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Creative writing tips and other information for writers

Rejection Is Part of the Job

I’m still trying to find a publisher for my first book of memoirs, a series of personal experience essays about my dating experiences. I had…

Bobbie ChristmasOctober 30, 2010

Stop Procrastinating

In mid July, I said, “If not now, when?” I felt determined to stop procrastinating and start work on a few major projects. My first…

Bobbie ChristmasSeptember 24, 2010

Giving Birth to a Book

Yesterday a client came to my office to discuss her pain over writing her book. Like many writers before her, she described her experience to…

Bobbie ChristmasJuly 10, 2010

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Who Has Your Backup?

We’ve all heard nightmares about lost manuscripts. In the days of paper and typewriters, writers worried about fire. We bought fireproof safes or rented safe…

Bobbie ChristmasJune 26, 2010

Writers Conference Makes Waves

I just returned from tropical St. Simons Island, Georgia, where I spoke at the Scribbler’s Writers’ Retreat. I could not ask for a more inspirational…

Bobbie ChristmasJune 2, 2010

Who needs technology? Oh, I do.

My old cell phone grew erratic. It shut itself off, even when the battery was fully charged. Sometimes it refused to shut off. At time…

Bobbie ChristmasFebruary 23, 2010

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Holiday Blues? Think Green!

Adults usually find themselves overwhelmed by the season’s added obligations, events, and duties, on top of our already overcrowded schedules. When can a serious writer…

Bobbie ChristmasDecember 1, 2009

Culling Clutter

Thank you for the outpouring of response regarding my flooded office. Although papers, books, notebooks, and other objects that await a new location or new…

Bobbie ChristmasOctober 21, 2009

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The rest of the story

Here are more photos from the artist's play date mentioned in the previous blog:The lush green runway of what I've jokingly named The Woodstock International…

Bobbie ChristmasSeptember 9, 2009