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May 1, 2020 By Meg Waite Clayton

Paddling your Bathtub into London: How Great Stories End

I am working through plotting issues myself and returned to these notes from a master class I taught on narrative endings a couple years ago. They are just my …

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March 12, 2015 By Meg Waite Clayton

5 Funny Irish Writers on How to Write

In case you need some good old Irish inspiration to set aside the green beer for the pen this St. Patrick's Day weekend, I've dug up five funny Irish writers to …

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March 4, 2015 By Meg Waite Clayton

Cara Black: Let’s Talk Research

Cara Black is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of 15 books in the Private Investigator Aimée Leduc series, set in Paris. She's received, …

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February 4, 2015 By Meg Waite Clayton

Tatjana Soli: on silencing the voices of no

Tatjana Soli guest posted here when her first novel, The Lotus Eaters released. This lovely debut went on to become a New York Times bestseller, was named a …

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January 14, 2015 By Meg Waite Clayton

Sandra Gulland: on getting around to writing

Sandra Gulland's fifth novel, The Shadow Queen, is out in paperback, and I'm rerunning her post from last spring to celebrate. It "will remind readers why they …

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February 12, 2014 By Meg Waite Clayton

Elizabeth Scarboro: Writing, The Ultimate Double Life

My guest author this week, Elizabeth Scarboro, is the author of My Foreign Cities--which was chosen as an Oprah Book of the Week, one of the San Francisco …

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October 23, 2013 By Meg Waite Clayton

Tara Conklin: Keep Writing, Keep Writing, Keep Writing

The House Girl author Tara Conklin did a wonderful post here about the persistence required to get her gorgeous debut published. The House Girl became a New …

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March 2, 2013 By Meg Waite Clayton

What Do You Get at a Writers Conference?

Several times over the course of the San Francisco Writers Conference last month, I was asked what's in a conference for the writers-panelists. A few of the …

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January 31, 2013 By Meg Waite Clayton

A Survival Guide to Writers Conferences: 1. Eat Chocolate for Breakfast

A friend who is heading for a writers' conference next month asked if I had any advice, and since it's not the first time I've been asked: 1. Eat Chocolate for …

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January 23, 2013 By Meg Waite Clayton

Cathy Marie Buchanan: Finding the Writing Life

Earlier this year, when Cathy Marie Buchanan asked if I'd read her new novel, The Painted Girls, I jumped at the chance. I loved her debut, The Day the Falls …

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