Tag Archives: memoir

The Wait… Killing Dreams Or Making Dreams Come True One Manuscript At A Time… Until It Is Yours

Posted on August 26, 2014 by DMW

I have kept myself busy or more accurately distracted because I’m always busy, the last few weeks, so I wouldn’t think about my manuscript. It is off in an editor extraordinaire’s hands, and has been for almost three weeks. But … Continue reading →

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One More Time – Revising, Prepping And Sending Off My Manuscript

Posted on August 10, 2014 by DMW

So, I’m doing this again. You know that thing I said I wouldn’t do. That thing that if I had to do again, I would scratch my own eyes out and gladly bleed out on the table, just so I … Continue reading →

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Confessions Of A Bookaholic: “This Star Won’t Go Out”

Posted on June 3, 2014 by DMW

Every now and then I read a book that I can’t put down and yet takes me forever to get through. Why? Because it makes me think, and worse it makes me feel far too human. “This Star Won’t Go … Continue reading →

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A Writer’s Real Education – The Importance Of Writing Workshops

Posted on May 20, 2014 by DMW

Let me start with saying that I love school. In case my many majors and minors as an undergrad and obtaining my MFA (Master of Fine Arts) wasn’t a testament to that fact. I mean, if I won the lottery … Continue reading →

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Confessions Of A Bookaholic: Noteworthy Nonfiction For May 2014

Posted on April 29, 2014 by DMW

I am so sorry for the delay of this month’s noteworthy nonfiction list. I hope it was worth the wait. This list includes two books that have been at the top of my reading list for months and two favorites … Continue reading →