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For the Welfare of Your Soul from Fall 2006

“But . . . but . . . I . . . want to show you something,” Katie says quietly. I have embarrassed her. She shows me a miniature Book of Mormon. Perfect for an eight-year-old to love. I finger the pages and listen to her tell me how her inactive grandmother found it when they were starting to paint. Katie asked if she could have it, and her grandmother obliged. The first person she wanted to tell about her new book was me, and I had yelled at her before she could show me.

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Courtney Kendrick

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15 Minutes a Day

8 November 2007 @ 09:25 | Writing Tips | 9 Comments

That’s all Shannon Hale asks of herself right now . She’s the LDS Newberry Honor-winning author of several young adult fantasy novels (and Austenland). I am a big fan–I love her polished, lyrical writing, and I love that she’s an LDS mother taking care of her kids and her passion for writing at the [...]

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11 October 2007 @ 17:14 | Writing Tips | No Comments

We’ve been busy reading over the great submissions we’ve received for Roots and Branches, our Spring issue. As I sift through these writings, I think about the women behind them. Every one of them tried to put words around an important experience. Every one of them cared enough about their writing to [...]

Weak Words Made Strong

18 April 2007 @ 23:46 | Writing Tips | 12 Comments

I gave my first and only poetry reading when I was seven years old at a ward talent show. I wore my yellow bathrobe and a pair of black glasses I made out of a pipe cleaner, so that I would look distinguished. And I recited my second-grade poetry, dancing around for emphasis [...]

Unleash Your Inner Poet!

15 March 2007 @ 08:58 | Writing Tips | 24 Comments

At Segullah, we are always on the lookout for good poetry to publish. So, what exactly is good poetry? I think most of us are better at enjoying it than defining it, but here are three of my favorite attempts, all from the poet, Carl Sandburg:
“Poetry is the opening and closing of a [...]

Happy Literary?

11 January 2007 @ 00:24 | Writing Tips | 13 Comments

Zero. That’s how many women have admitted to being happy so far in response to this post. And should we expect anything different? After all, Segullah blog is associated with a literary journal. And aren’t literary types usually depressed?

The beginning from the end

21 December 2006 @ 02:04 | Writing Tips | 5 Comments

Want people (e.g., Segullah editors) to read your stuff?
Want them to walk away saying “wow”?
Two words: beginning, ending.

Don’t Leave Home Without It–Writing Tips from Melonie Cannon

9 November 2006 @ 13:54 | Writing Tips | 8 Comments

Take a moment today and open your purse. Really
examine its contents. Let’s open mine, shall we?



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