Writing
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When you have the opportunity to spend a day with friends you rarely see and it involves an early morning meet on the day that you usually (pretty reliably) blog, well, you have to consider your priorities. Friendship totally trumps the Monday missives. So the Monday Blog has become the…
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I am pleased to say that my “no-ing” has paid off. To the tune of 56,799 words. This NaNoWriMo was one of the easiest so far for me to complete. In part because once I got into telling my story, I found there was much story to tell, but also because this year I…
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Well, not yet… but soon! After a crazy busy hectic social creative weekend (week, month, year), I’m practicing my mantra for November. For those of you who don’t know, NaNo is short for NaNoWriMo which is short for National Novel Writing Month. Fifty thousand words in thirty days. That’s nearly 1700 words a day*– sounds…
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Is that even a question? I don’t care what your passions are, if you have the opportunity to step off the spinning merry-go-round of daily duties that is your life and spend uninterrupted days pursuing said passions– of course you should retreat! I just spent four glorious days and three nights in New Glarus, WI at…
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So, I’m kind of free-falling now, feeling adrift. Word of Art 2 has come to a close and a very dedicated three months of my life has passed. As with the weddings and receptions and graduation parties and reunions and basically every other thing I’ve ever focused on from conception to completion, I’m torn. They…
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Loglines. Surely you’ve heard of these elusive creatures. The insidious brainworms that form innocently enough then propagate at the expense of your mental health. As you know, I’ve been working on submitting my manuscript(s). Submission requires a lot of research– where to send it, who is the right fit, why would they want my novel,…
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I haven’t blogged about writing in a while because, well, I haven’t been writing in a while. All of the great intentions of the New Year have faded under the glare of other stuff. And there’s been A LOT of other stuff. Blinding other stuff. (Excuse numbers 17-438.) I told my husband recently, “Don’t lecture, but I…
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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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