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One Word in Front of the Other

May 1, 2016May 1, 2016 Betsy

People have asked me “How can you write a novel?” It’s one word in front of the other. “Why don’t  you write short stories? That would be so much easier?” […]

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A Swipe Away from Success

November 16, 2013 Betsy

Writing is a business. Certainly you can read thousands of blogs that give voice to that perspective. With the extraordinary growth in small press and self-publishing, everyone has something to […]

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Following Atticus and Others

January 27, 2013May 16, 2013 Betsy

I followed Tom Ryan’s Atticus and learned along the way.

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Literary Critics Among Us

May 22, 2011 Betsy

Writers have writer friends. It’s not that we are clannish. More often than not we are quiet in social situations. Until a group of us get together and then, well, […]

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Flippin’ the Coin

January 17, 2010January 19, 2010 Betsy

This week, I sat on the other side of an interview. As a journalist, I have interviewed hundreds of people. Some interviews were perfunctory, fact-finding. The best were the ones that […]

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Beau’s Hot Chocolate

December 30, 2009December 31, 2009 Betsy

It is deep midwinter and I have just returned from a lovely holiday in London with family and extensions of family. Because Dickens was my first love as a reader, […]

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New year. And I'm querying again. Watch out world. I'm coming at ya! #writerslife #amquerying

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@megrichmansea It's been out for a while, just giving it some new year's love!

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