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LitFriends Newsletter: A Life of Letters, With Coupons

LitFriends: A Life of Letters, With Coupons LitFriends Newsletter from JackWalkerPress.com and AmyLouJenkins.com Dear LitFriends, Did you ever consider the phrase “living a life of letters?” I thought it might be a hoity-toity phrase for snobby people. At Bennington, where I earned my MFA in literature and writing, at first, I’d cringe when I heard …

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Gift-Writing Unleashed: Introducing Write-A-Gift Launchpad

Gift-Writing Unleashed: Introducing Write-A-Gift Launchpad Click Here To Learn More How wonderful would it be to transform your appreciation for others and your way with words into cherished gifts that don’t break the bank and certainly won’t end up gathering dust in the yard sale or the back of the closet? Imagine gift-writing without running …

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New Anthology: Help Us Choose a Theme

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Take the Poll and Help us Select the Theme of our Third Anthology YOU CAN ALSO VOTE RIGHT HERE Vote for the Theme of our Next Anthology Litfriends: Discover Why You’re Unbeatable Over AI By admin | August 31, 2024 LitFriends: It Was The Best Of Times By admin | July 22, 2024 LitFriends: Breakthrough …

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LitFriends Newsletter: New Anthology, New course, New articles, New news

LitFriends Exclusive: No-cost Book Promotion and Exciting Updates! New anthology, new course, new articles, new news From JackWalkerPress.com and AmyLouJenkins.com First, let me offer my sincere concern and love for all those suffering from acts of violence, hate, lies, and power grabs all around the world. If all we have to respond are acts of …

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LitFriends Newsletter: Making Writing Harder Than It Should Be

LitFriends Newsletter: The Personal Essay and Resistance Are You Making Writing Harder Than It Should Be? (I am) LitFriends, every time I overcome resistance to writing, I feel better. I wish resistance would go away, but it never will. I wanted to write this little intro days ago, but I was working in my head …

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LitFriends Newsletter: Should A Writer Explore Rabbit Holes?

Subscribe: Litfriends Newsletter Rabbit Holes: Are you Subterranean Too? Another Summer LitFriends Newsletter Click Here to go Directly to the quiz LITFRIENDS* I recently read Carson Tate’s “Work Simply” (affiliate link) and discovered I’m a Visualizer. I am a like a distracted bunny jumping down holes until I get a visual big picture of my writing project. …

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LitFriends Newsletter: New Puppy Energy

New Puppy Energy: Unorganized, Exciting, Needs Work LITFRIENDS* We just adopted Wilson; the new puppy energy in the house is both exciting and draining. Even though we know a puppy will be a lot of work, we forget how much. We have trained puppies before, but each puppy is different. Wilson is smart but uncivilized. …

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LitFriends Newsletter: Summer Writing Goals

The Magic of Tiny Writing Goals and Consistency LITFRIENDS* One of our subscribers, let’s call her “T”, sent me a brief email. She said she needs motivation to reach her writing goals. I understand, it’s so easy to NOT write. Sir Issac Newton taught us in his first law that “every object will remain at …

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LitFriends Newsletter: Your Voice: An idea or a living entity?

LitFriends Newsletter: Your Voice: An Idea or a Living entity? Writers distort the limitations of time. When Bob Seger wrote Like a Rock, he animated the feeling of being a fit teenager on an endorphin-fueled run. I drove to St Louis to see Seger on his farewell tour. His white hair and small shrunken body, …

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LITFRENDS Newsletter #4 Summer Road Trip

A Call for Messy Truths… LITFRIENDS Newsletter#3 This is the online version of our newsletter from Jack Walker Press, Amy Lou Jenkins, and FirstPerson Writing Mothers and Fathers and Messy Histories This Mothers and Fathers Day season has me thinking of my roots and family stories. If you’ve ever watched Skip Gates’ Finding Your Roots, …

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