It’s New Year’s Eve, and we are standing on the threshold of a shiny new year. It’s almost as good as getting new school supplies. The smell of virgin paper not yet touched by a ballpoint. A new start. No mistakes. Nothing but potential. Okay, so if you are anything like me, your initial …
Category: The Writer’s Life
Dec 24 2010
Writing and the Junk Drawer of Life–Finding a Place for Everything in 2011
Today is a repost, but this blog is one of my all-time favorites, and I thought it was perfect to close out the year. I hope you guys enjoy your time off if you have some. For me, this will be one of the best Christmases ever, mainly because of this blog. I have been …
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Dec 17 2010
The Guinea Pig Diaries
Hello. Today is Free-for-All Friday and my topic of choice. Many of you are following this blog to learn more about writing or social media. I want you to know that all my methods were rigorously tested on other writers before being offered to the general public. For instance, my colleagues and I would place a …
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Nov 05 2010
Rocking the NaNoWriMo
National Novel Writing Month is a really neat idea, and the core idea is actually good for writers almost all the time. Write. Write without your editor’s cap until you are finished. And that is cool, but what I love about NaNoWriMo is the accountability and the experience. It’s just different. There are all …
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Aug 20 2010
Writer Therapy–Mowing the Yard and Crying
Yep, that writer across the street is in therapy again. Her yard looks unbelievable!
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