Dare Yourself
“There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet.” – William Frederick Halsey, Jr. I love a challenge. I’m preparing for a
April 3, 2011
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Plot? What’s a plot?
Whether you’re writing fiction or nonfiction, your story needs a plot. The plot is what pulls the reader through the story. In fiction, you make up the events of the
April 3, 2011
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March 18, 2011
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Finding a Community
“A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.” – Henrik Ibsen quotes (Major Norwegian playwright of the late 19th century, 1828-1906) When I
March 4, 2011
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Unplugged
“Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it.” – Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 – 1950) About five years ago, I started
February 3, 2011
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Relax and Lean
“May all your troubles last as long as your New Year’s resolutions. ~Joey Adams “Relax and lean.” That’s the main thing I remember from the ChiRunning class I took with
January 3, 2011
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After NaNoWriMo, What’s Next?
I finished National Novel Writing Month with 75,000 words of a first draft. Now I have options. Since there’s more story to tell, December could be NaNoFiMo (National Novel Finishing
December 4, 2010
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NaNoWriMo Yet Again!!!
November is “National Novel Writing Month” and NaNoWriMo provides the perfect structure with which to banish the inner critic and get a whole bunch of words on the page in
October 31, 2010
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Try, try again.
“The road to Wisdom? Well, it’s plain. And simple to express. Err and err, and err, again but less and less, and less.” – Piet Hein Last month, in preparation
October 2, 2010
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Clackety Clack Clack Clack
“What I don’t write is as important as what I write.” – Jamaica Kincaid The first chapter of the memoir I’ve been working on for several years has never pleased
September 3, 2010
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