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Before You Go into the Dance
Tricia Lott Williford
April 13, 2013
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[This is the] advice my father used to give to my sister and me as we were preparing to go…
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From a Nebraska Farmhouse
Tricia Lott Williford
April 5, 2013
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I found the desk for my writing studio today. It is a handmade, square table, two chairs, all…
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You Let Me Impose
Tricia Lott Williford
March 23, 2013
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“SHE DIED ON a Monday during spring break of our senior year. After her funeral, I immediately went back to…
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Balloons in a Wind Storm
Tricia Lott Williford
March 21, 2013
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A book was born in my mind today. It came with such ferocity, flooding my thoughts with images and words…
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In the Case of Coffee Poisoning
Tricia Lott Williford
March 7, 2013
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I met with my editor this morning. For some writers, this is a tenuous, fearful encounter. One’s creativity can be…
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Where Are You Speaking?!
Tricia Lott Williford
February 20, 2013
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Tricia, you mentioned Ohio. But where in Ohio are you going? When are you coming? What’s the story,…
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Area Code 818
Tricia Lott Williford
February 11, 2013
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Yesterday, I received a group text with 10-12 recipients. The sender is a young, fresh thinker, one whom I deeply…
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How to Write a Sentence
Tricia Lott Williford
January 28, 2013
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How to Write a Sentence. This is the title of the book I’m reading for the course I’m taking for…
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First Draft, First Date
Tricia Lott Williford
January 21, 2013
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Confession. As a child writer, I used to create intentional mistakes in my first draft. The “sloppy copy,” as some…
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All The Glory
Tricia Lott Williford
January 20, 2013
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“May You receive the glory, God.” May You claim it. In my mind, I picture this glorious radiant, beaming mound,…
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Trip To Bountiful
Tricia Lott Williford
January 17, 2013
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I’m sitting at my corner table. The one I loved so much. It’s not Starbucks anymore; now it’s Smashburger. The…
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How These Things Happen
Tricia Lott Williford
January 16, 2013
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I can pack a seriously freaking good lunch. If you and I have a picnic date, or a pack-your-own-lunch-today plan,…
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Make It Sing
Tricia Lott Williford
January 9, 2013
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Narrative Species
Tricia Lott Williford
December 30, 2012
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I’m reading Unless It Moves the Human Heart, by Roger Rosenblatt. He’s a many-decades teacher of writing, and this book…
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Mixed Feelings
Tricia Lott Williford
December 27, 2012
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“Poetry is mixed feelings expressed clearly.” ~ Tom Lux, in Unless It Moves The Human Heart, by Roger Rosenblatt
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Its, It’s and Its’
Tricia Lott Williford
December 6, 2012
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It is an indescript, general pronoun for any singlular, something, animate or figurative. If this something is doing something worth…
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Reading isn’t Stalking
Tricia Lott Williford
November 19, 2012
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Lets clarify just one thing. Reading my blog doesn’t mean you’re stalking me. People apologize to me on a daily…
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My friend, Nora Ephron.
Tricia Lott Williford
November 6, 2012
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I listened to a lecture by Nora Ephron. She’s my current obsession; I’m reading her stuff, listening to her voice,…
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To Create Something
Tricia Lott Williford
October 21, 2012
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“As image-bearer of God, man possesses the possibility to create something beautiful, and to delight in it.” ~ Abraham Kuyper
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The Fairytale of the Traveling Duchess
Tricia Lott Williford
October 6, 2012
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Once upon a time, there was a duchess who was a writer. And the duchess planned a trip away for…
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