Month: January 2012

WRITING WORKSHOPS: 21 Steps to Fog-Free Writing

In September I had the pleasure of taking this class from Writers Online Classes, with returning instructor Don McNair.  The class advertisement read: Publishers and agents reject 99 percent of received manuscripts after simply glancing at their first chapters.   This class shows why your own manuscript was rejected . . . and how to fix …

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Before You Set Goals or Make Resolutions

Every year, New Year’s Resolutions (or reasons not to make them) pop up all over the web.  Goal setting classes are the norm. I usually do an annual review late in December.  But goals and plans are important to me.  So I start off that process by asking myself some questions.  The answers dictate what …

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