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Race to Your Writing Future
Charlotte, NC – NASCAR officials confirmed today that Team EdieMills will begin driving car #BRMCWC in next week’s race. The team, made of authors Edie Melson and Diane Mills, is the first to replace car numbers with hashtags. Steve Phelps, President of NASCAR says, “This dynamic female duo is set…
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A Creative Way to Make Your Word Count Goal – Word Crawl
@LynnHBlackburn I don’t know what kind of writer you are, but I’m the kind of writer that prefers to have at least an hour, preferably a couple of hours, to focus on my story. In a perfect world this would happen every time I sat down to write. I have a…
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Enneagram Type 2, The Helper—How to Use Enneagram to Type the Characters You Write
@LindsBrac For the rest of the year, we’re discussing the Enneagram as a tool for building authentic (and flawed) characters. I am by no means a psychologist or an expert, but I have found that a general understanding of this ancient personality-typing tool helps me build better characters. There's a…
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God’s Fingerprints are on Your Writing
@LynetteEason Hi all, Happy Thursday. Hope everyone is doing well and making progress on whatever you’re working on this week. When I was wondering what in the world I might blog about today, I thought about God’s fingerprints. I’ve been writing pretty steady since about 1999. I was published in…
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10 Truths to Help You Be a Better Writer
@EdieMelson There are certain things that writers learn as they gain more experience in the industry. These lessons serve us well when the going gets tough. One of the reasons is that we learn them by attending the school of hard knocks. But I’m a big believer in not always…
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3 Must-Have Attitudes for the Post-Conference Writer
@KatyKauffman28 Five days after returning home from Blue Ridge this year, I still needed sleep. My body was used to six hours of rest, and I kept waking up much sooner than I wanted to. Adjusting to life post-conference can be a feat. Not just in terms of physical rest,…
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