Hello, friends.
I'm B.A. Burgess, a writer, writing facilitator, and hobby collector.
This is my personal log - an account of my writing, reading, and learning.
Every other Sunday, I send out the Sunday Dispatch. It's a short note (henceforth referred to as a digital postcard), project announcements, and links to posts you may have missed.
Thank you for visiting. Joining the mailing list if you're moved to. Until next time, Be Excellent to Each Other.
-B.A. Burgess
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Nov 15
Caffeine: How coffee and tea created the modern world
I had forgotten about Michael Pollan.
Years ago, I read Botany of Desire and fell completely in love with his
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Nov 14
Day Four - Mapping
Chapters 24 & 25 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book
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Nov 14
Day Four - Mapping Chapters 24 & 25 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book
Mapping is the stage in which your book begins to take its actual form.
I highly recommend starting with a
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Nov 07
Day Three - Summarizing Continued...Again
Chapters 22 & 23 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book
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Nov 07
Day Three - Summarizing Continued...Again, Chapters 22 & 23 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book
SPILL TWO
You should be feeling pretty comfortable with the direction and flow of your story now. To wrap up
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Oct 31
Day Three - Summarizing Continued
Chapters 19 to 21 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book
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Oct 31
Day Three - Summarizing Continued Chapters 19 to 21 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book
Spill One
We have twoWe have two more steps to go.
Now that you’ve completed your sales description task,
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Oct 24
Day Three - Summarizing
Chapters 18 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book
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Oct 24
Day Three - Summarizing Chapter 18 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book
The summarization step happens in three smaller steps.
In this section,In this section, you will be writing a sales
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Oct 22
No. 31
Hello friends,
I remember something I overheard my mom say about this time every year. I don’t remember exactly
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Oct 17
DAY TWO - Last Mining Session
Chapters 15,16, 17 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book
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Oct 17
DAY TWO - Last Mining Session Chapters 15,16, 17 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book
CLEAR YOUR SPACE OF DISTRACTIONS
You have one mining session to go, and it is a big one.
Just one
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