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Call for Submissions: Looking for short stories. $50 plus 6% royalties. Retweet and share! #writing #selfpublish
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“Write. Rewrite. When not writing or rewriting, read. I know of no shortcuts.”
—Larry L. King #writingtips

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“It ain’t whatcha write, it’s the way atcha write it.” - Jack Kerouac #writingtips

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“To gain your own voice, you have to forget about having it heard.”
- Allen Ginsberg. Don't seek to please, seek to create. #writingtips

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“The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.” - Philip Roth. #writingtips Don't stop until the work is done!

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It's the simple. The best writing tip is simply to write. #writingtips #writing #books

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Don’t take anyone’s writing advice too seriously. – Lev Grossman #writingtips

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You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. ― Ray Bradbury #writingtips

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If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time — or the tools — to write. Simple as that. – Stephen King #writingtips

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You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. ― Jack London #writingtips

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#writingadvice #writingtips

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The first draft of everything is shit. -Ernest Hemingway #writingtips

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‘"Shut up and get on with it." - Helen Simpson. Don't make excuses, make progress. #writingtips

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@APSessler Yes. We had a lot more submissions than we anticipated and are still finalizing our choices. Hopefully we'll have that done this summer!

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"The reader is a friend, not an adversary, not a spectator." — Jonathan Franzen #writingtips

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"Be your own editor/critic. Sympathetic but merciless!" - Joyce Carol Oates #writingtips

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Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. – Oscar Wilde. Write on the train, on your lunch break, make it work. #writingtips

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"Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass." – Anton Chekhov #writingtips #showdonttell

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“A good book isn't written, it's rewritten.” -Phyllis A. Whitney. Allow yourself a vomit draft, edit later. #writingtips

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The best of the #writingtips

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Writing is its own reward. – Henry Miller. The more task- rather than goal-oriented you are, the less discouraged you will be. #writingtips