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NYC – A Fine Place for a Writers’ Conference
Kimberly writes about attending the most recent edition of the Writer's Digest Conference live in New York City.
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MEMOIR WRITING
Miriam shares some of her approaches to reading as a writer writing memoir, and particularly of reading the memoir of Esa Aldegheri, Free to Go.
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To Whom it May Concern
It was my daughter’s 1st birthday last weekend, so I have decided to write her a letter, then keep these letters in a book. In the letter, I reminisced on…
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Making Words Make Money
Photo by Mathieu Stern on Unsplash I’ve always considered my strongest skill to be in writing. Maths? You can keep your Pi. Science? Put your Bunsen burner back in the…
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Forcing the idea onto the page
Sometimes the pen feels heavier than usual. Sometimes the page looks whiter than before. We’ve all stared at that blank page, knowing that there’s an itch to write within us,…
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Pens Around the World in 2022 – another year older
An overview of Pens Around the World. What PATW is, and something about what we've been up to as a group in 2022.
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Turn off the Din
I have no idea what to write about, so I’m just going to write myself free. I’ll do that by following my stream of consciousness that may not go anywhere.…
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Pick a Year, Any Year
If you are looking for a new prompt for writing a new short story, or even something longer, then have an exact year get the ball rolling! By simply plucking…
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From Adversity Can Come Diversity and Greatness
The Commonwealth Games came to a successful conclusion on the 10th of August this year. The closing ceremony began with children playing hopscotch post World War 11 and the rebuilding…