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G is for Gestation

April 11, 2011 Blogging and Blog Events

The prompts: (1) yelling for help; (2) dirty; and (3) magazine. The archetype card: Implies the unknown: ignorance or desperation; evil. And of course, “G”, for today’s A to Z Challenge post. This is a rather trite and predictable scene, but hey, it’s practice, right? Plus, I’m back on track now with my A-Z posts! [...]

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April Sparks – Blogging From A to Z in April

March 12, 2011 Blogging and Blog Events

As I had mentioned a few weeks ago, I’ve taken the plunge and signed up for the Blogging From A to Z April Challenge. We’re nearing the middle of the month, so April will be here pretty soon. And I’ve been thinking a bit more about my posts for April. So far, I’ve created my [...]

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On Writing: Getting Productive

March 10, 2011 Writing

It’s taken me a little while, but I’m finally recovered from my recent four months of nonstop deadlines. And I’m ready now to plunge back into seriously writing. I intend for this year to be a really productive year when it comes to my writing. Last night, I came across this post at Dean Wesley [...]

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Wednesday Fun: Character Cards

March 2, 2011 Writing

I’m stuck. I’m at a certain point in my WIP where I really need to know more about the world I’ve created. Half the novel takes place there, the other half in “the real world”, and the scenes taking place in the “real world” storyline have outstripped the other scenes. And I’m stuck because I [...]

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Battling Writer’s Procrastination

February 27, 2011 Writing

It’s 12:48 am right now; I seem to have developed a habit this week of opening up Scrivener (my writing program) at the stroke of 1, so that I can get my daily bit of writing down. Then, you see, I can go to bed, feeling, for today, I’ve done what I’m meant to be [...]

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Inspiration Monday: Word After Word After Word, by Patricia MacLachlan

February 21, 2011 Books and Reading

Word After Word After Word, by Patricia MacLachlan, is, technically, a children’s book. I was charmed by the synopsis when I first came across it while browsing my library’s online ebook collection: Every school day feels the same for fourth graders Lucy and Henry and Evie and Russell and May. Then Ms. Mirabel comes to [...]

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Inspiration Monday: Love, Prompts and Comments

January 10, 2011 Creativity

I’ve been thinking a lot about inspiration lately. And since this is January, the month of fresh starts, I’m coming up with a lot of new intentions. One of these intentions is living an inspired life. I love feeling inspired; too often inspiration tends to come when I’m deep in deadlines (like I am this [...]

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[TSS] My Year of Creativity

January 2, 2011 Books and Reading

I’m not one to make resolutions – they just don’t work for me. And perhaps it’s a matter of semantics; “resolutions” and “resolve” have a hard-edged feel for me, and I much prefer the softer ease of “intention”. So at the beginning of each new year, I like to make some general intentions for the [...]

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The Holiday Catch-Up Post

January 1, 2011 Books and Reading

Happy new year, everyone! It was a very hectic December for me, as evidenced by the scarcity of posts here. And after I finished my last deadline for the year, I came down with the flu. Christmas week was kind of a blur for me as a result, but this past week has been great, [...]

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NaNoWriMo Win!

November 30, 2010 Writing

I did it! I must admit, I got so bogged down with deadlines, for a while there it was all a “maybe”. But yes, I did it. 50,329 words. I’m only about halfway through, so plan on finishing up by the end of the year. Now back to all those deadlines …

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