Tag: life in general
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The Grind of Uncertainty
My children will be entering 6th grade this coming Fall semester. Our school district has announced it has intentions to open with 100% in person learning, five full days a week. “But we still have plans for a hybrid model and a 100% online model, just in case.”‘ I think the 100% in person learning…
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IWSG July 2020
Dammit! I lost the pool for June. I had my money on Sharknado in Texas, but it didn’t pan out. Neither did the last minute bet on “The Mummy” causing havoc in the US. Anyhoo… The topic of the month is how you think the publishing will or should change in the near future. I…
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Area 51 Update
I’ve referred to a spot in the basement as my own personal Area 51, filled with boxes and bags of projects that were started and never completed (hence, UFO – UnFinished Objects). I didn’t think it was a big area, maybe three feet by four feet by four feet. It wasn’t a slap’n’dash pile of…
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IWSG June 2020
June 3 Question – Writers have secrets! What are one or two of yours, something readers would never know from your work? I haven’t read a new fiction book in years. I can’t do it. I get too caught up in the details, the inconsistencies, the plot holes, how I would’ve phrased that sentence, blahblahblah.…
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IWSG May 2020 – Very Late
Do you have any rituals that you use when you need help getting into the ZONE? Care to share? It used to be: get up, eat, get the kids to school, shower, tea, write. If I didn’t do one of those things, the day was shot for writing. If I had to do something else,…
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Tackling Area 51 In The Basement
Has anyone else encountered an odd psychological resistance to working on your Unfinished projects? I’ve made progress, I have, really. But some days it just feels like I’m flogging a dead horse to finish some of these things that I started years ago. I’m not talking about “I bought yard for this project, but I…
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