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Run, don’t walk, to listen to Inside Creative Writing
If you’d like, you can listen to this post. I am a writer, but I am not yet the writer I want to be. I have had very little in the way of formal training. I do not have a college degree or an MF… more →
Live to Write - Write to Live
When Opinions are Like Plotholes
wrote 1 day ago: Storytellers of any kind survive on feedback. From a toddler, to stand up comedian to journalists – … more →
First Time
wrote 1 day ago: Life is full of first times, it starts with that all important first breath when we are born, then o … more →
Run, don’t walk, to listen to Inside Creative Writing
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wrote 3 days ago: Reblogged from Live to Write - Write to Live: If you'd like, you can listen to this post. I am a wri … more →
How to write the great American novel. Well, not really…
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wrote 4 days ago: By Heidi Loney I wrote 3 novels in 13 months. Here is how I did it: Book #1: I had a great premise f … more →
Run, don’t walk, to listen to Inside Creative Writing
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wrote 5 days ago: If you’d like, you can listen to this post. I am a writer, but I am not yet the writer I want … more →
When it comes to dialogue, don’t trust the word on the street
wrote 6 days ago: One of my earliest college writing assignments involved a little espionage. Having spent plenty of t … more →
In the shadows of mountains and fairytales...
wrote 1 week ago: “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell … more →
She said what???
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wrote 1 week ago: From the mouths of babes . . . I was presenting a workshop recently, and I was approached by a woman … more →
Welcome Back, You're Dreams are Your Ticket Out
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wrote 1 week ago: Today was the first class of my summer writing class at the community college. Right now I have 15 s … more →
My muse enjoys dancing in the rain
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wrote 1 week ago: In typing in the title for this post, I now have the song “Singing in the Rain” on high … more →
Last Chance for Fixes
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wrote 1 week ago: Latest Novel from McCloskey Yesterday I missed writing my blog because I had to anchor my big butt i … more →
Why have I Forsaken This Blog ?
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wrote 1 week ago: It has been 104 days since I have written a post for this blog, it may seem as if I have forsaken th … more →
Gardening and Writing
wrote 2 weeks ago: Some friends who are out in Montana right now to see their son Jon receive his master’s degree … more →
Six Writing Lessons From The Garden
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wrote 2 weeks ago: I love to garden. It’s a meditative activity – something I can do while my mind freewheels. Last Su … more →
Facing My Fear of Science and Math
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wrote 2 weeks ago: In my Introductory Post, I told all of you lovely readers that I was working on the first book in my … more →
A Best Moment is Worth Sharing
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Yesterday I got a nice surprise as I zoomed through my email. I was nominated for the “Best Moment A … more →
Zombie Fiction's Untapped Potential
wrote 2 weeks ago: This is what your writing looks like without the fancy packaging. Flotsam, Reyðarfjörður, Ice … more →
Chipping away at the statue that is our story
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wrote 2 weeks ago: You know when you are watching a movie and the camera stays a heartbeat too long on the kitchen knif … more →
2013 Book #3 - Writing the Breakout Novel, by Donald Maass
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wrote 2 weeks ago: So why has it taken me so long to read and post a book report about this book when the last book rep … more →
