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The Golden Rule of Writing WritingEirene RitznoreJuly 31, 2022Write, Writing, SHow, Chekhov, Ernest Hemingway
Quarantine Writing Writing, ReadingEirene RitznoreNovember 6, 2020Quarantine, COVID 19, Coronavirus, Writing, Dean Koontz, The Library Passage, Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, The Pink Carnation Series, A Hundred Summers, Her Last Flight
Books to Love: A Winter Respite Books To LoveEirene RitznoreMarch 9, 2020Susanna Kearsley, Historical Romance, Historical Fiction, Scotland, Romantic, Adventure, The Winter Sea, Winter, Reading, Read, Books to Love, Lauren Willig, The Pink Carnation Series, Writing, Writer, Characters
How Writing Leaves Your Legacy Lifestyle, Writing, SportsEirene RitznoreFebruary 12, 2020Legacy, Letters, Writing, Dan Marino, Football, A Football Life, Challenge, Habits
Lines to Love: When Writers Hate Writing Lines to LoveEirene RitznoreFebruary 3, 2020Lines to Love, When Writers Hate Writing, Writing, Write, Writers, Writers Tips
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Lines to Love: Exercise the Writing Muscle Lines to Love, WritingEirene RitznoreJune 5, 2019Writing, ReWriting, Writing Tips, Advice, Authors, Line to Love, Write
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Lines to Love: Just Write Lines to Love, WritingEirene RitznoreMay 10, 2019Write, Just Write, Writers, Writing, Writing Tips, Lines to Love, Cory Doctorow, Doris Lessing, Anne Rice, Uzodinma Iweala, Diana Gabaldon, Louis L'Amour, Natalie Goldberg, Just Do It
Lines to Love: What and What Not to Write Lines to Love, WritingEirene RitznoreMarch 15, 2019Writing, Write, Writerly Wisdom, Writers, Stephen King, Joss Whedon, Dead Poets Society, Mr. Keating, William Zinsser, Ernest Hemingway, J. K. Rowling, Evan Marshall, Jocelyn Hughes, Zadie Smith, Ray Bradbury, Joseph Heller, Lines to Love, What Not To Write, What To Write
The Last Rose of Summer Short StoriesEirene RitznoreMarch 11, 2019The Last Rose of Summer, Roses, Short Stories, Writing, Thomas Moore, Summer, Writer
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Chase Perfection. Catch Excellence. Fearless, Lifestyle, WritingEirene RitznoreFebruary 18, 2019Courage, Encouragement, Encourage Yourself, Discouraged, Don't Lose Heart, Warren Buffett, Vince Lombardi, Vincent Lombardi, Hebrews 12, The Bible, Comfort Zones, Euperistatos, Lay Aside the Sin that so easily besets us, Growth, Progress, Writing, Stronger, Mae West, The Replacements, Shane Falco, Fearless, Essentials, Chase Perfection. Catch Excellence.
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