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Susan Rounds, winner of the 20th Annual Writer’s Digest Poetry Awards, shares the story behind her winning poem, “The Starling and the Hedgehog.” Ilove getting to select the winner of the Writer’s Digest Poetry Awards each year, even if it is...
Awhile back, a coaching client sent me 60 pages of a memoir-in-progress about surviving childhood abuse. The writing was raw. It was also—and I say this with genuine respect for their courage—a mess. The writer had confused pouring pain...
After our last call, I slept for three hours,” my client told me. We were in deep territory: She’d hired me to write a book about her son’s murder, and some days, it felt mean to ask the questions I had to ask. There were light-hearted interviews...