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Mulching Your Writing
This is the time of year in Georgia when a yellow dust settles over porches, cars, and shoes. One evening this week my father, who was wearing a…
Josina Guess
Apr 3, 2021
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The Truth Will Make You a Better Writer
This post is specifically for writers of non-fiction but I hope it can even be helpful for poets or fiction writers. Whether you are writing a personal…
Josina Guess
Mar 3, 2021
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Lessons in Keeping To the Word Count
My first lesson in honoring a word count came when I received my first acceptance. The editor of the small and now out-of-print magazine liked my draft…
Josina Guess
Feb 2, 2021
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Calvary or Cavalry: On the Importance of Proofreading
Their our worlds spill cheque well mess. Bee shore two reed you’re dock ewe mint mall tipple thymes beef or sub meeting. Eddy tour sand fat check oars…
Josina Guess
Dec 31, 2020
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Getting Beyond the Slush Pile
As the winter days come to Georgia, it seems a good time to write about the slush pile. No, not muddy, icy rains that never quite turn to snow, but the…
Josina Guess
Dec 2, 2020
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How to Write on the Day Before the End of the World
It’s November 2, 2020 and you saw a social media post asking, “Do you have a safety plan for the day after the election?” You went shopping on Sunday…
Josina Guess
Nov 3, 2020
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Learning from Rejection
I had the opportunity to speak to a literary journalism class last week over Zoom about what it is like to be an editor of an online magazine. The…
Josina Guess
Sep 30, 2020
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