Tag: observations
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IWSG December 2024
The last insecure writers’ blog hop of the year. Some folks are writing about cliffhangers in their work and how they feel about them at the end of a book. Right now I’m struggling to just get things set up to publish. I’m not sure what I expected after I set up my LLC and…
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Learning More Stuff
So. I’ve gone through videos for how to use Atticus, to generate epubs and format PDFs, and I’m already grumpy. I knew that I would have to twist and beat my manuscripts into submission to comply with industry standards, but I hadn’t realized it would be so involved. I remember, back in the late 1900’s,…
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Daily Prompt 5NOV2024
Do you need time? This question can be taken in so many ways. Do I need time away to get my shit together? Yes. Do I need more time in my schedule? It would be nice and very helpful. Do I need a magic fairy to grant me 2 or 3 additional lifetimes? I’m of…
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Holidays Are Coming . . .
As we enter the typically most stressful time of the year (for the US, anyway), I am forced to review my life (again). Family circumstances have changed: there have been deaths, there have been kids going to college, there are kids learning to drive. Injuries that didn’t seem like much at the time but have…
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More Arrrgh!!!
I do hours of research. I read reviews, books, articles. I ask questions to various groups I’m part of that are relevant to what they do vs the information I need. I feel like I make an informed decision. I feel confident in what I’m doing. I feel this is, in fact, the best path…
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Loaded Questions
Share a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life. No plan, no matter how awesome or well-plotted, never survives contact with the situation. The plan WILL CHANGE. Improvisation skills are just as important as being prepared. It doesn’t matter the situation–home, work, finding a job, raising a kid, changing a tire, a relative…
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