LitFriends Newsletter: Should A Writer Explore Rabbit Holes?

Subscribe: Litfriends Newsletter(opens in new tab) Rabbit Holes: Are you Subterranean Too? Another Summer LitFriends Newsletter (opens in new tab) Click Here to go Directly to the quiz(opens in new tab) 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 …

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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

(opens in new tab) 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 …

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LITFRENDS Newsletter #3 A Call For Messy Truths

(opens in new tab) 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 season of Mother’s and Father’s Day has me thinking of my roots and of family stories. If you’ve ever …

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LITFRENDS Newsletter #2 Sleeping with the Enigma

(opens in new tab) Sleeping with the Enigma of Poetry, Nonfiction, and More… LITFRIENDS Newsletter#2 This is the online version of our newsletter from Jack Walker Press, Amy Lou Jenkins, and FirstPerson Writing National Poetry Month sparks thoughts of poetry even in a newsletter with a focus on creative nonfiction So, I went to bed …

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LITFRENDS Newsletter #1 Boomshakalaka! Here We Go

(opens in new tab) Boomshakalaka, Boomshakalaka Here We Go… LITFRIENDS Newsletter#1 This is the online version of our newsletter from Jack Walker Press, Amy Lou Jenkins, and FirstPerson Writing LITFRIENDS*, I’m convinced, more than ever, that this divisive world needs your words and stories. So, I’ve retired from college teaching, and I’m here to support …

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