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Passionate about Podcasts
Valerie G Miller
  • Apr 2, 2021
  • 3 min

Passionate about Podcasts

Listening to podcast, reading a book, listening to an audiobook and watching films isn't waste of time. It's how somebody becomes wise!...
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Why a pseudonym?
Valerie G Miller
  • Dec 18, 2020
  • 5 min

Why a pseudonym?

I suggest to my students that they write under a pseudonym for a week. That allows young men to write as women, and women as men. It...
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The Autumn of my Dreams
Valerie G Miller
  • Dec 11, 2020
  • 5 min

The Autumn of my Dreams

People say, 'What advice do you have for people who want to be writers?' I say, they don't really need advice, they know they want to be...
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Twelve Rejections ... coming of age as a writer
Valerie G Miller
  • Dec 4, 2020
  • 3 min

Twelve Rejections ... coming of age as a writer

I love my rejection slips. They show me I try. Sylvia Plath I read an article about a writer whose goal was to receive 100 rejections in...
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Miss Muse ... why are you so fickle?
Valerie G Miller
  • Nov 27, 2020
  • 3 min

Miss Muse ... why are you so fickle?

Inspiration is the windfall from hard work and focus. Muses are too unreliable to keep on the payroll. Helen Hanson Muse. A noun. There...
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Great first lines that get you hooked
Valerie G Miller
  • Nov 20, 2020
  • 3 min

Great first lines that get you hooked

Reading a novel is a journey. A great novel can entice you into a wonderful new world filled with great characters, events and emotions....
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National Novel Writing Month ... a.k.a NaMoWriMo
Valerie G Miller
  • Nov 13, 2020
  • 4 min

National Novel Writing Month ... a.k.a NaMoWriMo

There's an old folk saying that goes: whenever you delete a sentence from your NaNoWriMo novel, a NaNoWriMo angel loses its wings and...
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If you want to do... you have to say yes to no!
Valerie G Miller
  • Nov 6, 2020
  • 5 min

If you want to do... you have to say yes to no!

You don't find time to write. You make time. Nora Roberts 2020. 20 days. 20 thousand words. I do have an affiliation for numbers that...
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The Writer’s Community
Valerie G Miller
  • Oct 23, 2020
  • 4 min

The Writer’s Community

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.  John Donne Throw the confetti. Ring...
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Writing Milestones ... Quotes to Inspire
Valerie G Miller
  • Oct 16, 2020
  • 1 min

Writing Milestones ... Quotes to Inspire

I have spent the last three months plotting and planning my first novel. If you have read my past posts, you will know that my original...
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First Drafts are Messy.
Valerie G Miller
  • Oct 9, 2020
  • 4 min

First Drafts are Messy.

One of the greatest benefits of writing a truly awful, lousy, no good first draft is that it can only get better from there. (Martha...
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Breaking up with Pantsing and my affair with Plotting.
Valerie G Miller
  • Oct 2, 2020
  • 4 min

Breaking up with Pantsing and my affair with Plotting.

“Plans are of little importance, but planning is essential.” Winston Churchill Are you a Plotter? A Pantser? Or Plantser? These are...
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Rules of Engagement
Valerie G Miller
  • Sep 25, 2020
  • 4 min

Rules of Engagement

I love writing. Playing with words. Creating new characters. Telling stories. Some days it's easy. You sit down and you write. The words...
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