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Monthly Archive for: "July, 2018"
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 Books You Loved When You Were Young
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By Katey
In The Writing Life
Posted July 26, 2018

Books You Loved When You Were Young

Maybe it had more to do with being alone, with being completely immersed in a world I discovered between the pages of a book. Or maybe it was the fact that, at the end of whatever book I held in [...]

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 Writing from Prompts
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By Katey
In Airstream Dispatches
Posted July 24, 2018

Writing from Prompts

  “I had serious fun with this prompt! I haven’t felt that in a while. I was drawn to keep at my draft and would not have written it if not for the habits of mind you are trying to encourage [...]

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 We’re All Human: Accountability for Writers
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By Katey
In The Writing Life
Posted July 19, 2018

We’re All Human: Accountability for Writers

I’ve been conducting informal research amongst Maximum Impact’s private students, writers I meet at Interlochen Center for the Arts, and fellow creatives whose work I admire. More than anything [...]

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 3 Reasons Why Accountability For Writers Works
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By Katey
In Airstream Dispatches
Posted July 17, 2018

3 Reasons Why Accountability For Writers Works

For many years, I’ve been teaching from an accountability soapbox. Here’s what I wish every writer could understand: Accountability for writers doesn’t have to be  about harsh, [...]

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 Saying YES to Distractions
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By Katey
In Mindful Flow
Posted July 12, 2018

Saying YES to Distractions

I recently heard author Patricia Ann McNair deliver an excellent craft talk (at this event), in which she detailed the benefits of distraction. Sure, it’s one thing to check your email when you [...]

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 Reading Like A Writer
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By Katey
In Airstream Dispatches
Posted July 10, 2018

Reading Like A Writer

During a craft lecture at my first residency for Pacific University’s low-res MFA program, a fiction author took to the podium and announced: “You are responsible for what you don’t read.” He [...]

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 Hell is Other People’s Screen Time Policies
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By Katey
In Mindful Parenting
Posted July 5, 2018

Hell is Other People’s Screen Time Policies

The title for this post is quoted from an article written by Lauren Smiley for theverge.com. As my son River gets closer and closer to his second birthday (this coming November), there’s a big [...]

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 Stepping up to the Mic
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By Katey
In Airstream Dispatches
Posted July 3, 2018

Stepping up to the Mic

I used to be a big fan of taking my time. I loved free writing morning pages by hand in my journal, then reading a few stories by a favorite author, then thumbing through old story drafts before [...]

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