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    Signing With Agent Sarah Davies!
    Heather Clark
    • Feb 13, 2021

    Signing With Agent Sarah Davies!

    Announcing that you've signed with an agent is something every writer looks forward to. I signed with my first agent back in 2013, and...
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    Your Story is NOT over!!
    Heather Clark
    • Jan 27, 2020

    Your Story is NOT over!!

    I posted this on a group for authors as we prepare for the Pitch Wars showcase to go live February fifth. I thought it might be helpful...
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    More Red Than Black
    Heather Clark
    • Jan 9, 2020

    More Red Than Black

    For those who were wondering if I finished my big rewrite, I did! December 30th. Hallelujah. But that's just the beginning. I'm still...
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    In which I eat a raw onion, and wind up with a book title.
    Heather Clark
    • Jan 8, 2020

    In which I eat a raw onion, and wind up with a book title.

    Sometimes you're working so hard on a draft, so stuffed up with sinus infection that you can't taste food. So a fellow writer offers you...
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    Sometimes You Must Get Your Audrey Hepburn On
    Heather Clark
    • Jan 15, 2016

    Sometimes You Must Get Your Audrey Hepburn On

    And you must do it in a live webinar with your BFF who is concurrently dressed as The Mad Hatter. You must do this if your friend drags...
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    More Than You Ever Needed To Know
    Heather Clark
    • Jan 22, 2014

    More Than You Ever Needed To Know

    Some fun questions so you can get to know me a little better: 1. What books and / or authors are most inspiring to you as a writer? It’s...
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    Blog Tour
    Heather Clark
    • Oct 29, 2013

    Blog Tour

    Thanks so much to Stephanie Kelley for inviting me to be a part of this blog tour! Go read her blog post for the tour. It was fun to get...
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    Author Interview with YA Author Natalie Whipple
    Heather Clark
    • Sep 10, 2013

    Author Interview with YA Author Natalie Whipple

    I am so excited. My post today is an author interview with YA author Natalie Whipple. Natalie’s debut novel, TRANSPARENT, came out this...
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    Anne Lamott – Bird by Bird
    Heather Clark
    • Aug 7, 2013

    Anne Lamott – Bird by Bird

    This is not a formal review. I don’t do those. I just read books, and then I think about them a lot and then, sometimes, if I’m feeling...
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    Word Count Disaster
    Heather Clark
    • May 6, 2013

    Word Count Disaster

    Writing along. Loving every minute. Delighted by my characters, my story, my dialog. So excited to finish my novel on May 6th. 80,000...
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    Fifteen Ever-Living Minutes A Day!
    Heather Clark
    • May 1, 2013

    Fifteen Ever-Living Minutes A Day!

    I’ve had people ask recently how I’ve gotten so consistent with my writing. This has not always been the case. The first few writing...
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    Writing YA Fiction – Saying Something True About Love
    Heather Clark
    • Apr 19, 2013

    Writing YA Fiction – Saying Something True About Love

    I’m a writer because I am a reader. I love books. I love the escape, the entertainment, the new worlds, and the messages. Most of all, I...
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    Outlining Is Hard: A Sneak-Peak At My WIP
    Heather Clark
    • Mar 7, 2013

    Outlining Is Hard: A Sneak-Peak At My WIP

    I think outlining is hard. I said it. I need it, but it ties me up in knots. I’m about 40,000 words into my WIP and I’m still taking...
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    Secrets Of The Universe
    Heather Clark
    • Feb 9, 2013

    Secrets Of The Universe

    Writing fiction is interesting. You want to tell a satisfying story. You can only do this if you can create a satisfying arc for your...
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    We’ll Run Out Of Stuff To Write When We’re Dead
    Heather Clark
    • Feb 7, 2013

    We’ll Run Out Of Stuff To Write When We’re Dead

    A writing friend commented on Facebook the other day that she had so much left to do on her book. I made the offhanded comment that we...
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    Writing Journey - From First Attempts to Agent
    Heather Clark
    • Feb 2, 2013

    Writing Journey - From First Attempts to Agent

    Fair warning: You are about to embark on reading the longest blog post of my bloggerly life. It may bore you. If you don’t care about how...
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    Falling in Love
    Heather Clark
    • Jul 18, 2012

    Falling in Love

    I’m starting to think of books as romances. Love affairs. Starting a new book is like a new romance. You’re all tingly-twirly with...
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    Art for Validation
    Heather Clark
    • May 31, 2012

    Art for Validation

    Listening to playtime with my seven-year-old daughter and her cousin today was revealing. They were pretending to be artists. Great...
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    Rejection Fuels Creativity
    Heather Clark
    • May 30, 2012

    Rejection Fuels Creativity

    …or it can send you into a dark place of despair where no writing occurs. But it’s your choice. At least that’s what I’m telling myself....
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    Late Nights
    Heather Clark
    • May 19, 2012

    Late Nights

    I’ve got a nine-week-old baby. Only nine weeks, and he pretty much insists on being held every minute of every day. There is a little...
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