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Arts Festival Reading Brings Rewards
Having been a public speaking instructor for over 20 years, I don’t find the idea of addressing a live audience to be frightening. So when the organizers of the 2026 Columbus Arts Festival offered writers the opportunity to share their work on stage, I quickly applied. The Secrets We Carry: Journal of a Girl in…
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Summarizing My YA Novel
As I look over my previous blog, which focused on five guidelines to follow when summarizing a piece of writing, it occurs to me that it may be simpler to summarize another writer’s composition than your own. For one thing, you can’t avoid using the author’s words in your summary, since you are the author.…