Writing
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Well, I did it. I uploaded my manuscript for publication. And I’m scared sh*tless. (what an odd term that is) Odd, but applicable. Scared. Sh*tless. According to the post, 10 Things That Will Happen When You Start Pursuing Your Dreams, I’m right on track. That’s 10 Things, beginning with, 1. You are going to be…
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I can check a couple more things off my Cup List! Thanks to the support and encouragement of some great friends, after driving past it twenty times a week, I finally had lunch at Noodles & Company. And now I’m okay with simply driving by. The company was fabulous! The noodles? Meh. But I wanted to go and…
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Writing is hard. Editing is hard. Publishing is harder. Why is publishing harder? Because you thought you were done. Done writing. Done editing. You thought you were ready to publish. You were wrong. Okay, I. I was wrong. There is SO MUCH that goes into the publishing process. I had no idea. I honestly thought…
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As I prepare for my first indy-publishing experience, I’m reminded of the very first time I saw my words in print. I had just joined a writers’ group and one of the member benefits was guaranteed publication in one of their two annual journals. I was ecstatic! My words! In print! I was discussing these…
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We celebrated our In Print five year anniversary this past Saturday at Cliffbreakers. As a founding member, I was asked (cough*required*cough) to speak. I struggled with my words, not because I don’t have a million awesome things to say about In Print, but because I worried that the five original founders might be sharing the…
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Bah da bah bah da da So good to me. Or is it? (This is probably not going where you think it is…) So, I’m working on the FINAL draft of the 50k word novel I am going to self-publish any minute now and I have lyrics in my story. YOU CAN’T DO THAT. I…
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In Print, the professional writers’ organization that I helped create, turns five in March. That is pretty impressive. Not just to me, but to the hundreds of writers that we’ve served in a variety of ways over the last five years. Five years! Condensing five years of highlights into a manageable blog has been quite…
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I recently heard a story about an art teacher who told his students on the first day of class that there were two ways to earn an “A”. One way was to make one perfect pot, the other was to make fifty pots. Now, we’ve all been (or may still be) lazy, know-it-all, shortcut takers and…
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The Liebster Award is a peer award for Bloggers by Bloggers. I’m proud to be kicking off my new year with a nomination! Thank you Caffeinated Writer, Danielle! The Liebster Award recognizes blogs with less than a 1000 followers and strives to increase collaboration and encourage readership. It’s like that old Faberge Organic Shampoo Commercial, you tell…
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