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Lori Alden Holuta

Lori Alden Holuta lives between the cornfields of mid-Michigan, where she grows vegetables, teas and herbs, when she’s not playing games with a cat named Chives. Find her book reviews, recipes, and other surprises at ceejaywriter.com
Flight to Brassbright
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A Writer’s Toolbox

Recently I ran a workshop called “Fussy Novels and How to Fix Them” (click link for the workshop’s complete chatlog transcript) in Second Life (as Ceejay Writer, my avatar’s name), at Fantasy Faire’s Literary Festival. At that workshop, I offered a small toolbox, which was stuffed with notecards filled with resources. I’m going to open the toolbox and lay out all the notecards here for anyone and everyone to use.

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Lori Alden Holuta
Author Events
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Fussy Novels and How to Fix Them

Ceejay Writer hosts a workshop for writers with novels in progress who need help getting to the finish line. We’ll brainstorm to find you the tools, motivation, and inspiration you need to get ‘er done. Writers at any stage of the novel-writing process are welcome. Every attendee will leave with a Writer’s Toolbox, packed with resources!

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Lori Alden Holuta
Crafts
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Letterlocked and Loaded

Mass-produced envelopes weren’t invented until the 1830s, meaning that most 17th-century letter writers folded their correspondence in such a way that it became its own envelope.

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Lori Alden Holuta
Author Events
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The Second Life Book Club

On March 3rd I’ll be on Draxtor’s Book Club show in the form of my avatar, Ceejay Writer. if you are a Second Lifer, save the date and come keep me company! For more info on the Book Club, visit http://www.draxtor.com/slbookclub For more information about Second Life, visit https://secondlife.com.

Written by

Lori Alden Holuta