The Holidays and Traveling Slowly…
Words for opening of the next scene came to me as I lay in bed.
Fearful that i might lose them, I turned on the lamp beside my bed and wrote them by hand.
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Musings
Mind of Mind…
A teacher under whom I studied one said that, “Writing is the mind on the page.”
Now a published author, I often wonder when reading, whose mind does what I am
Fodder for Our Writing…
I attended a Christmas brunch this past weekend. It was wonderful. These kinds of events challenge me.
With so many in attendance, over 100, the threat of emotional overwhelm looms large.
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Passion and Responsibility…
This week was busy week. The children returned to school. Fall semester finals loom ahead for my 11th grader with two paper due in just one class.
My eldest, a graduate student, faces no
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Peaks, Valleys and Plateaus…
Between all of this I want to finish the rough draft of the novel I started writing during NaNoWriMo. Though having reached the 50,000 minimum, I still have to complete the middle and write the
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Interruptions and Writing with a Plan…
That I reached 50,000 words planted me square in the middle of my book, yes the dreaded middle.
Writing the middle of a novel presents as my greatest challenge. I do not want the story to sag or the
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Winning or Is That What It’s About…
I reached the 50,000 word minimum to so-to-speak win NaNoWriMo. But I did not finish my novel.
Let me repeat, I did not complete my novel. In my opinion, and estimation according to the
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