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November 25, 2018 By Meg Waite Clayton

Karen Joy Fowler: First Words

In celebration of Nanowrimo, I'm rerunning some of my favorite guest author posts (and trying to tidy them in the process). This one was written by Booker …

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November 5, 2018 By Meg Waite Clayton

Julia Glass: The Not Quite Yes

For NanoWriMo month, I'm going to repost some of my favorite guest author posts, which I'm rereading to inspire myself! This one -- by one of my fave authors, …

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Filed Under: Guest Authors Tagged With: Atlantic, I See You Everywhere, Julia Glass, Nelson Algren Award, novels, Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society Medal for Best Novella, The New Yorker, The Whole World Over, The Widower's Tale, Three Junes, Tobias Wolff Award

September 22, 2018 By Meg Waite Clayton

The Lowly Pencil

Pencil, from the Latin penicillus, meaning "little tail." Little tail? Not everyone writes even occasionally with the old fashioned yellow pencil with pink …

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September 3, 2018 By Meg Waite Clayton

Video Wikis

I know -- and use -- Wikipedia on a pretty regular basis. But I didn't know until recently there there is such a thing a a video wiki. Did you? Video …

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July 8, 2018 By Meg Waite Clayton

A Hemingway Story that Started 100 Years Ago Today

On this day 100 years ago, 18-year-old Ernest Hemingway (yes, that guy) was distributing chocolate and cigarettes to soldiers at the Italian front when a shell …

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May 23, 2018 By Meg Waite Clayton

5 Quotes from Philip Roth on Reading, Writing, and Life

I was saddened to hear the news last night that Philip Roth has died. Here are a few of the wisdoms I learned from reading his books: On reading: "Everybody …

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Gellhorn Lies Quote

May 12, 2018 By Meg Waite Clayton

Words of Wisdom from Martha Gellhorn

Last year I started an effort to share a quote a day, each from a woman writer I admired. Let's just say it was a rough year, and life intervened as it …

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April 4, 2018 By Meg Waite Clayton

STOP Writing — Without Giving Up

I'm delighted to have as my guest this week Jennifer Haupt, whose debut novel, In the Shadow of 10,000 Hills is just out! Jennifer went to Rwanda as a …

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November 15, 2017 By Meg Waite Clayton

Steinbeck on Struggling with a Scene

Another bit of great writing advice from John Steinbeck: …

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November 2, 2017 By Meg Waite Clayton

John Steinbeck Support for NANOWRIMO

This won't be an all-Steinbeck-all-the-time month, but I did find another bit of useful advice in that The Paris Review piece--especially apt for cranking out …

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