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How to Handsell Your Own Books
The little flight case that could
Nov 13 • 
M. L. Rio
Style and Substance
Meeting the moment in prose
Aug 21 • 
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The Unexamined Writer
Writing about your own writing
Jul 18 • 
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Research 101: Required Reading
Working with secondary sources
May 6 • 
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Marginal Notes: Andrea Barrett
Dust and Light: On the Art of Fact in Fiction
Apr 30 • 
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Research 101: The Horse's Mouth
Working with primary sources
Apr 15 • 
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Research 101: Dragnet
Why you should start big and work backwards
Feb 12 • 
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Writing the Right Book
New year. New book. But which one?
Jan 21 • 
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Finishing Lines
The end of the year and the end of the manuscript
Dec 23, 2024 • 
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The point of no return
No more middling middles
Sep 17, 2024
The Last Mile
On finishing a draft
Aug 20, 2024 • 
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So I finally snapped
How my own book broke me
Jul 16, 2024 • 
M. L. Rio
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