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Tag: Courage

The 2020 Storylines Joy Cowley Award

January 8, 2021January 9, 2021 ~ Tania Sickling ~ Leave a comment

In October 2019 I sent a manuscript to be considered for the Storylines Joy Cowley Award. It felt like daring to me: audacity double-spaced in Times New Roman, and slipped into a courier bag. If nothing came of it, I thought, then at least I had given my little story a chance. Amid the tumult … Continue reading The 2020 Storylines Joy Cowley Award

Beginning

January 7, 2021January 24, 2021 ~ Tania Sickling ~ Leave a comment

Here I begin, without any sense of audience, as if warming up at a microphone in front of an empty hall. Here I step back from writing fiction to explore the art and process of storytelling. Here I create a writing routine, and share with others the things that inspire me. This impulse to begin … Continue reading Beginning

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