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18 Jan 2023

How to Write a Children’s Book: Some Pointers Learned from Experience!

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On January 8, 2023, the Writers Alliance of Gainesville general meeting attracted a large crowd of members and non-members alike Apparently, everyone wants to write a children’s book. Witness best-selling authors John Grisham and Stephen King. Not to disparage these gifted authors’ work, but who can compete with them? It’s … Read More

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30 Nov 2022

Get The Creative Juices Flowing with a New York Midnight Challenge!

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  Stuck in the house with nowhere to go, the pandemic should have been a great opportunity for me to get the creative juices flowing and write. That didn’t happen. My writing was as stuck as I was. Cooking shows, game shows, and predictable Hallmark mysteries filled my afternoons. I … Read More

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2 Nov 2022

Reasons to Write (Hint: Money is Not the Answer)

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I hate writing, I love having written. ~ Dorothy Parker As most writers know, the publishing world is not the place it was as recently as fifteen years ago, a time when an unknown writer like me could earn $600 for a 2000-word piece in a national newspaper. Book publishing, … Read More

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