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An Interview with Ellen Withers
I had the pleasure of interviewing award-winning crime writer, Ellen Withers. Ellen writes the Show Me Mysteries series, which she writes in dual-time. In this interview, she will discuss her… Read more
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The Long Pause
When I am not writing, I sense that I have lost some deep part of me, like work and family and obligations have eclipsed an essential part of my SELF.… Read more
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List of Recent Writing Contests and Why You Should Enter
I am relatively new to entering writing contests. For a while, they left a bad taste in my mouth. Why would I want to offer up my precious prose to… Read more
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Fight Your Way Through
I heard the name Ira Glass at Ozark Writer’s Conference in October 2023. He is a radio personality, but he has powerful videos from which every aspiring writer can learn.… Read more
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What I Learned from Patricia Bradley about Writing Christian Fiction
Patricia Bradley writes Christian murder mysteries. You read that correctly. In her own words, she kills people, but she does it “nicely.” She has a southern, folksy charm that is… Read more
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Write Your Novel Using the Three Act Structure
Grasping the three-act structure removes the veil from the mystery of novel writing. The ideal of the genius fiction writer spending hours in a coffee shop or home office is… Read more
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“The difference between the right word and the almost right word is really a large matter. It is the difference between the lightening bug and lightening.” -Mark Twain
Jodi Whitehurst 
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