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And After the Writing…
If you are a writer, or if you are starting your writing adventure, no doubt you will hear plenty about another very important aspect of writing – editing. I, like many other writers, live under the delusion that all the words come out of my head and adhere to the page in the exact order…
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In the can
CPTSD is a strange thing to grow up with. Even stranger to live with it. For Example: My latest InstagramPost- There it is the manuscript for Book 4 in the Unhomed series. Still debating titles. I do like to stick with one word – but this particular word is proving elusive.Despite that this manuscript will…
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NaNoWriMo 2020 – On your marks
Oh the anticipation. The heady excitement of tomorrow. It’s almost here – NaNoWriMo. Are you ready? My answer is always – No, I’m not. No matter the number of practice or planning sessions, despite very effort I can make to ‘prepare’ myself I always face the first week of NaNoWriMo with a bit of trepidation.…
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NaNoWriMo 2020 – Out of Darkness
Yes, the “Holiday Season” is difficult for me. It has been for almost forty-plus years. In that time I have tried many different approaches to managing the time of the year between November 1 and January 3. I’ve tried sun-lamps, vacations, visiting my husband’s family, going nowhere, shunning parties, and straight up hiding. As you…
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Success hidden in failure
I know the idea is quantity, but I really am a brevity is the soul of wit type. So, in that spirit. This is my sixth? NaNoWriMo. This year is all about finishing Novel #4. I have the sketch I’m going to work from, and we’ll see how things go. me ~2019 Yikes. Well, that’s…
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NaNoWriMo 2020
I made it official today. I created a new project for 2020 in my NaNoWriMo account. Who knows where this year’s efforts will land me. As most things, it is a wait and see situation. I think this is my seventh year. I know my first year was 2009 and that I have not participated…
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Confessions of a ‘Plantser’
My favorite time of year is coming up, NaNoWriMo. I thought I would write a few posts on my years of experience.
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Mid way through
Well, mid-way through NaNoWriMo, and I got nothing. Well, 1,000 words of nothing. It just hasn’t been my month for writing. I’ve found myself obsessed with making progress on ‘concrete’ projects. So the closets have been built out. The false ceilings in two of the rooms in the house dropped. Solid things that I can…