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Writing Quote Wednesday: Risks
“You can’t get to the top of the mountain by keeping one foot on the ground.” —Rock climber and business professor, Jim Collins, as quoted in The Creative Spirit On my weekend writing retreat, I took a apart a novel that I’ve been working on. I love this…
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Making Time to Write Monday: Writing Retreat
I had the most amazing gift this weekend–a weekend to write. Four of the people in my critique group went to Wintergreen Ski Resort. A generous friend lent us their condo. It was terrible skiing weather at 70 degrees, but it was perfect for writing. We ate sandwiches and…
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Making Time to Write Monday: 2013 Writing Goals
It’s 2013! Many people start off the year bursting to go to the gym, or to eat out less, to lose 30 lbs, or to get to bed earlier, or whatever people make resolutions about these days. I’m not a big resolution-maker. But I am a big goal writer.…
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Writing Quote Wednesday: Making Art
“Remember it is the making of the art, not the reception of your art that makes you an artist.” —Julia Cameron, p. 212 Finding Water This is my most recently completed work-in-progress. It’s a box full of drafts, notes, revision suggestions. It hasn’t found a home–yet. While I’m…
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Making Time to Write Monday: In the Time it Takes to Watch a Sitcom…
Last week, I mentioned what a difference an hour makes. Over the next few weeks, I’m going to challenge us even more—30 minutes, 15 minutes, 5 minutes. In the time it takes to watch a sitcom with the commercials, you could be accomplishing things to realize your writing dream.…