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Leanna Englert

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Wondering what would happen to a family whose child was blinded by babies’ sore eyes is how a project that began as non-fiction veered in the direction of a novel. But since I'd been a freelance writer of articles in such varied fields as healthcare and manufacturing, that meant I had to re-tool. Those writing muscles that were in the habit of producing sentences like, “During a PET scan, the patient’s head is positioned in a ring containing radiation-detecting crystals,” had to be retrained to write fiction. It took years before I was satisfied that Compromise With Sin was a novel I would want to read.
Causes on behalf of preventing blindness and serving blind people have been a lifelong interest. At one point I belonged to a little band o ...more

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Leanna Englert I start writing. I may throw out much of what I've written, but the act of writing takes me to places I never dreamed of. (I don't outline.)

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Leanna Englert Go for it. Your first draft is perfect. Then get to work revising. By all means, find a critique group, people who will give you honest, sometimes tou…moreGo for it. Your first draft is perfect. Then get to work revising. By all means, find a critique group, people who will give you honest, sometimes tough, feedback. Do it online if you can't find such a group in your community.
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“When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.”
― Desmond Tutu

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― John Le Carre

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“I salute the light within your eyes where the whole universe dwells. For when you are at that center within you and I am at that place within me, we shall be one.”
― Crazy Horse

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