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Coping with Rejection

The agent that handled Write In Style, my award-winning book on creative writing, sent me a rejection e-mail last night for a proposal I sent…

Bobbie ChristmasNovember 5, 2008

The Power of Knowledge, the Privilege to Learn

One of the things I love about writing is that writers never stop learning. We learn about crafting a great sentence, paragraph, chapter, article, novel,…

Bobbie ChristmasOctober 9, 2008

The Power of a Deadline

When I speak at conferences and to writers groups I often mention the power of planning and setting deadlines, yet many people complain. They say…

Bobbie ChristmasSeptember 30, 2008

Don’t Try; Do

Robert Frost said, “Talking is a hydrant in the yard, and writing is a faucet upstairs in the house. Opening the first takes all the…

Bobbie ChristmasSeptember 30, 2008