Oak Flat: A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West By Lauren Redniss Reviewed by Kate Jackson This is a stunning visual nonfiction book written by an award-winning author with the eye of an artist and the voice of …
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The Perfect Pitch
Pitching is an essential skill for all writers. If you want to get assignments and or have someone publish your book, you need to make a pitch. David Remnick of The New Yorker will not magically find the brilliant manuscript …
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Isn’t it queer: there are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before; like the larks in this country, that have been singing the same five notes for thousands of years.
Willa Cather
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“One false word, one extra word, and somebody's thinking about how they have to buy paper towels at the store.”
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“The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.”
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Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry. With both you are working with reality, a material just as hard as wood.
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Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It’s the one and only thing you have to offer.
Barbara Kingsolver
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