fiction – wonders in writing

Do Readers and Writers Escape Reality through the Written Word?

I recently picked up Jane Yolen’s book, Take Note: A Writer’s Guide to Loving the Craft (2006), and was immediately drawn to a comment she made in the opening chapter: “Writing takes us into another, brighter, deeper more engaging world than the world we actually live in” (7). Even though in this statement she is …

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The Impact of Our Writing

I have often said I am inspired at the oddest times and have no notion where my ideas, which I call germs, come from or even what they mean– not until I write about them; with that in mind, I would like to tell you, Dear Reader, about a dream I had. It focuses on …

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