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I like writing + I’m not a fraud

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  Not quite ready to face the fact that I’m no longer a blogger, hesitantly I type in the url that I’ve been missing: https://ruthayreswrites.com. The irony of my title — Ruth Ayres Writes — when Ruth Ayres hasn’t been writing (at least not in this space) makes me roll my eyes. I sigh at the subtitle — stacking my stories so you have the gumption to shine. Yes, that’s why I’ve been writing blog posts for more than a decade. Pushing through a cringe, I count my 2018 blog… Read more I like writing + I’m not a fraud →

The writer, the woman who made my breakfast sandwich, and the people around the campfire 

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I talked with a young writer this week because his teacher was exasperated. He’d been working on the same draft for weeks, and my best calculations revealed he wrote almost one line in his composition book per week. He was shy and embarrassed when we started talking. (He was talking with me as part of a demon lesson. There were 25 teachers in the room and I struck a deal with him that he could bolt from the conference at any time — no questions asked. Thankfully he hung in… Read more The writer, the woman who made my breakfast sandwich, and the people around the campfire  →