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Blogtalk: Literature by email and 3 articles for writers

July 15, 2011
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I recently discovered DailyLit.com. Get this: DailyLit sends books in short installments via e-mail or RSS. They offer both classic and contemporary books for free. You can read each installment (which arrive according to the schedule you set) in under 5 minutes, and you can receive additional installments immediately on demand. They have a lot [...]

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Blogtalk: Must-read Memoirs, Secrets, and The Revision Process

June 3, 2011
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Interested in memoir? Carol Brown wrote to tell me about the list of memoirs she posted over at onlinecollege.org, along with brief synopses of each book. I haven’t read any of them, but they all seem interesting. Hmm… just what I need. More titles for my “to read” list. If you’re wondering about whether or [...]

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Writing Tips: 5 Ways to Overrule Your Inner Editor

July 6, 2010
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HAVE YOU EVER had a great story idea and started writing, only to get stuck editing the first page over and over? Maybe you were even writing in your private journal and found yourself editing your writing, though no one but you would ever read it. If you have an active inner editor and critic, [...]

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