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Libby Broadbent

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Writing on the beautiful South Shore of Nova Scotia, Libby is a high school teacher and a mother of four. Her first novel, That Thing That Happened, was written during the marathon word sweat of Nanowrimo. It went on to place third in the Writer's Federation of Nova Scotia's Atlantic Writing Competition. Libby writes with a glass of wine to hand, and a weiner dog snuggled under her shirt. It's often chilly in Nova Scotia, after all, and there's nothing like a long furry weiner to keep a writer warm. Ernest Hemmingway said "Write drunk, edit sober." Libby says "Write with your weiner." Similar, but different. ...more

Looong time, no write. Here’s the new direction…

Quite a while ago I posted about reading Liz Gilbert and getting all hot and heavy about manifestation. Well friends, I’ve gone and manifested myself a whole new writing world!


This will likely be my last post on this page (but… never say never) because I am now writing under the pen name of Mavis Williams.


Mavis Williams Blissfully Writing Studio


You can find me there, hiding, but writing with w

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Published on August 08, 2019 15:22
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That Thing That Happened

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Lily's Valley

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Indefinitely Idled

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