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National Author’s Day: Louisa May Alcott

Celebrating our favorite authors is a great way to kickoff November. Nellie Verne Burt McPherson presented the idea for National Author’s Day to the General Federation of Women’s Club in 1928. It was a token of appreciation for fiction writer Irving Bacheller. The U.S. Department of Commerce officially endorsed National Author’s Day in 1949. If you were […]

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Writing Prompts Using November Holidays

I’ve been hit with writer’s block. Other than some poetry here and there, I was at a loss about what to write. Today, I sat staring at a mostly blank internet browser window, with an equally blank mind.  Writing prompts suddenly popped into my head. I did some searching before deciding to make a mix […]

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