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The Sum of Our Longings

Come to me in my dreams, and then

By day I shall be well again!

For so the night will more than pay

The hopeless longing of the day.

From Longing by Matthew Arnold (1822-1888)

Several year...


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What Else?

A few days ago my journaling prompt* was, CURSED DAYS, which was, in turn, based on a prompt from Molly Prentiss called WHAT ELSE? Both prompt titles felt way too on the nose for the state of things lately and it took me a couple of days to actually do it....


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Flog a Pro: Would You Turn the First Page of this Bestseller?

Email readers, heads up! For the full effect, pause after the excerpt and decide: Would you turn the page? Vote and then scroll for the reveal!

Trained by reading hundreds of submissions, editors and agents often make their read/not-read decision on the first page. In a customarily formatted book manuscript with chapters starting about...


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Hope is the Thing With Thorns: A New Year’s Reflection

“Hope’ is the thing with feathers –

That perches in the soul –

And sings the song without the tune –

And never stops – at all –

—Emily Dickinson

On the way to a writing conference, my husband and I ha...


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Author Up Close: Terra Weiss – A Good Problem to Have

Last February, I interviewed friend, critique partner, and writer, Terra Weiss. In that interview, which you can read here, Terra was six books deep into a growing self-publishing career and was (and is) one of the savviest authors...


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