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Solar in Jefferson County

April 11, 2021

Shepherdstown University Art Students Exhibit

April 10, 2021

A Vision for Hill Top House

April 2, 2021

2021 PVAS Race For The Birds

April 2, 2021

Speak Stories Hosts Len Cabral – April 13

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Book Review: Remaking Appalachia

April 1, 2021

Keep Your Bird Feeders Clean

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Rebuilding A Shopping Destination In Downtown Charles Town

April 1, 2021

Discover History At The Jefferson County Museum

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Shepherdstown Library Gets a New Website

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Building An Organic Farm From The Ground Up

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Berkeley Arts Council Offers Classes In Watercolor Pencil

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Book Review: Life in the Midlist

December 1, 2020 Tagged With: memoir, Publishing, writing

Aspiring writers may have a hard time finding responsive publishers and agents, but at least they have an entire industry that caters to them. Why then would there be a need for another book about writing fiction? Jon Sealy’s So You Want to Be a Novelist answers that question in its first few pages. Read the Full Story >>

Debut Writers Conference Geared Towards Authors at Every Level 

July 4, 2019 Tagged With: Alan Gibson, Manuscript to Marketplace, writing

Manuscript to Marketplace

On Friday and Saturday, September 6-7, Shepherd University will host the first-of-its-kind “From Manuscript to Marketplace” writers conference, designed to deliver success strategies and insider advice for writers at absolutely any stage. Read the Full Story >>

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