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Brysen Boyd

¹This is a left-sided golden shovel, borrowing a line from Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline.”

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Just Released: Reader Centered Writing

Orca senior editor Joe Ponepinto has been writing and editing creative work for most of his adult life. His new book, Reader Centered Writing, is a collection of the best of these essays on basic writing conventions, advanced techniques, and musings on the writing life in a section called Adventures in the Slushpile. There are also several new essays included. Order a print or Kindle version on Amazon, or a PDF on our 55 Fathoms website.

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