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Finding Christmas Spirit

As a teenager and all through college and grad school, Christmas was a holiday that I looked forward to a lot. It wasn’t because of presents or being with family (although those things certainly were nice), but it meant that school was out. It was a nice break from the daily grind and a time I could lay back, sleep in, and do whatever I wanted. I never got super excited about Christmas mismo (sorry…

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4 Lessons of Hope from a Rejection Letter

My friend, Debbie, writes children’s picture books and has been working on pitching them to agents. Recently, she received a response from an agent that wasn’t a generic rejection letter. The agent actually wanted her to send over more of her books! So she did. When the agent responded, Debbie was beyond excited. The agent had requested more books (she ended up sending over six), and was obviously interested. A deal would no doubt be…

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NaNoWriMo 2016 Recap

We’re already well into December and I haven’t written since November. Alright, so it’s only the 6th, and I’ve had longer dry spells than this. But it feels like it’s been so long! NaNoWriMo 2016 was intense, to say the least. But, get through it I did, and while I can already tell there will need to be extensive revisions (when aren’t there?), the story is coming along marvelously. I say coming along, because I’m not quite…

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