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fall fedorewriter news
EVERY STORY HAS A STORY Nothing like a publishing agent being interested in manuscript #3 to get me speedwriting like a bullet train (multiple electric-powered wheels, clean tracks, and a clear destination). I pitched my third novel to an agent at the September 2025 Pacific NW Writers Conference and promised to have the manuscript to…
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Summer fedorewriter news
Link to KYRS: https://archive.kyrs.org MYSTERY/THRILLERS ARE OUR CARDIO It might sound weird, but I appreciate my palpable responses to suspenseful passages as I’m writing. Electrical impulses fire and adrenalin surges when my characters are in peril or upset. I feel what the characters feel, which allows me to access the just-right descriptions and tone. I’ve…
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moving, grooving, & improving
Last fall, my sister, Karen, joined an aerobics class for the first time at 66, proving that a person can try something new and be successful at any time in their lives. Before joining, we read the Active Older Adults “dance party” class description: “Live your life to the fullest and turn it up with…
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Owning Your Story
I recently asked middle school students, “If you were writing your own life story, how likely is it that you would be the main character?” I told the students that I thought it should be 100 percent likely. Some students disagreed. “It can’t always be about you,” one student said. During another session, a student…
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early spring fedorewriter news
Spring-break eBook special, through mid-April. PROLIFIC? …I CALL IT METHODICAL I hadn’t given much thought to progress made on manuscripts until recently when two writer colleagues, on separate occasions, described me as a prolific writer. Prolific according to them is simply my routine of writing early in the morning, from about 5-7 a.m. And it…
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The surprising Power of Unbiased Observation
At a March 14th event at the Invitation Bookshop, in Gig Harbor, I shared my inspiration for The Uncommon AP Club. The attendees and my conversation reminded me of this essay that I wrote almost two decades ago, titled, “50 Things”: “It’s Grab Bag Poetry day,” I announced to my sophomore English students. My announcement was…
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Book Club Questions & Events
EVENTS Spend a cozy hour mingling and getting your book signed at these free events. Village Books “Turning on Your Lightbulb”: Monday, October 5 6-7 p.m. 1200 11th St., Fairhaven (Bellingham) Registration required. Go to https://villagebooks.com/events/5695120261005 Featured: The Uncommon AP Club Books and Bakery “Finding Your Power”: Saturday, October 10 1-1:30 p.m. book talk &…
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Tracking in Schools Inevitable
Origins of my Educator’s Edge: When I was a sophomore at a Department of Defense high school in Germany, I struggled with geometry. My brain hadn’t fully developed to make abstraction and spatial reasoning easy. Plus, I’d had a lousy experience with an algebra teacher who’d repeatedly made fun of my name. Let’s just say,…
