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Reading About Dolls

I just finished The Thief on the Winged Horse, a book about sorcery and dolls that you don’t need me to bang on about in book report-y…

Dec 5, 2021

Reading About Dolls

Dec 5, 2021

Reading About Dying — Two Book Reviews

For a couple of years now I’ve been studyin’ about death. I’m getting older; my parents are getting older, and I don’t have a lot of…

Jun 23, 2021

Reading About Dying — Two Book Reviews

Jun 23, 2021

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On Bingeing, On Books

In a previous life, my job was to help people get normal with food — not so much the planning and preparing of it, but how to make peace…

Mar 21, 2020

On Bingeing, On Books

Mar 21, 2020

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Your Writing BFF, Part 2 — Care & Feeding

In a previous article, I wrote about how to bag yourself a Writing BFF…

Feb 14, 2020

Your Writing BFF, Part 2 — Care & Feeding

Feb 14, 2020

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Bagging Your Writing BFF — Tips ‘n Tricks

I met my writing BFF in a night class, one that promised to help us finish our novels. There were a dozen or so others in the class, all…

Feb 9, 2020

Bagging Your Writing BFF — Tips ‘n Tricks

Feb 9, 2020

Well Done, Good & Faithful Servants

I’m saying goodbye to a beloved pair of walking boots the same week I’m reading Cheryl Strayed’s Wild.

Feb 8, 2020

Well Done, Good & Faithful Servants

Feb 8, 2020

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In the Writing Trenches but Never in a Rut

This is a little story about writing wild but staying within the lines:

Feb 3, 2020

In the Writing Trenches but Never in a Rut

Feb 3, 2020

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The Literary Agent That Got Away (Because I Let Him Go) — A Cautionary Tale

I used to teach for the Transition Assistance Program, a four-day course that helps active duty military people move smoothly to civilian…

Jan 31, 2020

The Literary Agent That Got Away (Because I Let Him Go) — A Cautionary Tale

Jan 31, 2020

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Get Off My Lawn — or — Just because you can write something, doesn’t mean you should

Twenty years ago, I took my first online writing class.

Jan 30, 2020

Get Off My Lawn — or — Just because you *can* write something, doesn’t mean you should

Jan 30, 2020

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Show up, Chop Wood, Build Your Writing Muscle

Here’s a story I heard in elementary school that has stuck with me, that I often think about when I’m writing:

Jan 29, 2020

Show up, Chop Wood, Build Your Writing Muscle

Jan 29, 2020

Nancy Stroer

Nancy Stroer

I grew up feral in GA & went to college at Cornell. I fought in the beer-soaked trenches of post-Cold War Germany and now I write novels in northern England.

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