Writing to Me is …

May 10, 2012

By Shane W Smith … complicated. On the one hand, it’s easy to claim that writing is a calling, a deep-seated imperative burning in my breast, and any number of other true, yet overly-flowery things. On the other hand, I strongly feel that writing as a pastime and a vocation, is … horribly romanticised. No [...]

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Writing to Me is …

May 7, 2012

By Ashley Mackler-Paternostro Writing to me is … like standing on the edge of a mountain, looking over the side, understanding what is below and the dangers of it and choosing to close your eyes and trust your footing anyway.  The experience of it is unnerving and beautiful in the same breath. There are two [...]

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Characters? Who Needs ‘em?

May 3, 2012

By John Zunski I was recently asked during a radio interview about characterization. If you’re reading this, you’re a fan or you’re wondering who the hell is John Zunski and why should I care? My short answer: If you like memorable characters, it might behoove you to introduce yourself to my imaginary friends. They make their [...]

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Writing to Me is …

April 29, 2012

By Jess C Scott / jessINK Writing is a skill and technical ability that every literate person can do. However, I’ve always been aware of the difference between writing (that has some kind of standard), and/or typing (the process of “stringing words and sentences together”). Mediocrity tends to be forgettable or replaceable. Writing that’s remembered [...]

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Writing to Me is …

April 26, 2012

By Terri Morgan Writing is to me a way to make sense of the world. Writer’s block comes when I don’t know enough about the subject I’m trying to write about. So writing, whether its for fun, creating a new world in a novel, or writing an article for a magazine or a newspaper, requires [...]

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An Author’s Self-Analysis

April 19, 2012

By Cora Parks As I contemplate my current plight as a author, I began to wonder whether I really was an author.  The fact that I ‘m not a bestselling author plagues me terribly.  I don’t even qualify in the category of a marginally successful author.  At best, if I sold 100 copies of anything [...]

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What is Your View on Authority?

March 31, 2012

By Zoe Tyler My mother was an alcoholic. At least one afternoon a week, when I returned home from school I’d find her passed out on the living room sofa. The elementary school bus brought my younger brother, Ethan, home an hour after me. Before he arrived, I’d clean the house; if I could rouse [...]

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How Are You?

March 27, 2012

By Pandora Poikilos Grief visited a friend last week. It isn’t a moment I can freely share because the loss is not mine but by the look of things, grief has packed more than an overnight bag. Grief’s timing will never cease to amaze me. Just when you are on the brink of thinking “it [...]

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What are Your Long-term & Short term Goals?

March 14, 2012

By Rachel Macready Okay, confession time.  I suck at questions like this.  My cousin and best friend, Brannon, wrote my university entrance essay because mine was such a joke.  So I turned to her for some help and here’s what she told me to say: Short-term goals: graduate university with honors, pay off Mazda, find [...]

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Writing to Me is …

March 7, 2012

This is a guest post by fellow author Perry Martin Writing, to me, is a way to live a life I might have led, had I turned a different corner at any point in my life. It gives me the chance to do things I wish I’d done; or to undo things I have since [...]

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