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Jan 22, 2018

It's Just...

It took me years to take the phrase, "it's just..." out of my vocabulary. I recently wrote it in my upcoming short story, The

Juliette Hyland

Oct 31, 2017

NanoWrimo 2017

Nanowrimo, also known as National Novel Month starts in less that two days! I have participated in this event since 2014. The basic idea ...

Juliette Hyland

Aug 11, 2017

Writing Truths: Procrastination Happens

The truth is procrastination won. For several days I promised myself that tomorrow it would get done. These are not long posts - they don&#3

Juliette Hyland

Jul 12, 2017

Writing Truths: Writing is Lonely

Are you looking for a job that allows you to travel the world, constantly interact with people and endless new friends? Then writing may ...

Juliette Hyland

Jul 7, 2017

Writing Truths: Rejection is Never Fun

Lesson 1: Rejection is Never Fun, and it comes in more than the standard form letter. A few weeks ago I entered a competition and today foun

Juliette Hyland

May 29, 2017

What does writing look like?

There are a plethora of books written on the subject of writing. I have read at least a dozen and countless blog posts. From a few I to...

Juliette Hyland

May 21, 2017

When you lose your words

2017 was going to be the year I took my writing to the next level! For years no one, other than my husband, knew that I wrote. I quietly did

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