Category: Liz Writes
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Writing as stretching a muscle, and other egregious metaphors
Hello hello everyone. I had somewhat of an epiphany the other day about my own writing and wanted to share. If you read my post about spring, you probably remember me talking about how I had written a poem and was feeling generally positive about my personal writing even though…
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Story acceptance!
I feel like I can finally talk about this, because I have a date for when my fiction finally gets printed and I get to hold my own words in my own two hands.
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Story of the Week #14 — “Elegy in Running Water” by Alex Friedman
I have always loved Alex’s work. Right away when we began workshop together, when I was still a scared undergraduate in my head, I noticed that this guy wrote the kinds of stuff I like to read: the weird stuff, like watercolor dragons and alien flamingos. This guy has an…
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Spring has come to Chicago!
I walked outside my apartment this morning and was greeted with the glorious knowledge that spring has finally crawled out from under its blanket of snow. I love winter and snow and everything that comes with it, but I am so ready for it to be warm outside. Even now…
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Story of the Week #12 — “Cygnet Lake” by Doug McBride
Since I’m bringing Story of the Week back after probably a year of neglect, I will treat you dear Readers to something short and sweet to start things off again. And since the deadline for the Fall 2014 issue of NEAT. is rapidly approaching, I think it’s appropriate to showcase one…
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Had a good conversation this morning and wanted to share . . .
I will post some more updates later, but first I wanted to share this conversation I had (with my friends Beth and Kathryn) this morning about writing, and some thoughts about how writing helps us better understand our own thoughts and feelings. Read more here. >> How do you see your…
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NaNoWriMo is coming . . .
. . . and I still need a plan. I suppose it’s about time for me to set something in stone and (hopefully) keep to it when the time comes. Here are my thoughts. 1. I need to decide what to do about marketing my novel. I have been tossing…
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10 Novels That Have Shaped the Stuff that Liz Writes
I see a lot of those Internet lists that have titles like, “100 Classic Novels You Are a Dunce If You Haven’t Read by the Time You’re 20” and “20 New Novels That Are Totally In Style and Stuff So Read Them Blah.” The thing is, I have always felt…
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