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Friday Fun Fact: Could a Couple of Football Teams Have Built Stonehenge?

The smallest rock at Stonehenge weighs about a metric ton. Scientists have been arguing for decades about how those huge stones were dragged from quarries in the Preseli Hills in Pembrokeshire, Wales, to their present site 140 miles away. In … Continue reading

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TeenWriter Tuesday: Free StoryCon for Scotland’s Teen Writers/Illustrators

The first Scotland-wide program for teen writers will be held June 11 and 12 at The Prince’s Trust: Wolfson Centre, Central Glasgow. It’s free and open to teen writers, illustrators and creators 13-19 years old who live in Scotland. It … Continue reading

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TeenWriter Tuesday: Summer Writing Camps for Teens

Angelo State University (TX), Sarah Lawrence College (NY), Boston University–and hundreds of other colleges and universities around the world–are hosting summer camps for young writers this summer. No archery or horseback riding here. No campfires or sing-alongs, either. Just people who GET writing. … Continue reading

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I think I’m back…

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Originally posted on Donna Maloy, Author:
In mid-March, I had major surgery on my ankle. They replaced a dead bone (!) and then fused the joint with a rod (about 8-inches long!) that goes from the bottom of my foot…

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Monday Advice from Editors and Agents: Use Details in Settings Purposefully

“Your choice of setting and the way you manipulate it can have a powerful impact on the way the scene reads.” –Theresa Stevens Theresa Stevens has been a literary attorney agent and the chief executive editor for a small romance … Continue reading

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