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Sharon holds a GPC, a BA in English, an MA in Creative Writing, and a poetic license. She is a certified Book Coach, freelance editor, published author, writing instructor and served as an Arizona State Library Writer in Residence for four years running. Sharon is an active member of SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) and serves as the Regional Advisor for SCBWI AZ. She is also a Freelance Editor and Book Coach. https://sharonskinner.com/ https://bookcoachingbysharon.com/ ...more

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Sharon Skinner I am looking to read a lot of books for the 2020 Women Reading Challenge. I finished the challenge in 2018 and 2019, and plan to finish this year, as …moreI am looking to read a lot of books for the 2020 Women Reading Challenge. I finished the challenge in 2018 and 2019, and plan to finish this year, as well. In addition, as always, I am reading and listening to a lot of audiobooks on writing.(less)
Sharon Skinner The sequel to The Healer's Legacy, titled The Matriarch's Devise, is due out Fall 2015! It will be available at all the usual outlets. Keep an eye on …moreThe sequel to The Healer's Legacy, titled The Matriarch's Devise, is due out Fall 2015! It will be available at all the usual outlets. Keep an eye on my blog for a more specific release date. Or look for me in the Brick Cave Books booth at Tucson ComiCon in November to get your signed copy.(less)
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When Your Character Won’t Cooperate

When Your Character Says, “No”

Have you ever been writing and found that your character doesn’t want to do what you want them to do? Sometimes, our characters don’t want to do what we expect them to do. When we write, creating worlds and characters in our heads, we feel like we are in control, but sometimes characters can surprise us. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

I Had a Plan

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“Semper ubi sub ubi (Latin for "Always wear underwear")”
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“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time

Annie Dillard
“One of the things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now. The impulse to save something good for a better place later is the signal to spend it now. Something more will arise for later, something better. These things fill from behind, from beneath, like well water. Similarly, the impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes.”
― Annie Dillard, The Writing Life: The Classic Essay Collection on the Creative Process

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“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
― Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles"

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