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Original Writing Exercises | Laura Stanfill
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Writing. Reading. Community. Brave on the Page. Have any prompts or suggestions for the new Writing Challenge feature? Contact me and I'll credit you. Sometimes writers need a little encouragement to get going. I’ve developed a feature called Writing Challenges to offer prompts, thought-provoking questions and other exercises for writers. While some are geared to get you freewriting, many are about how to look at your work-in-progress from a slightly different perspective. May 11, 2012 at 9:24 pm. Thank ...
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From the Publisher’s Desk : A Matter of Taste | Laura Stanfill
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Writing. Reading. Community. Brave on the Page. Sometimes It’s Best to Ask for Help. Counting Down to Landfall →. From the Publisher’s Desk : A Matter of Taste. April 21, 2015. Liz Prato, editor of. The Night, and the Rain, and the River. Our short story collection that came out last May, said something about if only the writers knew how much we want them to succeed. It’s so true! Of the Real World. I’m sitting in the airport right now, flying to our first sales conference since we signed with Lega...
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There Is No Off-Season: November 2013
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There Is No Off-Season. Author: Sherri H. Hoffman. The combination of Thanksgiving holiday weekend and celebration of the Hanukkah Festival of Lights feels like just the right time for the publication release of my essay "Seemingly Unrelated Events" in the newest issue of December. Literary magazine, the Revival Issue (Vol 24) December 1, 2013. This is a version of the commencement speech I gave as the student speaker for the Pacific University MFA commencement ceremonies in June of this year. World I am...
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There Is No Off-Season: October 2013
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There Is No Off-Season. Author: Sherri H. Hoffman. Outside of Tokyo, our family lived in a house with a sunroom that looked out over the garden, and that was our playroom. Maybe I was five. In that sunroom, my brother, sister, and I would listen to records, 33s or 45s, and one of our favorites was the 1946 Disney rendition of Sergei Prokofiev's Op. 67: Peter and the. Friday, October 25. 2559 N Downer Ave. New story: looking to land. Sometimes I tell stories from my real life—maybe even from those o...
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There Is No Off-Season: all roads lead to utah
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There Is No Off-Season. Author: Sherri H. Hoffman. All roads lead to utah. Since school at UWM let out in May, I've not stopped in any one place for more than three weeks at a time. Utah, Washington, California, and Colorado with a second round of Utah, California, and Washington left to go before I return to Wisconsin. It's a classic summer road trip. Part of the circle back to Salt Lake City is for the launch of Utah Reflections: Stories from the Wasatch Front. Here are the details for the launch party:.
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There Is No Off-Season: January 2014
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There Is No Off-Season. Author: Sherri H. Hoffman. Gathering up the wasatch front. One of my projects for 2014 is an anthology about the Wasatch Front in Utah. I am co-editing this project with my friends Kase Johnstun. And Mary Johnstun. In a random coincidence of place and interest, Kase and I are alumni of both Weber State University. The book will be called Wasatch Front Reflections. And is scheduled to be published by the History Press. Last Call for Submissions. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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There Is No Off-Season: August 2014
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There Is No Off-Season. Author: Sherri H. Hoffman. Announcing utah lit for august. Co-editors Kase Johnstun, Sherri Hoffman, Mary Johnstun. I am thrilled to announce that Utah Reflections. Has been selected by the Salt Lake Tribune as the Utah Lit for August. The Tribune book club will discuss the essays and poetry this month, publish a feature piece on August 24, and host an online TribTalk on August 29 at 12:15pm, moderated by Jennifer Napier-Pearce. Or send them in email to ellenf@sltrib.com.
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There Is No Off-Season: May 2014
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There Is No Off-Season. Author: Sherri H. Hoffman. 2014 uwm english departmental awards. I am pleased and honored to have received three awards at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. 2014 English Departmental Annual Awards Ceremony alongside some talented and esteemed graduate students in the English PhD and MA programs. It is an honor to be recognized for my writing as well as my academic work at UWM, and I am deeply grateful to the donors who endow these awards. Guest Judge: Christine Sneed. I have ...
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There Is No Off-Season: August 2013
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There Is No Off-Season. Author: Sherri H. Hoffman. The results are these. In January, I completed my MFA in Writing at Pacific University. In June, I was privileged to be the student speaker at the Pacific MFA commencement ceremonies. Then for the 2013-14 school year, I was accepted at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee into the PhD in Creative Writing program and additionally honored with a Chancellor's Award and a teaching assistantship. Once again, my life is changed forever. Where he was digging.
