May 2015

  • Sweeps Week a Success!

    The reviews are in and the critics are raving!         A gigantic Thank You to my SuperStar Guest Bloggers: Kelly Epperson Simmons for  The Courage to Go Gray Christine Collins Cacciatore for 5K to Couch RB Austin for Give ’em Flaws  Christina Lamphere for the step-by-step guide to Chicken Pillows and Cindy Karnitz for How did you…

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  • Cindy Karnitz

    Cindy Karnitz

    Wrapping up Sweeps Week for me is a longtime friend. One of my longest. Between the two of us, we’ve experienced a lot of life and lived to tell about it. And we do– in blogs! Today’s SuperStar Guest Blogger is Cindy Karnitz. Cindy is a published writer in fiction, non-fiction and poetry as well as a published editor.…

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  • RB Austin

    RB Austin

    Today’s SuperStar Guest Blogger is RB Austin, half of the blogging sisters at 2unpublishedgirls. (Which may be misleading since RB is published! I have no doubts that soon they will need a new domain name, right, Ella?!) I enjoy both RB and Ella’s posts on life and writing. RB is the only blogger I’m featuring this…

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  • Christine Collins Cacciatore

    It’s an honor to introduce today’s SuperStar Guest Blogger, Christine Cacciatore, also known as Poopwa Foley. Because life with a funny nickname is just… better. I met Chris through In Print Professional Writers’ Organization. But I believe we were sisters in another lifetime. She says, does, and writes things that I have, would, or might. From girl…

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  • Kelly Simmons Epperson

    Kelly Simmons Epperson

    Welcome to SWEEPS WEEK!  I am very proud to introduce my first SuperStar Guest Blogger: Kelly Epperson Simmons! I met Kelly about eight years ago and in that time she has grown from a dreamer into a full-blown contributor to the completion of other people’s dreams. Her accomplishments, just in the time I’ve known her, have been many and massive,…

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  • Pre-SWEEPS

    Pre-SWEEPS

    Before we kick off SWEEPS WEEK featuring SuperStar Guest Bloggers, I wanted to give a brief introduction. A few weeks ago, I posted a blog called Blah, Blah, Blog and it referenced how popular blogging has become. At any given moment there are literally millions of people writing– and even more reading. I subscribe to…

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  • COMING SOON: SWEEPS WEEK!

    I am very excited to announce my very own MaryFranSays Blog Sweeps Week! No gimmicky shark-jumping, no cliffhanger Who Shot JR?, no shotgun weddings or plus-sign pee sticks, just five great Guest Star Bloggers! Every day next week, beginning Monday, May 25th and running through Friday, May 29th, I will be hosting a blog written by smart,…

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  • Stay Tuned…

    In tribute to all things old being new again, I’d like to announce my SWEEPS WEEK. Beginning Monday, May 25 and running through Friday, May 29, I will be featuring SUPERSTAR GUEST BLOGGERS! Check in daily to read posts provided by bloggers I read, follow, adore, admire, and hope to emulate both personally and professionally.…

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  • The Rick Sisters

    About a year and a half ago, I attended the Rick Springfield concert in DeKalb at the Egyptian Theater. There’s no denying he puts on a great show. I’m more of a Billy Squier kind of gal, but I went with a huge Rick fan, so when I came into a backstage pass, I gave…

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  • How to be a Writer

    So, you want to know how to be a writer? You know. You do! Sit down and write. Or stand up and write– it makes no difference to the words on the page. You have been told a million times to “just write it!” A million one now. Butt in chair, hands on keyboard. Duh.…

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