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Dori Ostermiller pictured at the Writers in Progress Studio in Florence MA.

Traits that Make a Successful Writer – An Interview with Dori Ostermiller

2020-06-25
In: Ideas & Inspiration

If anyone knows what it takes to be a successful writer, it’s Dori Ostermiller. She has worked for over 25 years as an editor and has taught writing and literature at the University of Massachusetts, Westfield State College, Springfield College, Holyoke Community College and Bay Path College. She has alsoMore

Steve Bernstein

Steve Bernstein on Self-Publishing as a Route to a Publishing Contract

2020-06-14
In: Lessons from Writers

Steve Bernstein never imagined himself a writer. He says his sister Amy, who died about twenty years ago, was the writer in the family. Towards the end of 2019, Bernstein signed a publishing contract for what started off as a self-published project. What changed that moved him from a non-writerMore

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