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• The Trouble with Having No Agent
  on Dec 13, 2016 in Editing Plot Raw Writing Revisions Rewriting Story Ideas Writing Process Writing Time Needing an Agent revisions Time to Write
         There’s the most obvious two troubles of not having an agent: 1) someone to offer revision suggestions to make your story stronger; and 2) someone to negotiate contracts for traditional publication, etc. But the biggest one to me (as l...
• National Parks Birthday – 100 This Month! (Oregon Trail – Register Cliff)
  on Aug 24, 2016 in history Nature Setting Travel Writing US National Parks 100th Birthday writing 1800's emigrants Oregon Trail Register Cliff US history
  Tomorrow – yes, tomorrow – is our National Parks’ 100th anniversary. (And all National Parks are free admission for four day. Happy birthday!) Although not part of the National Parks System, I felt the need to include in this seri...
• National Parks Birthday – 100 this month! (Mount Rushmore National Memorial)
  on Aug 22, 2016 in history Nature US National Parks 100th Birthday writing Mount rushmore National Memorial
  Back in March I mentioned in a blog post the up-coming National Parks’ 100th birthday on August 25 (only three days away now). I showed a photo of Stu in front of Mount Rushmore. We lived about thirty minutes from there for about ten years. The...
• National Parks Birthday – 100 This Month! (Jewel Cave National Monument)
  on Aug 19, 2016 in Nature Setting US National Parks 100th Birthday writing caves fantasy Jewel Cave National Monument Settings
  Six more days until our National Parks’ 100th birthday! What awesome places to visit, for  anyone,  but especially for writers and illustrators. There are ideas at every turn, every look. Here is Stu Patterfoot visiting Jewel Cave National Mo...
• National Parks Birthday – 100 This Month! (Grand Tetons National Park)
  on Aug 17, 2016 in Nature Reflections US National Parks 100th Birthday Autumn Grand Tetons National Park Settings
  Eight more days until our National Parks 100th birthday. Here are some photos of Stu Patterfoot in beautiful Grand Tetons National Park in Wyoming. (Need a different, inspirational setting for your WIP? Visit a National Park!) One fall, my husband...
• National Parks Birthday – 100 This Month! (Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota)
  on Aug 15, 2016 in Animal Encounters National Parks Nature Setting US National Parks 100th Birthday writing bison fantasy Settings Theodore Roosevelt National Park
  In celebration of our national park’s 100th birthday, here is Stu Patterfoot at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota. Bison and wild horses roam the park. It was here in a parking lot, where I overheard a man asking a park ranger if...
• National Parks Birthday – 100 This Month! (Cumberland Gap National Historical Park)
  on Aug 8, 2016 in history Nature Setting Travel Writing US National Parks 100th Birthday USA National Parks writing Appalachian Cumberland Gap Cumberland Gap National Historical Park Settings Writing Ideas
  In celebration of our national parks 100th birthday this month, here is Stu at the historic Cumberland Gap (National Historical Park). This is a natural break in the Appalachian Mountain Range giving early American frontiersmen (and women, and bunni...
• National Parks Birthday – 100 This Month! (Wind Cave National Park)
  on Aug 5, 2016 in National Parks Nature Setting Travel Writing US National Parks 100th Birthday writing caves fantasy Settings Wind Cave National Park
  In honor of our US National Park’s 100th birthday later this month, here are some shots of Stu Patterfoot visiting Wind Cave National Park in the southern Black Hills of South Dakota. This was the first cave in the world to be named a nat...
• National Parks Birthday – 100 This Month! (Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore)
  on Jul 31, 2016 in National Parks Nature Setting US National Parks 100th Birthday writing Lake Superior Michigan's UP Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore snow summer waterfalls winter
  In Celebration of our National Parks Birthday which turns 100 on August 25th, here are shots of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It is named such because if the dells rock formations along the Lake Superior coast...
• The Writer’s Journey – Baby Steps
  on Jul 11, 2016 in Revisions The Writer writing revising The Writer's Journey
  The Writer’s Journey by Christopher Vogler is a terrific craft book for writers on characters and plot. My own Writer’s Journey is made up of more mundane baby steps. I am presently in revision mode. It’s not that I’ve finishe...

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