Tag: Inspiration
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The Romance of the Epistolary Novel
I’ve made a huge dent in The Woman On The Wall this week, finally hitting my flow in the balance between the modern-day timeline and the historic epistolary component. Incorporating the fictitious journals and letters of Francesco Melzi and determining their role in the storytelling process has, to be honest, posed the biggest dilemma for…
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My Great-Grandmother’s Magic Pencils
On my great-grandmother’s mechanical pencils and how magic is always with you—even when it lays dormant until you are ready for it.
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Teaching The Lost Art of Letter Writing
The lost art of thank you letter writing is making a comeback as a tool to give you a competitive edge. Robin Rivers talks about how to write a great one.
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On How I Broke Down When Writing Feedback Hurt (And Won)
How I turned a breakdown over negative feedback from an editor into an opportunity to grow as a novelist.
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On Why Writing Is So Damn Hard
Writing is so damn hard. While that may come off as me prepping for a whiny diatribe on the travails of the writer’s life, it actually constitutes me launching into a bit of a love poem
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On The Act Of Putting Yourself Out There
Musings on the great writer’s question, “Am I good enough?”
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The Imprint of Flowers
As a child, nothing ever manifested in quite such a glorious way as our backyard garden. If there was one thing my mother could do, it was to grow beautiful things (she had many talents). Our eclectic, high-altitude heaven included everything from blooming cacti and yucca plants to lilacs, Iris, and my personal favourite, the…
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