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Sep.02.2009
A student in my online creative writing class wrote to me last night, wanting to know how to deal with critique. Part of him wanted to defend himself, and another part of him was forcing himself to be restrained, to keep his fangs retracted and his spittle in his mouth. One part of him wanted to...
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Aug.25.2009
In nearly every class or seminar I’ve ever taught, and with many of my clients as well, the question of copyright comes up, mostly in the context of How can I be sure no one steals my work? Despite one obscure author’s recent claims that Stephenie Meyer plagiarized her novel, this does not happen...
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Aug.24.2009
While WILD Mystery Author Sandi Ault is avidly researching for her next book, members of the WILD Bunch are contributing guest blogs. This one is from Gillian Driscoll, Ph.D.
Road Trip with author Sandi AultBy Gillian Driscoll
When I first moved to the west from England 27 years ago (yikes, has it...
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Aug.10.2009
Esalen Catalog listing for workshop I'll be leading April 9 - April 11. Final (or near-final) version:
If someone asked you to sum up the story of your life in one sentence, what would it be? If you had to choose just half a dozen family photos to tell your life story, what photos would you choose...
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Jul.24.2009
I was blessed at my Supernatural workshop to have every student both interested and showing an accomplishment in writing. There is, of course, more chance of this when they are laying down the big bucks, but it is still appreciated.
One of them took me aback during the course of the day. She had...
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Jul.17.2009
Possible Death Mask of William Shakespeare.
I took advantage, for my workshop on the Supernatural, to take my students on a field trip to see the death mask of a historically known poet, which was conveniently placed in a near-by building. None of them had even heard of 'death masks...
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Jun.29.2009
Guest Blog: MY AFTERNOON WITH SANDI AULT by Patricia Wood
While author Sandi Ault is working on the next WILD Mystery, guest blogger Patricia Smith Wood provided this WILD Blog:
My Afternoon With Sandi Ault
By Patricia Smith Wood
Those of you who met Sandi Ault at a conference, a book signing, or...
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Apr.28.2009
I am convinced that the reason people go away from home is the pleasure they get upon the return home. I got a great welcome on Sunday evening though I was only gone for a mere forty eight hours! I swear I could hear the trumpets blow loud and clear as I pulled into the driveway after a gruelling...
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Mar.18.2009
Guggenheim fellowship recipient Josip Novakovich, author of The Fiction Writers Workshop, Infidelities: Stories of War and Lust, and April Fool's Day, will teach a fiction workshop this summer, July 19 - 24, at the University of Minnesota.
Visit here for a PDF of the summer workshop schedule....
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Mar.01.2009
I suffer from one-track-mind syndrome. This is both a curse and a blessing. Once I'm hooked on trying to figure out The Plot, I'm gone, from 5:00 in the morning until 9:00 at night. Puzzle, puzzle, puzzle. I have zillions of emails awaiting answers, and a scramble of notes to unscramble from the...
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