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Let’s Write That Book! — Editing
Every book, every story, every poem, needs to be edited. Edited, proofread, reread, and edited again. There’s no way around it. When you are writing from the heart, the story pumping through your veins...
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Let’s Write That Book! — ReEdit and Feedback
You thought you could get away with one blog on editing. That once you heard my speech you could move on. But here we are. Never send your piece off to a publication after your first edit. Nothing is...
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Let’s Write That Book! — Epilogue
Your novel is finished. You have cleaned it up, corrected your mistakes, and made sure it flows from beginning to end. You love this book. You love this story. It’s the best thing you’ve ever written....
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Let’s Write That Book! — Prologue
If you are lucky enough to say to yourself, “I’ve always wanted to write a book,” then this is the blog series for you. The website Worldometers says there are 2,336,295 books published so far this...
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Let’s Write That Book! — Writing
Finally the time has come! Hallelujah and do the Snoopy Dance! You’ve done your research, got your computer or notebook ready, put some writing music on in the background, and you are ready to go for...
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Let It Go!
I just finished an extended, magical, mad weekend babysitting my three grandkids. It was heaven. It was crazy. It was the movie Frozen twice a day for three days. It was donuts and string cheese and...
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Research Overload
I think I am suffering from research overload. I fear my ambitions have been to high, too broad, too much for one simpleton to take. If I could have an anxiety attack based on a book not yet written, I...
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Happy Creativity
I’ve been having the most marvelous time these past few weeks writing my novel. Now, hopefully we all have times of pleasure pursuing our creative endeavors. Otherwise, why would we bother? But I had...
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I’m Finished!
After months of angst and woe and apprehension, I have finally finished my book. It feels amazing. I am a lame duck in the writing world. I have written many a novel, a short story, a poem. But I don’t...
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Repost of a Collaborative Poem — I can not find any way alone (ft. Ryan Hair)
I came across this post the other eve, and I absolutely love the idea of a collaborative poem. I love the way each other’s words swirl around each other. Thank you, Lucy!...
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Rain and Boredom
Another rainy Fall day. Makes me want to take a nap. In the meantime, I’ve been looking around for my energy. I KNOW it was here someplace. It’s been deteriorating steadily the last few years. You know...
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Appreciating Blogs One Day at a Time
Adam Hillman Well, haven’t I been busy this morning! Every week (if not more often) I try and go through my Reader and read all the posts from those I follow. A daunting task for all of us, I know....
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An Evening Alone
Do you ever wish you had an evening or two to yourself? All by yourself? That seems to often be a fleeting thought to new moms, seasoned moms, wives, husbands, and roommates. I am not talking about...
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Listen to the Wind Once in a While
Well, a little too much surfing, a little too many nameless movies in the background, a little too much tightening of my blogs, and poof! Internet slowdown! I can’t get enough speed to watch my...
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What Are You Reading These Days?
I am not sure what’s going on around here in my reading world. I have slowly been accumulating e-books for my iPad/Kindle library. Not a bad thing in and of itself. But when I’ll ever have time to...
View ArticleEverything’s Coming Up Roses
This past week has been the beginning of something good. Positive. Promising. We are always warned not to get too excited about things we want to see or do or accomplish. After all, it may not...
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Creative Monday
Creative Monday! Actually you can say that about any day of the week, depending on the weather, your mood, your itinerary, and your energy level. Creativity is much more than starting a new painting...
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A Day for Projects
It’s funny how creativity ebbs and flows. One minute you are so full of words that nothing but writing a book can be their outlet. Other times you stare at at the screen, typing One Upon a Time 60...
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Creative Multitasking
Goddess Durga Ahhhh …. the joys of Creativity. While writing is still a passion for me, I am finding it harder and harder to get into the drive-till-you-crash novel mode. I wonder why that is. I’m...
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Wow!
Okay okay! I need to take a breath! I’ve been catching up on my Reader reading these past few days, and have I found some interesting, spectacular, enjoyable art of all kinds from my artistic friends!...
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