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Ten Things I’ve Learned So Far from My First Try at NaNoWriMo
In honor of the ides of November and the halfway point, here’s a list of things I’ve learned so far from my first try at NaNo-ing: Fifty-thousand words is a lot of friggin’ words. Just sayin’. The pesky “to be” verb family and I should just go ahead and get married since apparently we are Continue reading
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NaNo Update and The Daily Prompt
Hi Everyone! Well, I’m still chugging along with my word count for National Novel Writing Month but wanted to take some time out to post an update. My problem now seems to be that my NaNo story is going in a totally different direction than I’d planned. If “characters drive plot” then my characters are Continue reading
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Mommy Guilt- A Guest Post by Kate
Kate, one of my favorite bloggers at Did that Just Happen Blog, has honored me by writing a post for me to share here at WOAW. I love Kate’s blog because she’s personal, witty, and honest–three attributes I strive for here. Please click over and explore her blog (which is currently Halloween themed and awesome!). Continue reading
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Chuck Wendig’s Flash Fiction Challenge Fail
Tonight I thought I’d try a new writing challenge. Chuck Wendig, author, screenwriter, game designer, and blogger extraordinaire, hosts a weekly writing challenge. You can find his post and his blog, “terribleminds: chuck wendig” here. This week, he provides two columns of words. The challenge is to pick a word from column one, then pick Continue reading
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Apologies, Random Comments, and a Shout Out to Sweetness
Hello, WordPress World! Just a quick post with some random thoughts to share. First, apologies for writing that dreadful (yet FICTIONAL people!) parenting post and then dropping you all like a hot potato! You may have been Waiting on a Word, but we’re Waiting on a Baby (my sister-in-law was due last Saturday and still we Continue reading
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What’s Up, Blogtropolis??!!!
HI EVERYONE! I’ve missed being here on WordPress! In fact, I feel like everything has changed here– there must have been some sort of update because my “Add New Post” screen that I’m looking at as I type this looks so faaannnncy schmancy! Different font, updated look. It’s so pretty and easy on the eyes. Continue reading
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What Inspires You?
Inspiration is defined as “the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative.” I’ve read and re-read that definition about ten times while staring at the blinking cursor here and it wasn’t until the tenth time that I realized how incredible it is to be inspired. That something, Continue reading
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100th Post!
After starting this blog with a sprint from the starting line on January 3, 2013, I now crawl over the 100 post milestone, almost six months later. So what have I learned from blogging? Well, I’ve read that most blogs die around six months. I’ve definitely slowed down, but I’m not dead by far. I Continue reading
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Rain and Poop
While stopped at a light on my evening commute, this happened: Yep, that’s bird poop. I immediately thought of all of you (no offense) and wondered how I could relate the disgusting Trenton bird poop incident to my day for your blog reading entertainment. As I mentally drafted my post, I wallowed in word play Continue reading
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Hola! Odds and Ends
Hello Blogtropolis! It has been over a week since my last post and I miss you! Just some quick odds and ends tonight to keep in touch. Here’s a Top Ten of what’s on my mind: 1. Work. Work = Blah, Blech, Yuck, Yada Yada. Work really does interfere with life, doesn’t it? Enough said. Continue reading
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