For inspiration the other day, I pulled out my Capote Reader,  turned to page 628…

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In 2007 I enrolled in a two semester novel-writing workshop at Virginia Commonwealth University with…

What makes a good writer? Creative ideas, discipline, dictionaries, a certain je ne sais quois,…

Every five years or so I reread The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr.…

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