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The Great American Sentence
Perusing Facebook, as sadly I waste too much time doing on an almost daily basis, one of my friends posted a link to Easy Street: A Magazine of Books and Culture. To celebrate the launch of their magazine, the publishers are hosting The Great American Sentence: A Contest. To participate, you need to send up…
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Dear Internal Editor, LEAVE ME ALONE….for now
As I wrote the last few words for Chapter 25, I realized the point of view was all wrong. When the thought popped into my head, I had to use every inch of willpower to keep writing. My instincts told me to start from the beginning and fix it, to drop the story and go…
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A New Community
A new chapter in my writing career started this week at the State of the Guild Address for the Houston Writers Guild. This was my first experience with the organization. I had to miss meetings with two other communities of which I am a member: Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. I felt guilty as I…
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Database Done
Yes, I am that good. I pulled up excel creating one sheet each for my short stories, a sent to and received back list, and details about the publications. I strongly believe in research which sent me scouring through familiar print mags and ezines to refresh my memory on the details. When I got to…
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I am a Guild Member
Yes, I am a guild member. After all the fantasy and science fiction I have read, I am enthralled by the possibilities. No, I did not join a thieves guild or an assassins guild. The only initiation rites I had to pass involved a Paypal account and a word document. As anti-climatic as you might find…
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Apparently Failure is an Option
Zero posts in November. For those of you who participated in NaNoWriMo, you completely understand why! Sadly, I did not reach the 50K words in November goal. I have failed to win NaNoWriMo. Sigh. Between the many hours at the stable, band performances, Girl Scout responsibilities and family in town for a week (the only…
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Successful Writing Day
I am in an excellent mood. This does not happen often. Hence, the blog as proof that occasionally everything is just fine. I will go back and visit this entry when I am in the trenches and need to remember what happy feels like. The weather today shines in all the best ways. The friendly…
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NaNoWriMo Prep
Nancy and I attended a writing prep event for the Houston area for NaNoWriMo. Craziness! And I don’t mean the writers. Well, not ONLY the writers. The competition held every November is to commit 50K new words to the page, potentially completing a new novel. Wow, right? I have 40K words down for my novel…
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Skinny Dreaming
Skinny. In my dreams, I am always fit. I find it odd. I have never been as skinny as my peers at any age. (Mind you, I would be thrilled to be in size 10 like I was in high school. But when I WAS high school age, size 10 was huge compared to my…
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Sleeping Inspiration
I LOVE sleep. Some of you might be surprised to hear me say such a thing. I much more frequently proclaim, “I’ll sleep when I’m dead!” The latter statement is a reaction to how busy my life gets and how little sleep I am typically permitted if I am to stay productive. But when I…