We are almost there—the last four days of National Writing Month (or #Nanowrimo) in which we have all collectively spent drinking copious amounts of our caffeinated drink of choice, binging on snacks that don’t fit neatly into the four food groups and deep cleaning areas we have been putting off for months. This time IContinue reading “On #Nanowrimo”
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Tackling Writer’s Block
By Mariah Prouse Writers block….the bane of every writer’s existence. Maybe it’s the dreaded synopsis or the brain shattering query. Did that not help? Sorry—I will try to do better. It’s as though that blinking cursor or blank page is mocking you. It’s daring you to attempt to create a sentence or write a word.Continue reading “Tackling Writer’s Block”
On Finding a Community
By Lindsay Fortin I had always thought of writing as a solitary activity. I read alone, I think alone, I write alone. But when I started to get serious about my writing, I found that I longed for people to talk to who shared my passion for language and storytelling. I tried lots of thingsContinue reading “On Finding a Community”
Secret Writers Guild 