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Follow the image
Early on in the process of writing the book, I had an excellent writing teacher, Donna Hanelin, who suggested, “Follow the image.” She must had seen the puzzled look on my face because she repeated it: “Follow the image.” Donna … Continue reading
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Tagged book writing, creative writing, Donna Hanelin, memoir writing, nature writing, writing
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Journey toward a book title
“So how do you feel today?” Tim asked me. “Spacious!” I said. “There’s so much room!” It was quite a change from the day before—actually, from the whole month of January, when I and the publishing team were scrambling to … Continue reading
Writing that walloped me
The flight attendant had just demo’ed seat belts and was reaching for the sample life jacket when I pulled the May issue of Spirit magazine from the seat-back pocket in front of me. Soon after takeoff I came upon a … Continue reading
Posted in nature, spirituality, writing
Tagged attitudes toward animals, Lisa Jones, memoir writing, writing
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When you don’t want your sister reading it…
On a writers’ and editors’ mail list I belong to a question arose this week about a dilemma memoir writers often face: What do you do when you’ve written something you don’t want a family member to read, especially because … Continue reading
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Tagged memoir writing, writing
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