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September 25, 2021 By Meg Waite Clayton

Writing and Placing Opinion Pieces

Ten years ago today, on the 40th anniversary of Sandra Day O'Connor taking her seat as the 1st female Justice of the Supreme Court, I published my first opinion …

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May 10, 2021 By Meg Waite Clayton

On Agent Queries

Finding a good literary agent - which is generally the first step to getting published with a traditional publisher - can be like finding any good relationship: …

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May 10, 2021 By Meg Waite Clayton

Tips for Writers

Writers Links The Single Best Piece of Advice I've Gotten as a Writer Great Sources for Writers: Poets & Writers Magazine The Nebraska Center for …

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May 1, 2020 By Meg Waite Clayton

Paddling your Bathtub into London: How Great Stories End

I am working through plotting issues myself and returned to these notes from a master class I taught on narrative endings a couple years ago. They are just my …

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Handwritten draft of A Scandal in Bohemia by Sherlock Holmes

March 21, 2020 By Meg Waite Clayton

No Social Distancing Required for Fictional Friends

No Social Distancing Required for Fictional Friends Like many now, I'm social distancing. The good news for me is that a writer in these circumstances can …

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June 23, 2019 By Meg Waite Clayton

Bookseller Raves for The Last Train to London (now in 18 Languages) — and a prepublication copy for you!

So much great news to share on my forthcoming novel,  The Last Train to London, to be published by HarperCollins September 10, but let me start by saying Harper …

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June 16, 2019 By Meg Waite Clayton

A new book by Madeleine l’Engle: Stories found in her “Tower”

The two books that made me dream of becoming a writer were Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird and Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time. So the news I read this …

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June 8, 2019 By Meg Waite Clayton

Writing in Paris!

I'm in Paris, working on a new novel, and just for fun I thought I'd share what writing in Paris looks like. So enter my apartment here, and stay for the view …

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June 5, 2019 By Meg Waite Clayton

On the 75th Anniversary of D-Day

It’s a rainy evening in Paris, just minutes before the hour, 75 years ago, that D-Day began. At midnight, RAF aircraft dropped hundreds of dummy paratroopers …

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May 30, 2019 By Meg Waite Clayton

One More Day for a Prepublication Copy of The Last Train to London!

Just one more day for a prepublication copy of my new novel, The Last Train to London, to be published by HarperCollins in September. I'll also be handing some …

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