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Learning to Write from the Masters

May 21, 2012 //  by Janet Grant//  72 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

The other day I read one of my client’s manuscripts and came to the  conclusion that the opening paragraphs were convoluted, forced, and confusing. I wrote to him to suggest  he delete those first paragraphs; the …

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Impediments to Writing: Alcohol and Drugs

July 1, 2010 //  by Michelle Ule//  9 Comments

Blogger: Michelle Ule

Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

I grew up in a community of folks who knew how to party well on Saturday nights. Charming, funny, clever and lovely, they nearly all enjoyed a drink …

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Emotional Impediments to Writing

June 30, 2010 //  by Michelle Ule//  9 Comments

Blogger: Michelle Ule

Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Pity F. Scott Fitzgerald, a talented Ivy Leaguer who fell in love with a beautiful Southern belle of exceptional creativity and beauty with a terrific name: Zelda.

Their …

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