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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!...

Valerie G Miller
Apr 3, 20213 min read
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What’s in a name?
What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet. William Shakespeare (Romeo and...

Valerie G Miller
Mar 7, 20215 min read
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New beginnings
Every moment is a fresh beginning. T.S. Eliot The new year has started, which means new goals, new habits to build, old habits to break...

Valerie G Miller
Feb 6, 20215 min read
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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...

Valerie G Miller
Dec 19, 20205 min read
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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...

Valerie G Miller
Dec 5, 20203 min read
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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...

Valerie G Miller
Nov 28, 20203 min read
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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....

Valerie G Miller
Nov 21, 20203 min read
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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...

Valerie G Miller
Nov 14, 20204 min read
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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...

Valerie G Miller
Nov 7, 20205 min read
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Short Stories are Big Quests
A short story is a love affair; a novel is a marriage. A short story is a photograph; a novel is a film. Lorrie Moore As an emerging...

Valerie G Miller
Oct 31, 20206 min read
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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...

Valerie G Miller
Oct 3, 20204 min read
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