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Variations on a Theme: A Round-Up of Advice, from Sam Abell to William Butler Yeats

Apr 8, 2026 | On Writing

Forget English class. Theme is simple: Your theme is what your story is really about. In this Career Authors Round-Up, you’ll discover what these terrific writers past and present have to say about theme. “In my first class at the University of Kentucky, my...

OBEDIENCE TRAINING FOR WRITERS: What living with dogs teaches us about writing

May 25, 2021 | On K-9s, On Writing

Dogs and writing. Writing and dogs. Hard to say which comes first in my life, since we have three rescue dogs and the mystery series I write features former MP Mercy Carr and her retired bomb-sniffing Malinois Elvis. I’ve also written a memoir...

Top 11 Writings to Give Thanks For

Nov 24, 2014 | On Writing

“I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson Happy Thanksgiving! In the spirit of the season, I’d like to give thanks to books, my friends old and new. Here are the top ten writings for...

Letting Go of Shakespeare

Mar 12, 2012 | On K-9s

“If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.” —William Shakespeare In the past two weeks I haven’t done very much. I haven’t written a blog. I haven’t been to a yoga class. I haven’t walked through the bogs or watched What Not to Wear or called my mother, all tactics...

Variations on a Theme: A Round-Up of Advice, from Sam Abell to William Butler Yeats

OBEDIENCE TRAINING FOR WRITERS: What living with dogs teaches us about writing

Top 11 Writings to Give Thanks For

Letting Go of Shakespeare

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