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Ashley M. Hill - February 22, 2013

I’ve never really done a lot of critiquing, outside the stuff you do in school. Its the flabby muscle in my writer education, if you will. I’m not a very critical thinker. I can work through a thought if someone gives me the starting point, but generally speaking I’ll take it all at face value. […]

What are you reading?

Cafe Management - May 13, 2012

Writers tend to be voracious readers. Some of us even read multiple books at a time; I’m reading three simultaneously at the moment. What we read, as you may have seen in some of our previous posts, often influences what we write, and we all need that constant input. The more we read, the better […]

At Least My Friends Don’t Sit On My Face

Eliza Jaquays - April 27, 2012

Prioritizing is a pain in the ass. There simply aren’t enough hours in the day to get everything done. Something’s going to get pushed back until tomorrow… which comes with its own to-do list. Some things are easy to put first on the agenda. Obviously I’m not going to go into work naked because there […]

What’s the latest non-fiction book you read and why?

Cafe Management - March 25, 2012

Fiction writers need to read. It’s how we absorb stories best. Drinking coffee fuels the actual writing but things from the “real” world actually fuel the imagination. This week we’re asking each other what we’ve read that comes under the category of non-fiction. Whether it’s a biography or a science book, something about history or […]