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Common Sense Spammie Rules
Happy Week Before Thanksgiving! It’s that time again: time for Black Friday Sales, pumpkin pies, four days of blessed vacation (for some of us), and spammies nestling into your blogs. I have yet again...
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Thanks for the Blogging
Thanksgiving. That time of year when we eat too much, watch too much football, and sleep away the day. It also is the day we give thanks for friends and family and our life, such as it is. This...
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Ice Dreams
You would think these dark, long months of cold and shadows would encourage those of us who can’t sit still a chance to not sit still for a shorter period of time. Fat chance. Being a mover and talker...
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Where/How Do You Write?
It’s Friday Night, and I have a question for the writers in the group. I mean all writers: fun writers, journal writers, heavy-duty novel writers, joke writers, grocery list writers. Even those of you...
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+3 Plus +2 Places to Submit
As I finish editing my 53,000+ word murder mystery (am still trying to figure out the category), I am all pumped to get it published. The “P” word is a writer’s holy grail. We kid ourselves, saying,...
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Oops — There’s that “;” Again….
As I get older (there’s that cliche again), I find myself developing more and more ticks. You know — odd behaviors that can often drive one mad. I try and be cognizant of these oddities, for many can...
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You are never too late to get creative and fully enjoy it
A repost from a fun, insightful writer who knows how not to quit. I haven’t — have you? Source: You are never too late to get creative and fully enjoy itFiled under: Uncategorized, wisdom, writing...
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Writing On The Tube
Tonight I’m packing to go on our annual ski weekend up north. We have been going on this retreat for years. Each time is a blast, each time is good food, good sleep, good laze. I’m not a skiier, but...
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Let’s Open Another Door
Well, it’s March 3rd and I’m done. Any of you who live in the northern half of the U.S. — or any country, for that matter — know what I mean when I say I’m done. Done with the snow, the cloudy days,...
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Writer’s Block
Writer’s Block. Is it real? Or is it all in the imagination? Some people say they never get it. They’re never stuck for something to write. Others have it hit them all the time. They mistake the block...
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Do You Cthulhu?
Most writers love reading as much as writing. Most writers have less and less time to read if they want to more and more write. But it is in reading that I see what fascinates people. What motivates...
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Holding On While Sleepy
A strange combination of emotions has struck the Goddess’s circle this evening. I’m sure you all go through the ups and downs of life, the reality of which thickens or thins, depending upon your mood....
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Trying To Keep Up
This is ridiculous. Yesterday I purposefully started going through the roll of bloggers I follow, determined to read at least the last thing they blogged. Like all of you, I have other responsibilities...
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Does Your Main Character Look Familiar?
I blush to admit, the first time I really heard and understood the word “epiphany” was in the 1991 movie Hook: Smee: I’ve just had an apostrophe. Captain Hook: I think you mean an epiphany. Smee: No…...
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So You Want to Get Published?
So you want to get published? This blog is for you. So you want to see your work in print? This blog is for you. So you’re about to quit? This blog is for you. I myself am done getting pumped up...
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The Process/World is Flawed…Not Me
There is this big misconception of non-creative people that creative people have it easy. That just because we haven’t majored in Accounting or Nuclear Physics (or even if we have, for those of you...
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Flowery Language is Okay — Repetition Is Not
All writers are pillars of perfection. Aren’t we? We love what we write, we hate what we write. We perfect what we write. We skip over what we don’t like. It’s the nature of the beast, then, to notice...
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A Friend’s Trip Through Alternate Reality
Reflections of altered states, altered lives, is what writing — and life — is all about. It’s how I feel when I read, how I feel when I write. And there are times when I wish I could stay in those...
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Slugs Gather Here
This evening I should have been editing my novel, tweeted about my latest Art Gallery post, done a little research, read some great blogs, and writtten a poem. Instead, I spent this evening laying...
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Last Cave on the Left
Now that the kids and grandkids have moved out and into their own beautiful house, the hubby and I have decided it’s time to remodel/redecorate. Two different words, two different meanings, two...
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