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Comments about thinking deeply published in Red Diamonds Features

Editor Michael Toebe has published my comments about thinking deeply in Red Diamonds Features.  The article title is "Why We’re Pained When We Need to Think Deeply — A Conversation."  He interviewed various individuals about this topic. Here is the link to the article:  https://medium.com/@reddiamondsfeatures/why-were-pained-when-we-need-to-think-deeply-a-conversation-a627004dcfba?source=friends_link&sk=ee40b33b8f5e788c51f1f996b4bd0d9f

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In Praise of Writing Critique Groups

How the Moon Regained Her ShapeI joined my first critique group for writers when I lived in Chicago in the 1970s and 1980s. I had met the other members of my group when we all co-edited the literary journal Primavera. We did not have time during our editorial staff meetings to discuss one another’s creative writing. So five of us started a monthly evening workshop just for our own work. These meetings motivated us to do at least some new writing every month. We gave constructive feedback to everyone, which we found helpful and encouraging. (more…)

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