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Monthly Archives: February 2020

Read more about the article Ditch Thoughts
The North Davis Ditch

Ditch Thoughts

  • Post author:Scott Alumbaugh
  • Post published:February 15, 2020
  • Post category:Novel Writing

For some number of years now, I have made the local Peet's my go-to place for writing. At points along the way, I have progressively (regressively?) changed my mode of…

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Thoughts on Letter Writing

  • Post author:Scott Alumbaugh
  • Post published:February 6, 2020
  • Post category:InCoWriMo

So I've written a couple of letters now (sticking with the one-a-day thing), and I have a couple of observations. First, let's just acknowledge here that having observations about letter…

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Read more about the article Learning to Handwrite
Spencerian Penmanship practice book

Learning to Handwrite

  • Post author:Scott Alumbaugh
  • Post published:February 2, 2020
  • Post category:General/InCoWriMo

I have been training myself to handwrite over the past few years. It's a lot harder than I ever would have thought. My writing has always been bad. I remember…

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Scott Alumbaugh is the author of  On the Pony Express Trail (TwoDot Books) a narrative non-fiction about his 2021 solo bikepacking trek on the Pony Express Trail. He is author of a novella, Will Kill for Food, as well as a number of short stories.  Learn more >

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