Guest Bloggers
Fresh Voices. New Ideas. Shared Expertise.
Guest bloggers offer fresh perspectives, diverse voices, and valuable knowledgeable about the craft and business of writing.
By sharing their knowledge, guest bloggers offer meaningful insights to our writing community.
Most Recent Guest Blogger:
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Never Count a Submission Out
Guest Blogger Nancy Julien Kopp encourages patience and perseverance when submitting writing: Some years ago, I had written a personal essay about how my father, who had a problem acknowledging handicapped people, learned to accept his first grandchild born with spina bifida and hydrocephalus. Those two handicaps proved a big burden for our sweet baby…
Guest Blogger Posts
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A gift for the reader
“A book is a gift for a reader, a connection from their hearts to the heart of someone out there who really needs their words. This is especially true of stories that delve into sensitive,…
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As writers, we’re often . . .
“As writers, we’re often trained to seek momentum—significant events, turning moments, the big emotional payoff. Especially in memoir, there’s pressure to magnify the trauma or spin a grand arc of triumph. But when I sat…
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Even Introverts Can Support Authors
Charlotte Wilkins We had an interesting discussion in my Jumpstart writing group the other day about being an introvert and how hard it is sometimes to be around people. Well! As writers and readers, it’s…
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Zoom In, Then Linger
Ethan Gilsdorf on Zooming In and Lingering: “In personal essay, memoir and creative nonfiction, we want to bring to our pages a sense of verisimilitude, of intruding upon someone else’s circumstances, of grasping someone else’s…
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Fast Drafting
Zarien Hsu Gee offers “fast drafting” as a creative process: Fast drafting is a way to break through creative paralysis, to see what might be possible with an idea or writing project. When you commit…