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Write in the style of "Little House on the Prairie"

Posted on 02/07/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A recent PBS documentary about Laura Ingalls Wilder addressed the role her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, played in bringing the...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Just for fun, Writing advice

Posted on 12/31/2019 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

What else is ubiquitous this time of year besides year-end lists and predictions for the future? The exclamation point! Think...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Jane Friedman, Just for fun, Language

Posted on 12/21/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

’Tis the season for gift guides, and we’d be remiss if we didn’t share one for writers. IndieReader shares six...

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Posted on 10/28/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We turn today to the poets and prose writers born this week in history for their advice on the craft...

Tagged As: Just for fun, Quotes, Writing advice

Posted on 05/18/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Gretchen Rubin divides the world into four types of people, depending on how they respond to internal and external expectations....

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Just for fun, Technology

Posted on 04/01/2019 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

All work and no play makes authors dull, indeed. Writer’s Digest looks back on a few of its past April...

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Posted on 03/05/2019 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’ll take a page out of pet-lovers’ books and declare that for us, every day is National Grammar Day. But...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Just for fun, Language, Writer's Digest

Posted on 11/24/2018 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Even as we appreciate how technology can make our lives easier, we can still enjoy — and benefit from —...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Just for fun, Writer's Digest

Posted on 11/23/2018 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

You’ve come to expect quality bargain books from Fussy — now it’s time to expect quality discounted apparel from us,...

Categories: Library Updates

Tagged As: Just for fun