writing
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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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Mama’s Sauce- Weekly Writing Challenge: Backward
I parked the car and opened the driver’s side door. The pot next to me on the passenger seat was still hot as I grabbed it and hoisted it over the steering wheel, careful not to spill its contents. Since my hands were full with the pot, I used my foot to kick the door Continue reading
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Rejected but Okay
I previously shared that Angela and I teamed up and co-wrote and submitted a screenplay to a screenplay writing competition associated with a major film festival. Well, today we got our rejection letter. It was very nice and polite–thanking and commending us and explaining that over 8,000 screenplays were submitted and the decision was difficult, Continue reading
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Being Better
Tonight I’m wishing I was better. I’ve been in a rut the past few weeks and I can’t exactly figure out why. But I do know this. I wish I was better. At everything. I wish I could be a better mother. I wish I was a better employee. I wish I could be a 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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Just Checking In . . .
I’ve been thinking about my 100th post for the past twenty posts, but I can’t quite seem to make it over that finish line! This is post number 98 I believe, and I haven’t posted since Saturday’s quick pic from JC’s swim lesson. I can read your minds. You’re thinking, What is going on over Continue reading
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Multi-tasking
Swim class, editing, morning coffee, blogging. Hey, forty-five minutes is forty-five minutes. I take what I can get. Enjoy the minutes of your weekend! 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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Washing The Dishes-Rewriting
Previously I compared rewriting and editing to washing the dishes. For me, writing that first draft is like enjoying a fine meal. The editing part–washing the dishes. That dreaded task where you realize that the perfect story you created in your head somehow didn’t translate so well onto “paper.” Your perfect meal resulted in a Continue reading
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“However”
Today I had some free time between a school meeting for M. and a work event, so I took a side trip to the Barnes & Noble to check out their supply of grammar books. I ended up purchasing Strunk & White’s The Elements of Style, because I felt like I needed to have it on Continue reading
Waiting on a Word 
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