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Anne Janzer
Anne Janzer

Feb 12

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Endangered: Open Attention

Audiobooks and podcasts helps authors. Do they endanger creativity?

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“Stop looking out the window and work on your task.”

Startled, the young boy looked up at the preschool teacher next to me, then returned to sorting the blocks on the tray in front of him.

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Author, Writing Coach, Unapologetic Nonfiction Geek. Writing about Writing Itself (very meta). AnneJanzer.com

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