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    Hope for Future Joys
    Peggy Ann Shumway
    • Dec 29, 2020
    • 7 min

    Hope for Future Joys

    What better time than the week between Christmas and the New Year to reflect on what has happened over the last twelve months. It’s a...
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    Pleasing Our Readers
    Peggy Ann Shumway
    • Sep 18, 2020
    • 2 min

    Pleasing Our Readers

    The other day, my son, the one I thought would NEVER show interest in anything I’ve written, told me how he’s read my manuscripts when I...
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    Truth or Consequences
    Peggy Ann Shumway
    • Jun 12, 2020
    • 2 min

    Truth or Consequences

    It has always amazed me how gullible we can be, from the least of us to the very elect. To be gullible means to be easily persuaded to...
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    Breathing Life Into Our Readers
    Peggy Ann Shumway
    • Jun 9, 2020
    • 2 min

    Breathing Life Into Our Readers

    Words and the way gifted writers use them have always fascinated me. An author who crafts a paragraph that makes my mouth salivate, my...
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    Conquering Our Mountains
    Peggy Ann Shumway
    • May 30, 2020
    • 2 min

    Conquering Our Mountains

    A few years ago, I attended a writers conference where keynote speaker Regina Sirois compared mountain climbing to our writing careers....
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    The Pen: The Responsible Use of Our Weapon of Choice
    Peggy Ann Shumway
    • May 28, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Pen: The Responsible Use of Our Weapon of Choice

    Whether we want to admit it or not, writers have a great responsibility to their readers. Those who write and publish without...
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    Our Writing Demons
    Peggy Ann Shumway
    • May 28, 2020
    • 3 min

    Our Writing Demons

    I was thrilled to hear that I’m not the only writer who struggles with demons in the process of creation. Years ago, in an American Night...
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    Writing Through the Senses of a Child
    Peggy Ann Shumway
    • May 26, 2020
    • 2 min

    Writing Through the Senses of a Child

    Have you ever watched a toddler explore the world? Whatever circumstance we place before them, they move about touching, seeing, tasting,...
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    A Late Bloomer Just Trying to Catch Up
    Peggy Ann Shumway
    • May 26, 2020
    • 3 min

    A Late Bloomer Just Trying to Catch Up

    I think I’m a late bloomer—you know, the kind of girl who stumbles through her early years lanky and boyish, whose body holds back until...
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    What Is Truth?
    Peggy Ann Shumway
    • May 26, 2020
    • 3 min

    What Is Truth?

    I am currently working on a novel that deals with the meaning of truth through the eyes of science, religion, and two different cultural...
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