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Post-Conference Blahs! St. Simon’s Island
I spent last week at St. Simon’s Island as a faculty member teaching the nuts and bolts of writing at the Southeastern Writers Association 32nd annual conference with my dear...
CHILDISH GAMES
People never cease to amaze me. Perhaps that’s why I find them so intriguing and interesting. Even well-balanced individuals can do really, well, unbalanced things.For example....
HALLWAYS ARE THE PITS
I'm looking forward to looking back on all this.-Sandra KnellLife is all about transitions. As soon as we get comfortable in our current position, something changes. We don’t...
In Memory
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SUMMER WRITING
I've just uploaded a new article: SUMMER WRITING to my www.vickihinze.net site. See FEATURED ARTICLE"" for the written version or "PODCASTS" for the...
MAKING MEMORIES
When you write full-time, you spend a lot of time alone with your thoughts. Sometimes that aloneness is spent in your office, sometimes under a tree, or daydreaming in a...
MAKING MEMORIES
When you write full-time, you spend a lot of time alone with your thoughts. Sometimes that aloneness is spent in your office, sometimes under a tree, or daydreaming in a...
UNEXPECTED INSIGHT–AND ANSWERS
UNEXPECTED INSIGHT—AND ANSWERSIt started out simply enough. Dinner with the kids and grands at a local waterfront eatery, lots of laughing, joking around—fun! Then came a...
THE OOPS! FACTOR
Our every act has an Oops! Factor. You know the one I mean. You write your heart (or gut) out and realize on page 150 that everything you’ve had happen since page 37 is...
THE POWER OF PAUSE
Learn to pause ... or nothing worthwhile will catch up to you.-Doug KingA few days ago, an author friend who was judging a writing competition asked me, when I’m judging, what...
WRITING SHORTCUTS AND HIDDEN GEMS
An interesting question was put to me a few days ago, and determining a thoughtful, honest response to it has taken time. I had to think, ponder, explore. But finally, I have a...
Response to WRITERS ARE SUCH EASY PREY
A note to my own readers: I'm sorry for the delay in responding to your questions regarding this matter. I've been down with the flu and am just recovering. If after reading this...
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The Difference Between Writers and Authors
The Difference Between a Writer and an Author by Vicki Hinze © 2015 When I was a new writer, I went to a...
Tuesday Morning Mashup in a Writer’s Life
Warning: This is a chat session, unedited. It's Tuesday. It still feels like Monday. Yesterday, I got up at...
Penny Thoughts: On Denial
Denial of truth you know to be truth Reveals an ignorance others know to be ignorance. C2015, Vicki Hinze
