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Straw Dog Writers Guild > Blog > 2013 > April

Month: April 2013

April 22, 2013

Posted on April 22, 2013October 22, 2021

Musing on Slow Words I bought new stationary today.  Colorful painted birds on bright white paper made from cotton rags.   My intention – to start writing letters again to my old friends, Read More

April 1, 2013

Posted on April 1, 2013October 22, 2021

Straw Dog mugs have arrived!   With the arrival of spring has come a flock of shiny new Straw Dog mugs! We love them… and already they have inspired the Read More

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Exercise the writing muscle every day, even if it is only a letter, notes, a title list, a character sketch, a journal entry. Writers are like dancers, like athletes. Without that exercise, the muscles seize up.

— Jane Yolen

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