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Year: 2013

May 6, 2013

Posted on May 6, 2013October 22, 2021

Guest Blogger: Kathy Dunn as A friend and fellow writer sent me the following quote: akljf “I was starting to wonder if I was ready to be a writer, not someone Read More

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

March 18, 2013

Posted on March 18, 2013October 22, 2021

SDWG Goes to AWP 2013 Boston was filled to the brim with writers last week.  The annual Association of Writers and Writing Programs 2013 Conference (AWP) attracted over 11,000 authors. Read More

March 4, 2013

Posted on March 4, 2013October 22, 2021

as You Can’t Go Home Again as Fiction as      At the age of fifty-one, with ninety-seven representative samples of my work published in what are kindly called literary journals, Read More

February 17, 2013

Posted on February 17, 2013October 22, 2021

as Why shop at an independent bookstore? as When you shop at an independently owned business, your entire community benefits: The Economy • Spend $100 at a local and $68 Read More

February 3, 2013

Posted on February 4, 2013October 22, 2021

as Literary Heat on a Cold New England Eve: Quotes to Spark Your Muse   Beauty is not loveliness, grace, or pleasurable sights, though any of those might certainly be Read More

January 21, 2013

Posted on January 21, 2013October 22, 2021

as From a writer who does not do blogs… as   As someone new to writing, I can’t imagine a better place to live than western Massachusetts. You can’t walk two Read More

January 1, 2013

Posted on January 2, 2013October 22, 2021

Happy New Year to all! As you think about how you want to change the world in 2013, consider the connection between art and your purse.   — Missy Wick  as Read More

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