Category: …the writing life…
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Prayers Enroute to the Pot of Gold…
I find it hard when praying to ask for blessings regarding my writing. perhaps that’s because I feel already gifted in that I am able to write, that my ability to craft stories and that I am doing so is such a wonderful gift.
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Persona, Compassion and Bravado…
I recently read an article on writing that suggested writers ask ourselves, “Why have I chosen to write this novel at this time in my life?” This novel at this time. An interesting question.
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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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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