Month: October 2022

I would have my kids bring their sacks to the dining room I would have them dump their Halloween bounty onto the table. I would then proceed to search through it for unsealed packaging, foreign substances, or anything looking out of the ordinary. Anything falling into that category went into a separate pile to be discarded. Any candy that looked spoiled or tainted went into another pile (notice the infected tip on the candy corn…

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“Wonky & whimsical” -New York Times. “It’s what really does go bump in the night…” San Francisco Chronicle. That’s what the media is saying now, but before I had found my voice, I remember the *crickets.* I eventually decided to run an advertisement in the classified section of the Nashville Newspaper. CLICK TO READ THE REST OF THIS STORY FREE…

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This is an easy thought. This can and should be done more frequently by most new writers, and all writers who feel discouraged. Short and sweet… Copy. I did not say plagiarize. Copy. Imitate. Find a writer you like and admire, one you would judge to be currently successful. Look at the way he or she writes. The way he starts and the way he ends stories. Look at the subjects and topics. Look at the structure.…

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