Category: Blog
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Spring Cometh!
By Guild member L.M. Guiled Can you feel it? The wind whips through the trees, but it is warmer, it has flung off Old Jack Frost and he is packing up his things in a huff, annoyed that it is too warm for him here. Things are stretching just beneath the soil, waking up and…
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This November, We Turn the Page
Written by Kyra Wilson Cook, Founding Director of the MetroWest Writers’ Guild We’re a community that came together starting back in 2018 when MetroWest Massachusetts needed regional leadership for a beloved November writing challenge. This matters, because we wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for that beautiful idea that writing is more fun when there…
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Celebrating the Harvest
By Guild Member C. N. Jeffrey (Follow her on Instagram and at her website!) I think of the summer garden as a yearly project, not unlike writing a novel. A considerable amount of planning in the beginning, a mad dash to get it all in, and then months of weeding out the bits that don’t…
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How I Became a Morning Writer (well, sort of)
By Gloria Lloyd (Wonderful member of the Guild) As writers, we seek the holy grail of productivity. Researching how to get more words on paper is a time-tested procrastination technique to avoid writing. Aren’t brains great? This is short though, so stick with me as I share my favorite tips. However, nothing works for everyone,…
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Save the Date! We’re Celebrating Books and Writing in December!
Last December, we welcomed HUNDREDS of readers and writers to the Writers’ Loft in Hudson for a day of book launches, book sales, and joyful celebration of all things literary! We’re doing it AGAIN on Saturday, December 7th! Save the date! We are so excited to do this event again and we hope you’ll join…
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You Don’t Have to Use It All
By Daphne James Huff It’s taken me almost seven years and over a dozen published books to realize one very simple thing: You don’t have to use it all. Sounds simple, but it’s been a long road to get there! What’s taken me the longest to accept is that you don’t have to use all of…
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Short Month? Try Short Stories: The Form for Breaking, Bending, and Painting
Cassie Duncanson (she/her) is a spec-fic writer, who works as a proposal writer for environmental labs by day. She has an MFA from Portland State University and was a Tin House YA Workshop scholar. Her work has appeared in Gingerbread House Lit Mag, Fiddlehead Folio, and others. You can find her on instagram at @glutenwitch.…
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A Great End-of-Year for the Guild!
The Guild celebrated the launch of the Fiddlehead Folio with a Literary Extravaganza celebration in partnership with the Writers’ Loft! The Guild also received two grants at the end of the year! The Guild is deeply grateful for the Writers’ Loft in Hudson, MA for hosting us for our 1st annual Literary Extravaganza and Book…
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Fiddlehead Folio Preview: Meet Sean Zinn!
Sean Zinn’s story, A Selkie Love Story, is the longest in this year’s Folio and it’s worth your time and attention. If you’re looking for something to read that’s grounded in the here and now, but with a twist of something a little different, this one is for you. What inspired you to write your…
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Fiddlehead Folio Preview: Meet Cassie Duncanson!
Cassie Duncanson contributed our most unique story in the Folio. As soon as I read it, I had a vision for its 2-page spread! You’ll find it at the very end of the Folio. A lingering image that we hope will get you excited for our 2024 volume! What inspired you to write your story?…