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Cheryl Reif

Cheryl lives and writes with her inspirational family, two energetic dogs, and a small mammal menagerie, all of which are fairly tame. She writes about cool science stuff for children and adults, daydreams about stories and characters 87% of the time, and tries not to plot novels while driving.

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Tuesday Ten: Fave iPad Apps for Writers

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I’ve been traveling for the past week, on an “official” writing trip (weird, I know), and it’s made me acutely aware of exactly how much I use my iPad.

This is partially because I have an ENORMOUS laptop, so large that it’s practically a desktop machine. I needed something that could handle multiple PDFs, PowerPoint …

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Reasons to Love Writing…

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Reason #1: Writing is awesome!!!

Reason #2 (this week’s SPECIFIC reason): Last week, I was in Florida for research on two separate projects. Yes, this counts as work.

I spent one day at the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce talking with scientists, looking at photographs, and touring one of their research sites.

I …

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Charlotte Rains Dixon, Writing Coach

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I shared yesterday that I’ve recently started with working with a writing coach, and that I’ve found it incredibly beneficial. Over the next few weeks, I will bring you interviews from a number of different writing coaches.

My goal: to help you, dear readers, understand what a writing coach does. And who knows? Maybe you’ll …

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The Writing Coach: Is One Right for You?

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This past November, I gave myself a gift: I started working with a writing coach. It felt like a ridiculous luxury, and I’m still not certain how I convinced myself to leap. Maybe it was reading this article  by Kendra Levin, Viking editor and certified life coach. She challenges writers to undertake their own “hero’s …

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Evergreen Blog Topics: 10 Ways to Keep ’Em Fresh!

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Last week, I wrote about how some topics appear time and again—and why readers don’t care. So all you bloggers out there don’t have to bother with originality, right? Right?

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BZZZZT!! 

Maybe the basic topic—character, dialog, marketing, plot—can stand repeat coverage, but you …

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