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Jon Papernick: Israel's Inspiration Got Me Back to Writing

Whenever I spend time in Israel I always feel like a more fully realized version of myself — healthier, happier, part of a historical...

John Adcox: Complete

Can fantasy be myth? Mythopoeia and The Lord of the Rings In June of 1999, I traveled to England for the first time. After a few days in...

Lynn Voedisch: Open the Door and Let Me In

There’s a strange phenomenon that happens to some fiction writers that seems impossible to explain to rational-minded outliners. That’s...

Laura Drake: Where Do Ideas Come From?

Do you know Kimberly Brock? If you don’t, you should. She is a true natural story-teller; one of those authors that I envy. Her writing...

Bruce Ferber: Crown of Creation

This post from Bruce marks the end of the I Buried Paul book tour! Want to check out all the stops on the tour? Head on over to Pump Up...

Laura Drake: Motorcycles

I'm a bit - quirky. I ride a motorcycle. A lot. I rode 100,000 miles behind my husband before learning to ride my own. I've since logged...

Judith Arnold: Thinking in Words

I still recall the day I ran into a classmate in college and asked her why she was beaming a megawatt smile. She told me she had just...

Tom Avitabile: The Write Place

A booth at a diner in Jersey, the knee knocker seat on the LIRR, or on my lap sitting in a chaise on the beach in Puerto Rico, even in a...

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