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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...

David Biddle: Winding Down with Spring Training: Last Thoughts for Writers

I wrote about baseball’s spring training season in The Story Plant blog a few weeks ago. In that piece, I pointed out that writers don’t...

David Biddle: Spring Training and Working Hard

I spent the best 15 years of my life coaching city rec league baseball teams that my three sons played on. All three eventually became...

SS Turner: The Accent Interpreter

A short story Monty Summers was an expert at telling people what they wanted to hear. And what they almost always wanted to hear were...

SS Turner: A Day in the Life of this Writer

Some people believe writers are enigmatic figures who spend their days drinking alcohol and taking exotic drugs to enhance their...

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...

Judith Arnold: First-Rate Second-Borns

I often wondered whether my sons read up on birth order theory while still in the womb. Embodying the theory, my first-born has always...

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...

Therésè: I Landed Here

“Write what you know” – Mark Twain. This advice is frequently given to aspiring authors. It was given to me years ago and I decided to...

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