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    Authenticity: Perfecting the Recipe
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    • Jun 16, 2016
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    Authenticity: Perfecting the Recipe

    My fiction students and I have spent a healthy amount of time talking about how to achieve authenticity in our work. The trick is not...
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    Rejection Club: Join Your Favorite Writers
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    • May 14, 2016
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    Rejection Club: Join Your Favorite Writers

    I had a great week in terms of writing life—three rejections rolled in. Two I completely expected. I'd aimed high in sending a new story...
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    In Search of Your Voice: Conquering One Grain of Sand at a Time
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    • Apr 13, 2016
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    In Search of Your Voice: Conquering One Grain of Sand at a Time

    My advanced fiction workshop class and I have been talking about voice a lot. Voice—that somewhat enigmatic characteristic of a work that...
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    Writer's Block's Kryptonite: Knowing Your Process
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    • Mar 24, 2016
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    Writer's Block's Kryptonite: Knowing Your Process

    In a recent "Getting to Know Our Instructors" interview for WriterHouse, one of the questions was about writer's block, and if I had any...
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    "The Fine Art of Goldfish" Takes Flight
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    • Feb 27, 2016
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    "The Fine Art of Goldfish" Takes Flight

    I'm super-psyched to report my short story, "The Fine Art of Goldfish" is out in Apeiron Review's Issue 10. Check it out on page 5 in the...
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    Why Movies from Books Often Suck
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    • Feb 6, 2016
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    Why Movies from Books Often Suck

    While teaching this past week, my class engaged in an interesting conversation about description. Specifically, we discussed how the...
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    Book Review: The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer
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    • Jan 13, 2016
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    Book Review: The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer

    I first fell in love with Julie Orringer's work while in graduate school when I read How to Breathe Underwater. Ever since I read that...
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    When Trains Collide: Building a Compelling Plot
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    • Sep 8, 2015
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    When Trains Collide: Building a Compelling Plot

    Upon reaching page 100 in my novel draft, I realize that I know one of my trains really well. By train, I mean my protagonist. The other...
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    Keep Putting Words to Page
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    • Sep 3, 2015
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    Keep Putting Words to Page

    Writing a difficult scene last night, I almost made myself physically ill. It was like method acting (or like I imagine method acting I...
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    Potatoes in Space: Publishing Evolution
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    • Aug 24, 2015
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    Potatoes in Space: Publishing Evolution

    The man made me really, really care about taters. Now I am already a lover of potatoes, but it's kind of a generalized love—to quote...
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    Writerly Inspiration: Catching the Bubbles
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    • Aug 11, 2015
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    Writerly Inspiration: Catching the Bubbles

    Making the decision to return to my more writerly way of life has prompted the most wonderful discussions with my friends and family, as...
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    Seeing All the Colorful Pieces
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    • Aug 6, 2015
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    Seeing All the Colorful Pieces

    Today was my dear Aunt Ruth's funeral. After a very rough two weeks, feeling exhausted and emotionally raw, something kicked in...
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    "Getting old is NOT for sissies"
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    • Jul 30, 2015
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    "Getting old is NOT for sissies"

    I have the privilege of being with a dear aunt as she goes through the final days of her life. She is currently in Hospice care, resting...
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    Read. Listen. Write. Repeat. Finding Inspiration in Others' Work
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    • Jul 22, 2015
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    Read. Listen. Write. Repeat. Finding Inspiration in Others' Work

    Whenever I'm in a really productive writing groove, I surround myself with inspirational creative outputs from others. I've been on a...
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    When Bizarre Rings the Doorbell
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    • Jul 16, 2015
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    When Bizarre Rings the Doorbell

    My doorbell rang today. It never rings. While working at a little kitchen nook on my computer, my cat Maisy-Mae curled up behind my...
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    Literary Pilgrimage: Lucy Maud Montgomery's inspiration for Anne's Green Gables
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    • Jul 11, 2015
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    Literary Pilgrimage: Lucy Maud Montgomery's inspiration for Anne's Green Gables

    Today I visited the house that inspired L. M. Montgomery's Green Gables, home to the beloved character Anne Shirley. I'm in Canada for...
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    Writers Before the Interwebs Were HARD CORE!
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    • Jul 10, 2015
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    Writers Before the Interwebs Were HARD CORE!

    With as frequently as I find myself doing an internet search for information for my novel in progress, I realize writers years ago, as...
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    A New(ish) Coinage I Hope to Spread Via My Novel (and Everywhere)
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    • Jul 8, 2015
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    A New(ish) Coinage I Hope to Spread Via My Novel (and Everywhere)

    Be advised: adult language to ensue. Have you ever been stumped for just the apt word or phrase to describe a particularly bad situation?...
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    This Little Writing Life of Mine
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    • Jul 7, 2015
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    This Little Writing Life of Mine

    So this is my new blog, from Kristie Smeltzer, aspiring writer. Here I'll chronicle writing adventures, misadventures, and stuff I find...
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