Karen E. Lee, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/author/karenelee/ Wed, 05 Apr 2017 21:28:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Real Writers Write in Coffee Shops https://booksbywomen.org/real-writers-write-in-coffee-shops-by-karen-lee/ https://booksbywomen.org/real-writers-write-in-coffee-shops-by-karen-lee/#comments Wed, 05 Apr 2017 20:51:52 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=18521 Natalie Goldberg states in her book, Writing Down the Bones, that it is essential for a writer to have a relationship with a coffee shop. The picture of the writer sitting in a coffee shop penning the next bestseller is ubiquitous. In fact, sitting here in a coffee shop, I can see at least two […]

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