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The Writing Life

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 Revision and Re-visioning is what we do
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By Tessa Miller
In The Writing Life
Posted December 10, 2020

Revision and Re-visioning is what we do

Revision and play have been on my mind this month, as I work with my Monthly Mentee writers taking the deep dive into finding the sentences “hidden inside” the ones we’re making. So much of the [...]

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 Tech as a Catalyst for Connection
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By Tessa Miller
In The Writing Life
Posted November 19, 2020

Tech as a Catalyst for Connection

I’m a long-time advocate of using technology to build community and help writers feel supported. When COVID brought unforeseen changes and demands into all of our lives, I felt grateful that at [...]

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 Short Story: Wait for Me by Katey Schultz
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By Tessa Miller
In The Writing Life
Posted November 10, 2020

Short Story: Wait for Me by Katey Schultz

In “Wait for Me,” a finalist for the Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize in fiction, Katey Schultz gives us a sensitive narrator, hurt by a rupture in his family, and a bullying neighbor girl, whose [...]

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 Craft Essay: “When I Pulled Over on the Side of the Road”
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By Tessa Miller
In The Writing Life
Posted November 5, 2020

Craft Essay: “When I Pulled Over on the Side of the Road”

What matters about the above side-by-side photos is not that they’re blurry or that the handwriting is illegible. What matters is that eleven years ago I was still waitressing two shifts a week [...]

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 Silver Medal Award from the Military Writers Society of America
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By Tessa Miller
In The Writing Life
Posted October 13, 2020

Silver Medal Award from the Military Writers Society of America

The Military Writers Society of America has awarded North Carolina author Katey Schultz a Silver Medal in Literary Fiction for her recent novel Still Come Home. This is the third win for Still [...]

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 Mythbusting: All Workshops Are Created Equal
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By Tessa Miller
In The Writing Life
Posted August 13, 2020

Mythbusting: All Workshops Are Created Equal

Last month I went out on a limb, stating that workshopping your writing should be the exception in academic and continuing education writing classes—not the norm. I even went so far as to suggest [...]

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 National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist!
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By Tessa Miller
In The Writing Life
Posted July 29, 2020

National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist!

North Carolina Author Katey Schultz Named Finalist in the National Indie Excellence Awards Close on the heels of her recent Foreword INDIES Book of the Year recognition, Loyola University [...]

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 Mythbusting: Why Workshops Can Kill Your Writing
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By Tessa Miller
In The Writing Life
Posted July 9, 2020

Mythbusting: Why Workshops Can Kill Your Writing

Hang with me for this one, readers, because I’ve been holding my tongue on this topic for far too long. I’m going to come at you with a lot of don’ts right up front, but I promise that by the end [...]

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 Book of the Year Award Winner!
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By Tessa Miller
In The Writing Life
Posted June 25, 2020

Book of the Year Award Winner!

North Carolina Author Katey Schultz Wins 2019 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award  June 22, 2020—Loyola University Maryland’s Apprentice House Press is pleased to announce that Katey [...]

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 3 Scenarios that Will Help You Become Your Own Best Writing Coach
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By Katey
In The Writing Life
Posted May 11, 2020

3 Scenarios that Will Help You Become Your Own Best Writing Coach

I first started teaching about the “creative imagination” and the “technical imagination” after reading Jeff Vandermeer’s Wonderbook. In short, Vandermeer explains, the creative imagination is [...]

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