Mary Lamphere
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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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We recently saw the movie Ride Along 2 (don’t judge me), and although it was pretty much what you’d expect, a B- comedy, there was one line that resonated with me. In defense of his irritating, obnoxious, try-too-hard, needy brother-in-law to be as played by Kevin Hart, trust nobody detective Ice Cube says something to the
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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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When we first moved to DeKalb, the toll was forty cents. That was eighty cents a day for Dave to get to and from work in Aurora. Eighty cents, as in cash money. Change. Coins. There was no I-Pass. We used to give him jars, boxes, and tins of change for gifts. Happy Father’s Day! Here’s
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Good morning… Yes, it’s still morning. Man, that came fast. My mind is all over the place, making it difficult to focus on any one topic for a blog. All over the place and yet nowhere, I might add. Wow, my bed is mighty comfy this morning. How’d it get to be 10 o’clock already?!
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Remember having to wait beside a very attached telephone in anticipation of BIG NEWS? No, you probably don’t. Good things used to come to those who waited. Ain’t nobody got time for that now. Immediate gratification. Is that too much to ask for? Obviously
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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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Just kidding. Check out any headline or click-bait and you’ll see numbers attached. People seem to like when things are broken down into bite-sized chunks. And numbered. But 467? Seriously? That’s crazy. I’m pretty sure a professional could describe brain surgery or rocket science in that many steps. That’s not advice, that’s one more distraction.
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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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HAPPY NEW YEAR! And welcome to 2016. In light of the new year, I’d like to suggest a few things we leave behind. I’m not sure when (or why) we decided to get so familiar with bodily excretions, but I think it’d be good to leave the expressions, “I threw up a little in my
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