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A Letter From Lisa
Jul 7 - Written By Lisa Clifford - Author/Journalist Hi there, I hope this finds you healthy and happy, as well as writing and thinking about your project. This is just a personal...
A Letter From Lisa
Jul 7 - Written By Lisa Clifford - Author/Journalist Hi there, I hope this finds you healthy and happy, as well as writing and thinking about your project. This is just a personal...
The Next Draft - Plans for 2023 & The Art of Wr...
Jun 30 - Written By Lisa Clifford - Author/Journalist Can we have a hands up as to who might be interested in doing a retreat in 2023 that focuses on the next draft...
The Next Draft - Plans for 2023 & The Art of Wr...
Jun 30 - Written By Lisa Clifford - Author/Journalist Can we have a hands up as to who might be interested in doing a retreat in 2023 that focuses on the next draft...
Victoria Smith on Honesty and Ethics in Memoir
Jun 23 - Written By Lisa Clifford - Author/Journalist A few years ago, a lovely American, Victoria Smith, joined the Art of Writing with her story about buying and renovating a home in Cortona,...
Victoria Smith on Honesty and Ethics in Memoir
Jun 23 - Written By Lisa Clifford - Author/Journalist A few years ago, a lovely American, Victoria Smith, joined the Art of Writing with her story about buying and renovating a home in Cortona,...
Breaking Free and Finding a Sense of Place
Jun 16 - Written By Lisa Clifford - Author/Journalist As writers, we live in bubbles, all alone in our offices. We are often confined to our thoughts within an office/home space and sometimes...
Breaking Free and Finding a Sense of Place
Jun 16 - Written By Lisa Clifford - Author/Journalist As writers, we live in bubbles, all alone in our offices. We are often confined to our thoughts within an office/home space and sometimes...
Rewrite After Rewrite
Jun 2 - Written By Lisa Clifford - Author/Journalist I totally do NOT buy into this (a tip I found on the internet) attitude: Eventually, redrafting will just spoil the novel – there...
Rewrite After Rewrite
Jun 2 - Written By Lisa Clifford - Author/Journalist I totally do NOT buy into this (a tip I found on the internet) attitude: Eventually, redrafting will just spoil the novel – there...
Creativity and the Crazy Lady
May 26 - Written By Lisa Clifford - Author/Journalist As I was finishing up my last writing project and preparing for this month’s Art of Writing retreat in Florence, I reflected on a...
Creativity and the Crazy Lady
May 26 - Written By Lisa Clifford - Author/Journalist As I was finishing up my last writing project and preparing for this month’s Art of Writing retreat in Florence, I reflected on a...
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