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REVISING FICTION Workshop
Send to Kindle Ladies and Gentlemen, an announcement: The next online “Revising Fiction” workshop has been scheduled to begin in January 2020 (date TBA) and is now open for registration. This workshop is for writers with a complete draft of … Continue reading
SCAM ALERT
Send to Kindle This one has nothing to do with writing. The intended targets are anyone over 60 or so. Got another call just this morning. Here’s how it went. Scammer on phone: Hi Grandma. Me: Are you in jail … Continue reading
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A PLEA AND AN OFFER
Send to Kindle I don’t use this blog for political messaging. That’s not what it’s about. But trump’s policy of tearing families apart, his state-mandated child abuse, is not a political issue but a humanity issue. As a Jew whose … Continue reading
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THE MOST DANGEROUS FICTION
Send to Kindle This weekend I returned to my alma mater, St. John’s College, to participate in a fundraiser for its Caritas Society, which provides St. John’s students with supplemental financial aid when needed. St. John’s College, for those not … Continue reading
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Republic Of Writers
Send to Kindle Writers are known to live in their own worlds, so giving them a country of their own seems a modest enough proposal. Indeed, as they have created so many worlds for the benefit of others, it … Continue reading
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Home Again
Send to Kindle Just wanted to let you all know that I’m back from my trip, which turned out to be a tour of riot zones, starting with Athens, which is undergoing tremendous turmoil. From our hotel, you could see … Continue reading
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A Former Slave Writes to his Old Master
Send to Kindle I came across this wonderful, authentic letter from a former slave named Jourdan Anderson to his old master, Col. Anderson of Tennessee. After the civil war, Jourdan moved to Ohio with his wife, also a former slave, … Continue reading
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What Neuroscientists Are Learning That Writers Already Know
Send to Kindle Imagine you’re in a bookstore (remember bookstores?) and you’ve chosen three novels. You can only buy one, so you sit down in a cozy armchair intending to read the first pages of each. An hour later, you … Continue reading
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