Casey Bell
Casey Bell
Today’s guest on “In Conversation With…” is author Casey Bell. And he’s quite a prolific author with 22 books to his credit!
To date, Casey has authored two Young Adult, three general fiction, and three non-fiction books, two short stories, one horror book, one book of poetry, five children’s books, one book of collection of art, and four Word Search books.
Besides writing books, Casey is also a playwright, graphic designer, fine artist, and fashion designer. For more about Casey and ...
May 20, 2020
Wednesday Writing Inspiration for 5.20.20
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