Comments on: What’s in Your Swipe File?

By: Mariella

Mariella — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:40:54 +0000

My swipe file is basically a collection of quotes and topics I want to write about in the future. I also keep sources — links to clippings, pics, etc. — which I could peruse at a latter time. Thing is, I add to my swipe file constantly but haven’t exactly made anything off of it!

By: andreas04: close to attraction

andreas04: close to attraction — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:44:29 +0000

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By: Kristi Holl

Kristi Holl — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:23:34 +0000

Newspaper human interest stories and letters from the opinion page give me good nonfiction topics to write about–or “characters” for my fiction.