Advice for Writers – Page 9 – Janet Ruth Heller

Writing Workshop with Janet Heller about “Fixing Common Errors in Fiction and Nonfiction Manuscripts” at the Portage District Library on Thursday, September 24, 2015, at 6 p.m.

Author: Janet Ruth Heller August 18, 2015

Author Janet Heller will discuss “Common Errors in Fiction and Nonfiction Manuscripts and How to Fix Them” at the Portage District Library and comment on work submitted by workshop participants. Free event. Writers are encouraged to bring one of their…
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Advice for Writers, Books, Critique, Fiction, Janet's Speaking Events, Nonfiction, Writing Workshop

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Janet Ruth Heller Reads & Autographs Her Books at the Local Writers Expo at the Portage District Library in Michigan

Author: Janet Ruth Heller December 11, 2014

Saturday, December 13, 2014 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.—I will read from and autograph my five books at the Local Writers Expo at the Portage District Library on Saturday December 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Around noon,…
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Advice for Writers, Books, Janet's Speaking Events

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Literature for Children Should Break Rules and Defy Boundaries

Author: Janet Ruth Heller August 9, 2014

In 1999, I went to a writers’ conference where one editor claimed that books for children must have the child hero or heroine alone completely solve the problems raised. I was astounded by this narrow-minded claim, which would nullify the…
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Advice for Writers, Books

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