writing
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Bold Statement of the Day- I Invented Apple Pay
I know what you’re thinking: this woman has finally lost her mind. But I kid you not. I invented Apple Pay. My friend Angela can vouch for me. For those of you still living in the dark ages (not judging – I love to visit there myself), with certain newer Apple devices you can set up Continue reading
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WOAW Fiction- “Ten Little Chapters” Challenge
The Challenge: 1000 words in 10 chapters, courtesy of Awesome Author/Blogger Chuck Wendig. Check it out HERE. Chapter 1 I stand barefoot on the beach at the edge of the water, about a mile away from where she is, where I’m not supposed to be. Anxious, I pace in circles under the hot sun, watching my Continue reading
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If you write it . . .
One of my all-time favorite movies is Field of Dreams (1989; Academy Awards Best Picture Nominee 1990). Baseball, Iowa, James Earl Jones, Shoeless Joe, dreams, hopes, tears . . . sigh. I first watched Field of Dreams in a lecture hall my freshman year of college on dollar movie night. I remember hiding my face as I Continue reading
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Happy New Year and Happy Birthday to WOAW
Well, hello there, Blogtropolis! You still out there? I don’t really have much to say, which explains why I haven’t been posting. But I didn’t want to let the days go by without recognizing my one-year blogging anniversary. My first post on WOAW was published on January 3, 2013. Ironically, I wrote in that first Continue reading
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I’m Back from NaNoMehMo . . .
Winning starts with beginning. — Robert H. Schuller Well, it’s December! Currently I’m sitting next to a halfway decorated Christmas tree and a half-asleep husband, during halftime of the Giants-Redskins game. And guess what? I won at NaNoWriMo. Not only did I win, I over-won by 10,000 words. So why am I only halfway excited? Continue reading
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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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The Apocalypse Library- Guest Post by Shaunna
A couple of weeks ago, author Chuck Wendig posted his Friday writing challenge called “Roll for Your Title.” I tried to do it and failed miserably (remember the “Remote Control Hive Mind”? Ugh.) However, my friend Shaunna gave it a shot, just for fun. She doesn’t have a blog and I love her story so Continue reading
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NaNo NaYes!
I’m going to give it a try. Fifty-thousand words in 30… scratch that… 29 days! As I drove to work yesterday thinking about whether or not to try National Novel Writing Month, I realized a couple of things: (1) I really really want to try, (2) I have two holidays in November when I can Continue reading
Waiting on a Word 