Laurie Winslow SargentWriting Tips Archives - Laurie Winslow Sargent http://www.crossconnectmedia.com/category/writing-tips/ Author Website for Laurie Winslow Sargent Wed, 11 Feb 2026 19:04:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/crossconnectmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/headshot2.jpeg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Writing Tips Archives - Laurie Winslow Sargent http://www.crossconnectmedia.com/category/writing-tips/ 32 32 69683000 Hayden Howard: his creative wordplay in Ten Rounds for the All-Time Champ https://crossconnectmedia.com/hayden-howard-short-stories-with-creative-wordplay/ https://crossconnectmedia.com/hayden-howard-short-stories-with-creative-wordplay/#comments Mon, 31 Jul 2023 16:33:45 +0000 Laurie Winslow Sargent https://crossconnectmedia.com/?p=86522 In John Hayden Howard's short story Ten Rounds for the All-Time Champ (in REAWAKENED WORLDS: Vintage Dystopian and Sci-Fi ) the author used creative wordplay and characterization in this story about a 1940s boxer.

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]]> In John Hayden Howard's short story Ten Rounds for the All-Time Champ (in REAWAKENED WORLDS: Vintage Dystopian and Sci-Fi ) the author used creative wordplay and characterization in this story about a 1940s boxer.

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]]> https://crossconnectmedia.com/hayden-howard-short-stories-with-creative-wordplay/feed/ 3 86522 New Book: I Still Matter https://crossconnectmedia.com/new-book-i-still-matter/ https://crossconnectmedia.com/new-book-i-still-matter/#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2022 00:24:22 +0000 Laurie Winslow Sargent https://crossconnectmedia.com/?p=6088 I Still Matter is a new book that encourages gratefulness. It was compiled by Harlan Rector, movie trailer voice-over artist, and Edward Mickolus, 33 years in the CIA and a prolific author. I’m pleased to have a story of my own, The One, in I Still Matter. Sometimes we as authors have a story itching […]

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]]> I Still Matter is a new book that encourages gratefulness. It was compiled by Harlan Rector, movie trailer voice-over artist, and Edward Mickolus, 33 years in the CIA and a prolific author. I’m pleased to have a story of my own, The One, in I Still Matter. Sometimes we as authors have a story itching […]

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]]> https://crossconnectmedia.com/new-book-i-still-matter/feed/ 2 6088 1848: An Abolitionist Bill for Secession https://crossconnectmedia.com/1848-abolitionists-bill-secession/ https://crossconnectmedia.com/1848-abolitionists-bill-secession/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2020 17:29:43 +0000 Laurie Winslow Sargent http://www.crossconnectmedia.com/?p=992 1848: Little-known History ~ Abolitionist voters in Massachusetts, 17 years before the 13th amendment, proposed a bill: denounce slavery or secede from the Union. I was excited to see names from my family tree among these abolitionist signers.

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]]> 1848: Little-known History ~ Abolitionist voters in Massachusetts, 17 years before the 13th amendment, proposed a bill: denounce slavery or secede from the Union. I was excited to see names from my family tree among these abolitionist signers.

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]]> https://crossconnectmedia.com/1848-abolitionists-bill-secession/feed/ 1 992 Calculating Characters in Family History https://crossconnectmedia.com/calculating-characters-in-family-history/ https://crossconnectmedia.com/calculating-characters-in-family-history/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2020 14:56:09 +0000 Laurie Winslow Sargent http://www.crossconnectmedia.com/?p=969 In writing history – family history or a historical biography— using a little math humanizes characters so we can see them as former living, breathing human beings.1 calculator + 1 family tree = more compelling stories.

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]]> In writing history – family history or a historical biography— using a little math humanizes characters so we can see them as former living, breathing human beings.1 calculator + 1 family tree = more compelling stories.

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]]> https://crossconnectmedia.com/calculating-characters-in-family-history/feed/ 2 969 Journo Portfolio for Writers https://crossconnectmedia.com/journo-portfolio-for-writers-review/ https://crossconnectmedia.com/journo-portfolio-for-writers-review/#respond Tue, 28 Jul 2020 16:29:00 +0000 Laurie Winslow Sargent http://www.crossconnectmedia.com/?p=835 Freelance writers: here's how to quickly and easily create a portfolio at Journo Portfolio, linking to posts from your own site or articles written by you at publisher websites.

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]]> Freelance writers: here's how to quickly and easily create a portfolio at Journo Portfolio, linking to posts from your own site or articles written by you at publisher websites.

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]]> https://crossconnectmedia.com/journo-portfolio-for-writers-review/feed/ 0 835 Writing for Chicken Soup for the Soul https://crossconnectmedia.com/writing-for-chicken-soup-for-the-soul/ https://crossconnectmedia.com/writing-for-chicken-soup-for-the-soul/#comments Fri, 01 May 2020 00:59:41 +0000 Laurie Winslow Sargent http://www.crossconnectmedia.com/?p=483 Authors, one way to get your true personal stories published is through Chicken Soup for the Soul, LLC. Here's a list of benefits in writing for that company, plus profiles of a few prolific Chicken Soup story writers.

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]]> Authors, one way to get your true personal stories published is through Chicken Soup for the Soul, LLC. Here's a list of benefits in writing for that company, plus profiles of a few prolific Chicken Soup story writers.

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]]> https://crossconnectmedia.com/writing-for-chicken-soup-for-the-soul/feed/ 2 483 Starting Small: Writing Your First Magazine Article https://crossconnectmedia.com/writing-magazine-articles/ https://crossconnectmedia.com/writing-magazine-articles/#respond Wed, 21 Mar 2018 21:11:09 +0000 Laurie Winslow Sargent http://www.crossconnectmedia.com/?p=341   Do you have an urge to write, but have not yet started  — and can only imagine writing a whole book someday? Someday when you are less busy? Or when you know more about writing? Try Nonfiction Article Writing Think smaller, and you can start writing earlier than later.  Perhaps not as early as […]

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]]>   Do you have an urge to write, but have not yet started  — and can only imagine writing a whole book someday? Someday when you are less busy? Or when you know more about writing? Try Nonfiction Article Writing Think smaller, and you can start writing earlier than later.  Perhaps not as early as […]

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]]> https://crossconnectmedia.com/writing-magazine-articles/feed/ 0 341 Freelance Awakening and Article Sale Dances : Writing for Magazines https://crossconnectmedia.com/freelance-awakening-writing-for-magazines/ https://crossconnectmedia.com/freelance-awakening-writing-for-magazines/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2015 14:21:28 +0000 Laurie Winslow Sargent http://www.crossconnectmedia.com/?p=181 Wonder how to start writing  for magazines? Here’s my story: I still recall, back in 1988 when my son was a toddler, the moment I heard that anybody who put their mind to it could write for magazines. Even me?  It was quite a revelation – for some reason, I’d thought all magazines were staff […]

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]]> Wonder how to start writing  for magazines? Here’s my story: I still recall, back in 1988 when my son was a toddler, the moment I heard that anybody who put their mind to it could write for magazines. Even me?  It was quite a revelation – for some reason, I’d thought all magazines were staff […]

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]]> https://crossconnectmedia.com/freelance-awakening-writing-for-magazines/feed/ 3 181 How to Avoid Confusing Your Readers https://crossconnectmedia.com/character-traits-age/ https://crossconnectmedia.com/character-traits-age/#respond Tue, 05 Aug 2014 12:54:20 +0000 Laurie Winslow Sargent http://www.crossconnectmedia.com/?p=49 In both fiction and nonfiction stories, as a writer avoid confusing your readers from the start. Keep their momentum and absorption in your story. So… maybe I have too active an imagination. Or I jump to conclusions way too fast. But the moment you, as an author, introduce a person in your story, I immediately […]

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]]> In both fiction and nonfiction stories, as a writer avoid confusing your readers from the start. Keep their momentum and absorption in your story. So… maybe I have too active an imagination. Or I jump to conclusions way too fast. But the moment you, as an author, introduce a person in your story, I immediately […]

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