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How I Write About Animals
Peggy Zortman, from the recent TWJ Workshop PART I Most of my writing lately has consisted of putting words in the mouth of my former shelter dog, Chase. But I…
Behind the Camera with Greg Clary
Greg Clary - featured visual storyteller Spring 2021 Edition My friends editing The Watershed Journal asked me to offer a few comments about my photography, including the images in the…
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I Simply, Simply Cannot
Stacey Gross “How to Beat Writer’s Block Once and For All.” “Fourteen Tips to Blast Through Writer’s Block.” “Writer’s Block Isn’t Real, You’re Just Incredibly Lazy. And Untalented. And You…
The Genesis of “In the Spring of Coronavirus
Tony Vallone "In the beginning was the word, and that word—in my case—was “pandemic.” Like most people during this time, I practiced social distancing. Along with my wife, I stayed…
Book in Progress, Part 9: Selling the Book
Joe Taylor The Writing End Game Why do you want to write a book? Because you have something the world needs to hear? You want to entertain readers with a…
In April’s Snow-filled Light
On Zagajewski’s “Try to Praise the Mutilated World" Philip Terman Today is the first of April --not only April Fool’s Day, but the first day of what has been called…
Why I Write NOW
Ann McCauley I have a sign above my desk, ‘Today we do what we must… Then someday we can do what we want!’ After reading that sign, my grandchildren have…
Do You Validate?
Guest blogger Stacey Gross I remember when I was a kid we had this parking lot in town. I’m from Warren, Pa., so understand that the majority of my downtown…
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Write Like You Talk
Stacey Gross Sedaris as Example David Sedaris is the most brilliant man alive. Thank god that man picked up a pen and never put it down. David Sedaris can write…
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Self-Publishing: Book in Progress, Part 8
by Joe Taylor - why self-publishing became an attractive option, given some drawbacks The Vision of a Book Admit it, this has happened to you---a friend reads a couple of…