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Tag Archives: Anne Lamott
Very Good
This morning our local writers’ group met at Books on Broad, a delightful independent bookstore and coffee shop, and as always I left the meeting motivated to finish some projects I’ve been working on. Before leaving the bookstore, I wandered … Continue reading
Posted in books, Camden Writers, courage, family histories, reading, Uncategorized, words, writing, writing critiques, writing groups
Tagged Anne Lamott, books, words, writing, writing groups
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Five Star Books
In an effort to be more attentive to this blog, I’m sharing a couple of recent reviews that I posted on Amazon. Though quite different from each other in theme and style, both of these books merit five stars. Home … Continue reading
Posted in book reviews, books, books on writing, writers, writing
Tagged Anne Lamott, book reviews, books, books on writing, Nancy Peacock, S. Jane Gari
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Struggling Artist’s?
I don’t have Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird with me this afternoon, so what I’m about to write is strictly from memory. I apologize in advance to this great writer if I err in paraphrasing her work. At the same time, … Continue reading
Posted in books, eBooks, self publishing, writing life, writing woes
Tagged Anne Lamott, editing, error-free writing, self publishing, writing, writing process, writing woes
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Opening Sentences, Scene Descriptions, and Dialect
The muse mojo refuses to come out and play today. Anne Lamott said, “All I know is that if I sit long enough, something will happen,“ but so far that hasn’t been my experience today. I’ve been jumping up and down to … Continue reading
Posted in books, reading, writers, writing, writing groups, writing life
Tagged Anne Lamott, books, writing, writing process, writing tips
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Bananas Come in Bunches
Anne Lamott says that perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, and I think she’s right. If a person waited until her writing was absolutely positively flawless, she’d never attempt anything. She’d sit in favorite comfy chair and think “one … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, writers, writing, writing life
Tagged Anne Lamott, the writing life, writing
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