Writing
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I have this thought process I call lilypadding, where I start at a certain point with a thought, an idea, or a memory, and fifty-seven or so thoughts later, I am at a seemingly unrelated place. Do you do this, too?I kind of believe we all do, in our own way. So, this morning, as
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I’m excited to share that I’ve signed up for a four-part online writing series with ed2go through Kishwaukee Community College. I like to claim that I am a good student, but it’s been a very long time since I was a student. I’d say I hope it’s just like riding a bike, but it’s also
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I attended a very good friend’s Book Launch yesterday. It was a wonderful event in a terrific location celebrating a great accomplishment. Seeing the fruits of her labors, experiencing the accolades of friends and family, readers and writers, it was the most feel-good I’ve been exposed to in a long time. And it inspires me
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What is NaNo?It’s short for National Novel Writing Month, a global event that takes place during the month of November and has been building a following since its inception in 1999. Writers from around the world commit to writing 50,000 words of new fiction. That breaks down to approximately 1667 words a day and hopefully
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I recently bought two paperback books from the library bookshelf sale. The first, called Dog Songs, is a New York Times bestselling book of poems by Mary Oliver. It won the Pulitzer Prize. The other, Choosing Civility: The Twenty-five Rules of Considerate Conduct, by P. M. Forni, apparently has no cover-worthy accolades. Dog Songs was
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When I received the email from the Writers’ Police Academy stating it was their LAST, I quickly solicited a group of fellow writers to join me in Appleton, Wisconsin for five days. I was NOT going to miss this writers’ event with hands-on classes taught by top instructors, all professionals in the field. Upon arrival,
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This ‘ownership’ is a connection you feel to something or someone based on a simple exchange. A crossing of paths, comment in passing, or random shared experience. That encounter becomes an object of emotional permanence. My good friend and fellow author, Kristin Oakley, is releasing her long-anticipated young adult dystopian novel, The Devil Particle, June
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