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How to Make a Writing Career Writing What You Know with Jennifer De Leon

  JENNIFER DE LEON IS the author of the YA novel, Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From (Simon & Schuster, 2020), which was a Junior Library Guild selection, and the Juniper Award winning essay … [Read more...] about How to Make a Writing Career Writing What You Know with Jennifer De Leon

How to Write About Personal Growth, with Rona Maynard

RONA MAYNARD KNOWS HOW to tell a dog tale that is really a tale about personal growth. She is the author of a memoir titled My Mother's Daughter, and the former editor of Chatelaine, Canada's premier … [Read more...] about How to Write About Personal Growth, with Rona Maynard

How to Write From Nature with Julie Zickefoose

  JULIE ZICKEFOOSE KNOWS ABOUT nature. She lives and works quietly on an 80-acre wildlife sanctuary in the back country of Whipple, Ohio, from where she writes and paints. Her articles and … [Read more...] about How to Write From Nature with Julie Zickefoose

How to Write A First Memoir with Rebecca Fogg

REBECCA FOGG KNOWS THAT a writer can publish a first book. In fact, she knows that a writer can write a first memoir and publish it with a major publisher. So, writers, take heart. To find out more … [Read more...] about How to Write A First Memoir with Rebecca Fogg

How to Write From One’s Own Life Story with Heinz Insu Fenkl

  HEINZ INSU FENKL KNOWS how to fictionalize his life story. His new novel, Skull Water, is his second book that does so.  A professor of English at The State University of New York, New … [Read more...] about How to Write From One’s Own Life Story with Heinz Insu Fenkl

Writing to Entertain, with Author Iris Smyles

  THE WRITER AND AUTHOR Iris Smyles knows how to entertain. A recent semi-finalist for The Thurber Prize for American Humor, her essays and stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The New … [Read more...] about Writing to Entertain, with Author Iris Smyles

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