October 2013 – MARY LAMPHERE AUTHOR

October 28, 2013

Mixed Messages

(This one cracks me up, wins “best use of mime” award!) Actions speak louder than Words is a familiar adage, we come across it all the time—especially writers, right? Show, don’t tell! But I falter frequently. No, I’m not going to tattle on myself and my adverb abuse (they don’t call me Maryly for nothin’!), I’d rather…

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October 21, 2013

Where I’m Trending

We discuss trends frequently in my writers’ groups. What’s happened in the past to affect the future. What’s happening right now. It’s amazing how trendy things can be– how you can get caught up in a movement without even knowing it. I often reference the blind-trend participation with a couple of analogies– you know how you buy a…

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October 14, 2013

My Annual Reminder

Birthday week has come and gone and a great one it was. Luckily, birthday month not only continues, but it ends with a flight to Ireland. (I need an ecstatic emoticon here!) I love my birthday. I love your birthday. I love birthdays! I know they’re just days that signify we’re getting older, and believe…

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October 7, 2013

Bleeping Beep

I woke to that all too familiar low-battery beep. You know the one, high-pitched and piercing, the scree of beeps that’s like a fat-fingered flick directly to your eardrum. The sound seems to bounce off the walls and echo through the hallways making it nearly impossible to locate. I wander from room to room, awaiting…

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