Tag: life in general
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The Grinch Who Doesn’t Like NaNo
Before we get started, my insecurity today is that I will be hunted down, stoned, hung, decapitated, burned at the stake, my head mailed to some black-market ebay winner and my ashes strewn in three different oceans for writing this post. I’ve re-written this post 8 times, trying to find a way to avoid that…
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Some Days Just Suck For Writing
Allow me to expound upon this point. Once upon a time, I had no idea what I wanted to be when I grew up. This means I looked into a variety of things. Some things I still wish I could do, but those doors are pretty much closed, now. But the writing door was still…
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An Apology
This is a maudlin’ post, very indirectly related to writing, so if you’d like to skip it, I totally understand. *** Time gives one perspective. Experience gives one insight. Experience makes for great writing fodder, because you can look back at all the people you knew over the years and re-diagnose their hang-ups while…
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Pondering Front Matter
So, the other day writing productivity went to crap. I had to wait for the plumber, wait for a friend to show up to pick up an old dresser I didn’t need, pack the car with dance props I’d made for Sara’s dance studio and… well, you know… stuff. With a day like this, I…
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Quantifiable Measurements
I find it odd that we try to measure such weird things. Like art. Art is not quantifiable. You either “get it” or you don’t. You either like it or you don’t. What I think is crap someone else thinks is awesome. We apply the same goofy measurements to writing. True, there is a difference…
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Communication as a Parent is Different … Imagine That.
So my husband has teased me a bit that lately, some of my writing has taken an interesting turn in that some of the sex scenes I’ve written for my stories are a little steamier than he anticipated. I mean, they’re not graphic Post A inserts into Slot B instructions for the whole encounter…
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