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Can the Big Apple deliver on not one, not two, but three more love stories in its already storied history?
DeMarco’s Café
After her first year in law school Dayna DeMarco…
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This week The Creative Penn published my blog on Using Authentic Dialogue From Languages Other Than English. The site, created by Joanna Penn, is a wonderful resource for writers. And I’m delighted for my work to appear there. As a linguist and a novelist I have always loved creating characters… read moreKnow Your Market: Tips for a Writing Career
I’m preparing to give a talk to the creative writers at Florida International University in Miami on April 2. The title is: Tips for a Life-Long Writing Career. I have five. And I’m posting them in installments. Today’s is #3: Know Your Market Tip #1: Write Good Books Tip #2:… read moreShow Up For Work Every Day
Tip #2 for a life-long writing career: Show Up For Work. Every Day. Every Day. As I said in my Tuesday blog, I’m preparing to give a talk to the creative writers at Florida International University on April 2. I have five tips for them. Tip #1 is: Write Good… read more
Love, language, adventure … out of the ordinary. Julie has written over 30 romances, bringing love stories to life in all time periods. She is Professor of Linguistics at Duke University. And she has traveled the world from Brazil to Burma and lived for extended periods in France, Germany, and Vietnam. She spends summers in Romania. (Photo taken at Lake Almaty, Kazakhstan)
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