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Confession: I do own a reference book. — A broken spine, yet still you're mine.

Confession: I do own a reference book.

Thanks to me, our used bookstore has an abundance of dictionaries and thesauruses. Three years ago, we were preparing for what would become the first of four moves. As we sorted, packed, tossed and donated, was clear that our overpopulated bookshelves were bent with their labors and needed rest. It’

Jonathan Bing • writing

The antidote to all things AI.

The antidote to all things AI.

It was a good day when humans stopped using giant hammers to drive railroad spikes. And when washing machines replaced the washtub, no one pined for handwashing clothes. And find me a writer who misses flipping back and forth through a massive thesaurus. (Actually, don’t find me those writers.

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The 8 ingredients (and 2 secrets) for effective critique groups. — This is the tree fort where we‘d sometimes gather the gang.

The 8 ingredients (and 2 secrets) for effective critique groups.

You want a writing group. That place where your wild sentences run free, and on occasion, run-on. Where people can talk in depth about word counts, Scrivener and MSWL. Where you can make real progress toward getting published. But you need a critique group that truly works, even when

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