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Musings of a Southern writer...
I recently read somewhere to only write what you know and if you don't know about it, read about it. I once attended the Louisiana Book Festival in Baton Rouge and had the chance to ask Pulitzer Prize-winner Rick Bragg how one would know if a story is worth writing, and of course, eventually reading. He told me with all seriousness that if it means anything to me at all, then yes, it is most certainly worth it. I am determined to milk his reply for all it's worth. This is my journey. The ups. The downs. And all of the words in between.
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October 30, 2010, Lafayette
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Author and consultant for the hit television show Treme, Tom Piazza, has just released his newest collection of essays called Devil Sent the Rain. Get your copy today!
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Author Dan Baum's extraordinary book Nine Lives, about Hurricane Katrina, is now being turned into a musical adaptation! Find out more here.
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The Louisiana Book Festival is back!!! Set to kick off on Saturday, October 29th after a one year hiatus. Check the website often for more updates!
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Fairhope, Alabama author, Sonny Brewer (Don't Quit Your Day Job; The Poet of Tolstoy Park), has created the Fairhope Writer's Colony: Retreat & Workshops. Join the likes of Sonny Brewer, Rick Bragg, Winston Groom, WEB Griffin and others for a week of learning about the craft of writing.
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- I am a freelance writer in North Louisiana. My writing has appeared in Louisiana Cookin' Magazine, Southern Tour Magazine, The Shreveport Times, and Louisiana Road Trips magazine. I am currently working on a collection of short fiction.
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Easy reading is damn hard writing - Nathaniel Hawthorne
There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed. - Ernest Hemmingway
That could very well also be the day in the life of a grad student. :) Which is a kind of writer, but you have to add a crabby committee of people who have done it already. :)
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