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Frivolous Acts of Creativity: It’s Allowed

Posted on July 13, 2016 by Christi

“It’s okay if your work is fun for you. . . . It’s also okay if your work is healing for you, or fascinating for you, or redemptive for you, or if it’s maybe just a hobby that keeps you … Continue reading →

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On Reading and Writing: Quotable Posts

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Christi

A host of posts worth bookmarking. On Reading It’s Short Story Month at Fiction Writers Review. Here’s a bit of what you can look forward to if you stop by their blog: The return of our popular “Stories We Love” … Continue reading →

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Taking it all in on a Sunday.

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Christi

From The Forest for the Trees: “Everything you put on the page is a deliberate manipulation of what happened, written to keep the reader entertained, moved, sympathetic, horrified, scared, whatever. You are never writing what really happened. Instead, you are … Continue reading →

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