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Chesapeake Writers’ Workshop to help writers get writing

Posted on May 19, 2012 by David Healey

If this were a chapter in a book, we’d begin with a character. Let’s call him Warner. He’d like to write a novel—or a short story or a memoir—if he could only find the time and figure out how to … Continue reading →

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Why book reviews are like Cool Whip

Posted on May 13, 2012 by David Healey

My daughter turned the tables on me one night last week at dinner time. We are very traditional about dinner at our house—we all come together, cook and eat a real meal, turn off the TV and turn on some … Continue reading →

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‘Constant reinvention is the new reality’

Posted on April 14, 2011 by David Healey

The Poynter Institute Journalism site is one I check periodically for ideas related to the journalism class I teach. Today I was reading the transcript of a live chat about transitioning newspaper skills to other jobs (in or out of … Continue reading →

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