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Jan.04.2012
With another new year ahead, my new list of writing goals is just about the same, with 2011 crossed out and 2012 written in.
Sometimes we don’t accomplish everything we hope to — but that doesn’t mean we can’t re-evaluate and move on. So I thought I’d offer a few writing tips as we head into 2012 (...
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Apr.25.2011
I’m thrilled to be a guest on the fabulous Savvy Verse & Wit blog, where I share some thoughts about my writing space (complete with before and after photos!). We’re also doing a Forgetting English giveaway -- today is the last day to enter! -- so come visit and enter to win a copy of the book.
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Apr.24.2011
I’m delighted to have been a guest on Erika Dreifus’s popular and invaluable blog, Practicing Writing, this week. Erika is a contributing editor for The Writer magazine and Fiction Writers Review and an advisory board member for J Journal: New Writing on Justice. Her beautiful story collection,...
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Apr.23.2011
I’m so happy to have been a guest at Elizabeth’ Austen’s blog, writing about Thinking Like a Writer (a nice reminder for those of us who can’t manage to sit down to write as often as we’d like).
Elizabeth is a poet, teacher, and performer whose most recent collection, Every Dress a Decision, has...
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Apr.22.2011
Today I’d like to thank Susan Rich, author of three beautiful books of poetry (the most recent of which, The Alchemist’s Kitchen, is a finalist for the Poetry Book of the Year award), for hosting me on her blog today. Today’s topic is Writing About Place, and I offer a few tips for how all writers...
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Apr.21.2011
I’m delighted to be a guest today at Word Love by Randy Susan Meyers — a fantastic blog about writing and all aspects of the writing life. In addition to hosting this terrific blog, Randy is the internationally bestselling author of The Murderer’s Daughters; visit her web site to learn more and to...
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Apr.21.2011
I’m delighted to be a guest today at Word Love by Randy Susan Meyers — a fantastic blog about writing and all aspects of the writing life. In addition to hosting this terrific blog, Randy is the internationally bestselling author of The Murderer’s Daughters; visit her web site to learn more and to...
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Apr.20.2011
I’m thrilled have been a guest blogger at Seattle’s Crab Creek Review, one of my favorite literary magazines, about putting time and space between yourself and a piece of writing (it’s true: absence really does make the heart grow fonder).
Join me at the Crab Creek Review blog — and be sure to...
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Mar.22.2011
This is the first post in a new series I'm doing on book promotion — which, I have learned, makes writing look like the easy part. But as I embark on new promotion efforts for the reissue of my book, Forgetting English, I thought I'd share what I've learned along the way ... and am still learning...
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Nov.18.2010
Q: I am looking to pitch agents with my query and book proposal for my first book. However, with holidays approaching, should I wait till January 2011 to send them out? Does the industry, like all others, also go through a lull from November to January? — P.J., Seattle
A: It’s true that the...
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Nov.01.2010
Q: I just received edits from the literary magazine that is publishing my story, and while some of them are improvements, I don’t agree with all of them. Do I have to make every single one? — CG, New York City
A: First, congratulations! Most literary journals publish only a small percentage of the...
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Oct.17.2010
ASK MIDGE is a column devoted to answering questions about writing, publishing, grammar, punctuation, and all things in between. Send Midge your questions by clicking here.
Q: How do you write a first-person character whose voice doesn’t sound like the writer’s own? At some point does the...
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Sep.28.2010
ASK MIDGE is a column devoted to questions about writing, publishing, grammar, and all other things writing-related, written by me (Midge). Please send questions through this form (and let me know whether you’d like me to use your full name, first name only, or initials only). I’m looking forward...
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Sep.26.2010
In this New York Times blurb about the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library opening in November, I was glad to see that among the things to be displayed are “boxes of rejection letters,” which his oldest daughter, Edie Vonnegut, hopes will inspire writers. She told the A.P. that Vonnegut received...
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Sep.15.2010
Thanks to students and readers, I've been inspired to create a new column, ASK MIDGE, in which I'll answer questions about writing, publishing, grammar & style, and probably anything else that comes my way. I'd love to hear from you! Please send questions via the link below -- thank you!
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About Midge
Midge Raymond's short-story collection, Forgetting English, received the Spokane Prize for Short Fiction. Originally published by Eastern Washington University Press, it was reissued by Press 53 in April of 2011. Her stories have appeared in TriQuarterly,...
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Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Mercy Corps, Doctors without Borders, Coffee Kids, Northwest Harvest, Treehouse for Kids, Angeline's Day Shelter for...