Fourteen years ago this month I took a chance on being my own boss. Having worked in the corporate world as media relations and employee communications manager, and briefly in

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Ever wondered how smart your dog is? As a proud owner of a rambunctious golden doodle, I have, and that’s why my family and I stopped by Brian Hare’s recent

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Part III highlighting the 2013 Decatur Book Festival Writers Conference Today, The Writing Well concludes its three-part recap of the 2013 Decatur Book Festival Writers Conference with author Ariel Lawhon,

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Part II of III highlighting the 2013 Decatur Book Festival Writers Conference In today’s recap of the 2013 Decatur Book Festival Writers Conference, The Writing Well introduces North Carolina novelist

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 Part I of III highlighting the 2013 Decatur Book Festival Writers Conference Kimberly Brock, author of The River Witch (2012, Bellebooks/Bell Bridge Books) and recipient of the Georgia Author of

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Books, books, books. Labor Day weekend 2013 for me was all about celebrating authors and their gift to us — storytelling in all its forms. I attended my first Decatur

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Last night I joined hundreds of fans of Sherrilyn Kenyon for the launch party of Styxx, the 23rd novel in her Dark-Hunter series. Sherrilyn was in great form in the packed

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Today, The Writing Well’s guest blogger is Carolyn Graham, a writer and wellness coach who leads seminars on enhancing immune system function and teaches mindfulness meditation for relaxation. I met

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After a long hiatus I am delighted to feature author Robert Hicks on The Writing Well. Writing about history – especially the Civil War – takes more than just an

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At this spring’s Atlanta Writers Conference, I met a fellow aspiring novelist, A.M. Pierre, who is a whiz when it comes to crafting query letters. I coined a nickname for

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