Tag: random musings
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Why “Said” Isn’t Quite Dead
“Said is Dead!” a Pinterest post screams at me. Another one. And Another. And again. Oooo! This one did it with an infographic, so it must be true. I remember in a writer’s conference (the only one I’ve ever been able to get to) back in 2008 when several writers and even editors rolled their…
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Building Momentum
I’m slowly tip-toeing back into the writing. I’ll be honest, the constantly looking for excuses to avoid it is irritating, at best. Possibly because it seems so effortless for some of the bigger names (*cough*Marie Force*cough, cough*). Possibly because when a muse does show up, it is effortless. At least, the first draft is effortless…
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First Day Of School…
Yup. The kidlets are out for a whole 5 and 1/2 hours. Yup. I’ve got plans, of course. There’s all these manuscripts bugging me. Things that I WANT to get done. So why is it I’m trying to find something else to do? Daniel has declared he wants to be Jack Skellington for Halloween, which…
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Murder Most Incompetent
One of hte fun things about writing is that you have a gold-plated excuse to buy books like: Poisons – A Comprehensive List; Guns and Knives – Classifications, Use and Care; Serial Murders – A Profilers Manual. You also get to binge watch criminal process shows like Forensics Files or The First 48 and so…
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So I got a Facebook account…
And now I’m fumbling around with stuff and commands and likes and “what the hell does that mean? How the hell do I do that?” So I ended up getting this: Because I was feeling way overwhelmed by everything. Shut up. At least I’m willing to ask questions. And get the hell off my lawn!…
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School Year Resolutions – An IWSG Post
If you have children and you interact with them a great deal during the summer (Please don’t ask me how many times I’ve seen The Nightmare Before Christmas in the last 3 months. Please don’t. I’ll cry.), then I know you are pantingly anxious for school to start. Like you’ve created your own countdown calendar…
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