A confession: I stopped writing fiction for two months recently--the first time I have ever stumbled to a complete halt. Why? The usual reasons: 1.
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Author Brandi Megan Granett on Writing, Publishing, Archery & More
I admit it: as a veteran Scrabble player, I was delighted to see the cover and title of Brandi Megan Granett's new novel, Triple Love Score. Even
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How One Coach Got Me Off the Couch—and Inspired My Writing
I'm the mother of three champion long distance runners. I honestly don't know how that happened, since I was never a runner. But I showed up at almost
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Celebrating a 20th Wedding Anniversary and a New Book: What Marriage Has Taught Me about Creativity
This week is a big one for me. I'm celebrating both the launch of Chance Harbor, my fourth novel with Penguin Random House, and my twentieth wedding
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How to Love the One You’re With (Even If It’s a Manuscript): Four Tips that Really Work
For many writers, word count is everything. Me, not so much. At the start of every manuscript, I might write 2,000 words one day, only to decide that
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Discovering Prince Edward Island, My Magic Sweater, and the Woman Who Made It
Before buying a house on Prince Edward Island, my husband and I rented places all over the island. Whether we were staying in
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4 Lessons about Planting a Novel that I Learned by Revising a Garden
Even the doctor was shocked when she saw me last week. “You poor thing!” she said, shaking her head. That's not what you want
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As NaNoWriMo Ends, Banish Birdman From Your Brain
Recently I saw Birdman, the brilliantly, darkly comic movie starring Micheal Keaton as Riggan Thomson, a washed-up actor who formerly made
Read MoreFrom Programming Robots to Writing Novels, Creativity is the Thing
As a novelist married to a software engineer, I'm often struck by how opposite we are. The most glaring difference is that my husband's computer
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