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The Original Opening to Hiram Falls
For several years, this was the opening to my novel; then two editors suggested I take a different tack. I agreed. But I still like this one.
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It's Time for Connections
Telling Stories begins programs -- writing sessions, digital story workshops, critique sessions to connect other writers and help us improve. Free.
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Thursday Live Writing -- 5.15.25
The prompts for our first Live Writing Session of the season
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Morning birds awaken my heart
The sounds of a hermit thrush and a woodpecker early one morning.
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On a Subject We Dare Not Mention
The thought of death creeps in every day, but an outlet emerges -- a character in my novel.
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Russell Family Sugarhouse
For seven generations this family in town have made maple syrup in the same sugarhouse in the same way:buckets and horses to haul the sap, wood fire to…
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On Writing: Buildings Have Stories to Tell
How one call to readers brought compelling tales of how people spent their lives working, laughing, falling in love at their workplace long ago.
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The Mystery Pie
How Aaron came home one day to find a wild blueberry pie on his kitchen table. It was delicious, but where had it come from? Who had dropped it off?
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5. Feedback: A gold mine for a writer
We love it, we hate it, often we don't know what to do with what people tell us about our work. To be able to listen to it, to gain from it, there are…
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