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Meg Waite Clayton

Author of the international bestsellers The Postmistress of Paris, The Last Train to London, and 7 other novels

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January 30, 2017 By Meg Waite Clayton

More Important Words from Anne Frank

Today's quote, again from Anne Frank: Again, if you haven't done so already, I hope you will read my post on Anne Frank that began these posts. Meg …

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January 29, 2017 By Meg Waite Clayton

A Little More Anne Frank

Staying with the Anne Frank theme today, an important voice in these times: Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only …

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January 28, 2017 By Meg Waite Clayton

Remembering Anne Frank

I wrote this post on Facebook yesterday, which was International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and found I wanted to put it here so that it could be found on a …

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January 27, 2017 By Meg Waite Clayton

365 Great Quotes from Women

Day #5 of writing in earnest, and a little humor is in order: You know, it's hard work to write a book. I can't tell you how many times I really get going on an …

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January 26, 2017 By Meg Waite Clayton

365 Great Quotes from Women

Day #4 of writing in earnest, and here is a bit of terrific advice: The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read. …

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January 25, 2017 By Meg Waite Clayton

365 Great Quotes from Women

Day #3 of writing in earnest, and I'm offering a bit of inspiration from Virginia Woolf, whose birthday it happens to be: For it would seem ... that we write, …

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January 24, 2017 By Meg Waite Clayton

365 Great Quotes from Women

Day #2 of writing in earnest: Make up a story... For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark …

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January 23, 2017 By Meg Waite Clayton

365 Great Quotes from Women

I'm buckling down to write in earnest this week, so expect a lot of writing advice in this week's quotes. I'll start with a philosophical one, and a philosophy …

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January 22, 2017 By Meg Waite Clayton

Great Quotes from Women

Love this quote and what it says about the term "lady": I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None …

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January 21, 2017 By Meg Waite Clayton

Great Quotes from Women

I thought a quote from a literary great about women's equality might be just the thing for today: He is a gentleman, and I am a gentleman's daughter. So far we …

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