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Truman Capote was an American novelist and short story writer known for his distinctive writing style and his contributions to the...

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If you're anything like me, you're using the quarantine as a time to catch up on reading and forge ahead on writing. And if you're not...

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A new year and a new decade are less than a month away! Yeah, I can't fecking believe it, either, but here we are. This is the perfect...

This is not a drill! I repeat: THIS IS NOT A DRILL! The time has come to reveal the title of my debut novel. Awww, yeah! Chick a bow wow....

It's been a bit since I posted a new blog, but things have been anything but uneventful over here! Let's catch up. Shall we? Last year,...

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Aside from "writer's block," the most cited cause for not writing among writers is... drum roll, please... "I just don't have time to...