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Making Time to Write Monday: Research Trip
The protagonist in my young adult novel is from Emerald Isle, North Carolina though very little of the book actually takes place there. I’ve been working on this book for awhile (gulp, years). I’ve tried on a few occasions to make a research trip to Emerald Isle. I did a…
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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: 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: Small Steps
“All creative work is made by many small steps. The steps themselves are rarely great leaps. It is the faith to begin that we must cultivate.” —Julia Cameron, Twitter, September 15, 2012 And so we begin another year–writing every day. Little by little making our way to…
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Making Time to Write Monday: Picture Book Challenge
November and December can be hectic, with multiple holidays, parties, shopping, work stress. Everything seems to be heightened this time of year. It’s usually a difficult time of the year to take on new challenges. But, sometimes having my writing life can be a calm in the storm. Thankfully,…
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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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Writing Quote Wednesday: Pretending
“Writing is pretending on paper.” —George Ella Lyon, VSRA Conference, March 18, 2011 I discovered this tree ladder and rope swing while walking the greenway a few miles from my house. It was still. No children anywhere in sight. But if you listen closely, there’s a story there.…
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Writing Quote Wednesday: Sunlight
“There is so much talk of creative ‘breakthroughs’ that many of us expect our creativity to be dramatic. This is seldom the case. Very occasionally, we will have a flash of insight or intuition but more often we will experience a slow and steady course. Our creativity resembles sunlight…