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How to Write a Book and Grow Your BusinessNo Matter What You Do, Writing a Book can Help You Succeed…And Make Money!

8/23/2021

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Thousands of business owners have dived into publishing as a way to reach more customers and engage their clientele. Whether it’s Standard Baking (my favorite little bakery in Portland, Maine), who put out a book of their best recipes, or Ryder Carroll, the super-famous creator of the Bullet Journal, or Marie Kondo, organizer extraordinaire. Writing about what you do is a fantastic way to grow your business.
Read the full article at Write Weird . . .

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Journaling for Writers: Creating a Safe Space for Your Writing in a Notebook

8/18/2021

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Right now, I think we’re all struggling to get by as writers. When I poll my writer friends on their current writing life, everyone says that it’s a struggle to get words on paper. So keeping a journal ABOUT your writing might feel counter-intuitive. How can I write about my writing when I’m not getting much writing done?

Read the full article at Write Weird . . .

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Fall Workshops and Events

8/16/2021

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I wanted to make sure you saw these upcoming events I'll be at (in-person events pending black death). Come say hi!
Poetry Barn Self-Paced Course: Journaling for Poets
DATE: Ongoing
TIME: Asynchronous, Self-paced
PRICE: $99
Poets are observers. One way to keep track of your observations and ideas is through a writing journal. In this workshop, we'll cover the basics of journaling for poets, not just as a method of processing and keeping track of your thoughts, but as a method of improving your writing life and working towards a career as a writer.  In this workshop, you'll cover how to manage large ideas or projects, track submissions, create goals, revising, and more, all while exploring popular methods of journaling to find the one that works for you. If you feel out of sorts or disorganized in your writing life, this workshop is for you!
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Writing Speculative Fiction
DATE: Starts August 30 
4-Week Online Workshop with Writing Workshops Dallas
​PRICE: $249 
*This class is filling up fast! Sign up before it sells out like last time :) The world of speculative short fiction is a highly competitive but welcoming community where a new writer can make a start in their career. In this workshop, we'll explore the fine art of writing short stories for genre markets, with an exploration of the main tropes of each genre from science fiction to fantasy to horror. Picasso said, "Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist." This workshop dives into the rules of speculative fiction and how to break them while honing your writing for pro markets. ​
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Writing Resistance Through Erasure, Found Text & Visual Poetry
Format: Independent Study, online

Hybrid poetry forms can be a powerful form of resistance. From Jerrod Schwarz’s erasure of Trump’s inaugural speech to Niina Pollari’s black outs of the N-400 citizenship form, contemporary poets are engaging with the world through text, creating new and challenging works of art. Heralded by the rise of the “Instapoet,” visual works are a way to take poetry one step further by crafting new forms and structures that often transcend the page.
In this four-module self-paced workshop, you’ll study the forms of poetry that draw from outside sources and texts, learning how artists are reshaping the narrative of resistance and how to draw from news, media, canonical works, and other found texts to create our own work in conversation with the current world.
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Fencon
September 17-19, Dallas, TX
Panels TBA
I'll be hosting a table at this con for Interstellar Flight Press! Come say Hi! 

Armadillocon 
October 15-17, 2021, Austin, TX 
Panels TBA 
I'll be hosting a table at this con for Interstellar Flight Press! Come say Hi! ​

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The Leader’s Guide to Writing: How Keeping Track of Ideas Can Fuel Leadership Skills through “Awareness Writing”

8/16/2021

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As a freelance editor, many of my clients are respected business leaders and community civic leaders. I’ve seen how they’ve taught themselves to succinctly summarize an idea — boiling it down to its essence so that it’s easy to understand. The most successful leaders use writing as one of many tools to succeed and focus their thoughts.
Business owners and leaders already spend a lot of time writing. From emails to orders to proposals — professional writing skills are essential. You may notice that the most successful leaders are often articulate, quick-witted, and shrewd communicators.
Read the full article here . . .

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Goodreads Giveaway: The Smallest of Bones Signed Copies

8/14/2021

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Enter to win a copy of THE SMALLEST OF BONES
​by Holly Lyn Walrath


A haunting ossuary of tiny poems covering a wide range of topics such as love, romance, relationships, queer sexuality, religion, death, demons, ghosts, bones, gender, and darkness. The Smallest of Bones guides those on an intimate journey of body acceptance, with sparse words dedicated to peeling back skin and diving bone-deep into the self. Raw, honest, and powerful, this collection is an offering to those struggling to find power in the darkness.

​"ABSOLUTELY. FRAKKING. STUNNING POETRY."
—Rebecca Crunden, author of These Violent Nights
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Goodreads Book Giveaway

The Smallest of Bones by Holly Lyn Walrath

The Smallest of Bones

by Holly Lyn Walrath

Giveaway ends September 13, 2021.

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Poetry Reprint: Dear John Cusack - A Love Letter to My Favorite 80s Heartthrob

8/10/2021

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Thank you for age sixteen when I, bashed apart by loneliness,
curled up in your dark hair and white skin and the spaces
between your crooked teeth...

Read the poem at The Junction . . .
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    About the Author

    Holly Lyn Walrath is a freelance editor and author of poetry, flash fiction, and short fiction. Find her on Twitter @HollyLynWalrath

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