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Candice Baxter retweeted
12 Sep 2022
How I love an Art Nouveau entrance. One day, I’d like to write a book with an opening paragraph that feels like this…
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Candice Baxter retweeted
22 Aug 2022
Omg, this Anne Lamott...
ALT “You just have to keep getting out of your own way so that whatever it is that wants to be written can use you to write it.” — Anne Lamott
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Candice Baxter retweeted
14 Aug 2022
WATCH: “Tennessee teachers, you know why I’m in my classroom on a Saturday — TN passed a law, my kids are asking if they can read books and I’m having to say NO until I catalogue everything and get it all approved.”😳
Underappreciated. Underpaid. Untrusted. #GOPTeacherShortage
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Candice Baxter retweeted
2 Aug 2022
Stephen King is testifying now in DOJ's antitrust case against Penguin/Simon & Schuster. Laughter in the courtroom as DOJ attorney asks King to state his occupation.
"My name is Stephen King. I’m a freelance writer."
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Candice Baxter retweeted
6 Jul 2022
We’re open for essay submissions at @The_Rumpus through July 31. therumpus.submittable.com/su… If you’re wondering what our editors look for in essay submissions, here’s a thread of our favorite #RumpusEssays:
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Candice Baxter retweeted
27 Jun 2022
I can't find who to credit for this, but this is basically how writing a book feels.
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Candice Baxter retweeted
14 Jun 2022
Literary writers must work hard to sustain reader interest through a quieter plot. Commercial writing is often more interestingly plotted—but commercial writers must still show quality writing sentence by sentence.
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Candice Baxter retweeted
23 May 2022
all you ever really need
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‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens bit.ly/3wP19zR
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31 Mar 2022
Moving from years of short form back to long makes me realize how tight my prose has gotten. All those articles are like Kegels. #amwriting #WritingCommunity
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Candice Baxter retweeted
30 Mar 2022
“So often, a visit to a bookshop has cheered me, and reminded me that there are good things in the world.”
Vincent Van Gogh (b. 30 March 1853)
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Candice Baxter retweeted
22 Mar 2022
milf (manuscript I’d like to finish)
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22 Mar 2022
I just saw this piece and the story it told in image. Why take it down?? Art provoked emotion. That’s the point.
Apologies to those who wished to see this piece: it is no longer on display.
After some disturbing complaints about my work, it was decided, and without my knowledge, the pictures were removed. I'm the only artist they have removed.
21 Mar 2022
The Libby app is the best thing for laundry. Put in my library card number and BAM! Mindless housework gets done while I’m transported into other people’s worlds. #amreading #amfolding
11 Mar 2022
I just wrote a 400 word advertorial on a new approach to knee replacements. If my grandma didn’t already have new knees, this would convince her.
Candice Baxter retweeted
4 Mar 2022
Today a woman with developmental disabilities came into the library, and said she was lost. She didn't know her address, but her phone number was in her pocket on a piece of paper with Elmo on it. She kept saying, "The library is a safe place."
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Candice Baxter retweeted
14 Feb 2022
I am an idiot for not getting a library card sooner. I just...press a button...and the audiobook is on my phone...for free. LIBRARIES ARE AMAZING.
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