by Elizabeth | Jul 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
BWW’s own Judith Nasse reports from the Taos Writer’s Conference: “Wally Lamb told a great story, pertinent to all of us who are submitting to magazines. He said when he was first starting out he submitted stories to umpteen magazines. One story got a rejection...
by Elizabeth | Jul 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
“I just want to write this summer,” we say. And then summer is upon us, with swim lessons, sudden emergencies, that exercise regime we also meant to implement, the family or friends who visit so seldom we can’t help but turn days over to them, or weeks. Work piles up....
by Elizabeth | Jul 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
We had a glorious day last Saturday, BWW Inspiration Day, sitting peacefully on the deck of our retreat, gazing at the garden, vineyards and the mountains beyond, from the the shade of a lone redwood tree that towered over the little house. We began with the rules for...
by Elizabeth | Jul 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
1) Risk. Yes, we talk about risk when we talk about getting started, but you have to keep risking as you go deeper. You have to risk more than you thought you had to give. You have to risk seeing what works and what doesn’t work. You have to risk rethinking what...
by Elizabeth | Jul 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
1) Poetry. If you got in this for language, a love pure and passionate for the magic of creating images and capturing ideas in words, there is nothing like poetry to stimulate the senses and start the flow. Other sources of language to trip the language fantastic...
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