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Julie Gray

May 10
1 min

Do Writers Need a Website?

Do YOU have a website? Email me and let me know.

Julie Gray

May 6
1 min

Online Writer's Salon

Many moons ago, in a cafe in Tel Aviv, I gathered some writers together and we talked and laughed and wrote flash fiction. The Tel Aviv...

Julie Gray

Apr 30
2 min

Book a Zoom Consultation

If there was one good thing that came out of the pandemic (and that's hard to say!) it is that we have all become pretty adept with Zoom!...

Julie Gray

Apr 26
1 min

How to Handle Negative Feedback

Why do YOU handle negative feedback on your writing? Email me and let me know.

Guest Post, Part Two: Simone Yemm on Next Steps After Completing Her Manuscript

Julie Gray

Apr 22
4 min

Guest Post, Part Two: Simone Yemm on Next Steps After Completing Her Manuscript

I am a can-do type of person. Most of the valuable skills I know, I learned because I simply tried. Simone Yemm is cut from the same...

Simone Yemm

Apr 20
4 min

Guest Post Part One: Simone Yemm on Writing Stalked by Demons | Guarded by Angels.

I had just finished reading Hunger, by Roxanne Gay, when I met Simone Yemm. Simone was looking for a manuscript evaluation for her...

Julie Gray

Mar 28
4 min

Writers: Avoid Self-Sabotage!

I don't have a website. I don't want to use social media. I am too shy to network. I don't have time to learn new things. I don't know...

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