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Writing, reading, and other vital matters

Archive for August, 2011

Hermione Granger and the secret plan to know everything

Monday, August 29th, 2011

I’m up in the mountains right now, finally uncurling my brain from its protective mode of refusing to think too…

Coming soon! (Just not as soon as I planned.)

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011

Nothing like a good old-fashioned family medical emergency to throw your schedule out of whack for a while. My…

“Learning makes us uncomfortable”

Monday, August 15th, 2011

If you’re not already reading Dean Wesley Smith’s Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing series, I urge you to…

Writers & the myth of talent

Wednesday, August 10th, 2011

Wow. It seems like lately Dean Wesley Smith has been rerunning all my favorite posts. This one on the

Writers: How to use your stories and novels as focused practice for skills you want to learn

Friday, August 5th, 2011

Oh, how I love this post by Dean Wesley Smith! It’s a rerun, and it’s worth rereading at least…