beginnings
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The new year for me always feels like it starts in September rather than January. Even those years when I’ve been neither a student nor a teacher, there is something about fall that always feels like the beginning of something new, that space of new experiences, new possibilities—and let’s not forget the excitement of new…
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Today marks my second weekly intensive writing day since all of The Maple Leaves madness started a few months ago. You could say that I had my share of intensive writing days as I prepped for the show – the process of which I blogged about on our show blog rather than here. Although I…
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Where does a story start? For me, it’s always the same: a voice. I hear a line in my head, usually a first line. And it has a specific tone to it – even if it’s coming through a character – and I know, I just know, this is important, this you must get down,…