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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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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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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Do You Read Writing Blogs?
“Writers should be read, but neither seen nor heard.” – Daphne Du Maurier In 2006, about the time I began writing this blog, I started reading the blogs of other
August 1, 2010
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Summer!
“Three rules for literary success: 1. Read a lot. 2. Write a lot. 3. Read a lot more. 4. Write a lot more.” – Robert Silverberg What if, each September,
July 1, 2010
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April Means Script Frenzy!!!
“I procrastinate to a point where I’m filled with self-loathing and then I start writing. It’s usually a state of self-loathing that gets me going.” – Michael Lewis As any
April 2, 2010
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Holly Lisle Courses Now Open!
I don’t write much about the two courses I’m taking from novelist Holly Lisle because, until today, they were closed. But now THEY’RE OPEN!!! Holly’s course “How To Think Sideways:
March 9, 2010
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Do you (book) journal?
They’re fancy talkers about themselves, writers. If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don’t listen to writers talk about writing or themselves. – Lillian Hellman When
February 1, 2010
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Revision Roundup
“Every book is the wreck of a perfect idea.” – Iris Murdoch Congrats to everyone who attempted National Novel Writing Month! Whether you wrote 50,000 words or not, you’re a
December 3, 2009
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