DAWGs

  • In Honor of Election Day

    In Honor of Election Day

    I realize this is only mid-terms, but I wanted to share a story I wrote in August for my DeKalb Area Writers Group (DAWGs). We were challenged to a multi-part assignment inspired by the NYCMidnight contests. In addition to the selected prompt, Exploit a Trope, we also had to limit our word count to 100

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  • The Art and Exercise of Short Stories

    Last October, I was supposed to speak at an Author Fair. My chosen topic was, The Art and Exercise of Short Stories. I was unable to attend (you can probably guess why). Recently reinvigorated by DAWG meetings, I’m inspired to write short stories again! With Spring in the air and our creative-energy levels rising, I

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  • READ ME!

    READ ME!

    It’s that time of year again, Spooky Showcase time! For the fourth year, I contributed to Jolene Haley‘s collection of thrilling short stories posted daily throughout the month of October. This year’s theme was These Deadly Curses and was hosted by Midnight Society Tales. Click here to read this story on their site. Because my

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  • About a DAWG

    About a DAWG

    Hi, my name is Mary Lamphere and I’m a lonely writer. Even after so many, many months of very limited exposure, zero to no socialization, and hardly any work demands, I find myself struggling to finish a manuscript. I would have thought that with ALL THAT TIME, I could have cranked out a couple of novels, short

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  • What I’m Working on Now

    What I’m Working on Now

    I am so excited to be in the middle of a new/old project. As you may or may not know, November is National Novel Writing Month. NaNoWriMo is a writing challenge where you try to hit a word count goal of 50,000 words in 30 days. Originally, I thought I would focus on the follow

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