A Labor of Love

With each of my posts, readers have been able to provide a rating of one to five gold stars. To celebrate the final post of 2013, I’ve created a slideshow to share with you my top ten, most popular, highest scoring posts of the year. Clicking on the slides will redirect you to their original posts.

Some of them may even surprise you!

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Thank you for reading, and Merry Christmas, everybody!

No. 10

Close Your Email and Turn Off Your Notifications!

No. 9

The Opening to Alice Munro's 'Thanks for the Ride'

No. 8

Formatting Your Fiction Manuscript for Publication

No. 7

Don't Tell Your Characters' Feelings

No. 6

Judging Books by Their Titles

No. 5

Steve Almond's Rules for Writing Fiction

No. 4

Establish a Writing Routine

No. 3

Every Day Fiction Publishes 'In Flight'

No. 2

Almost Five Quarterly Publishes 'The Widower'

No. 1

El Camino, Here I Come!