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Writing Advice from Doctor Who
Please forgive my absence here on the blog. I’ve still been having problems with my foot (went for more x-rays today). During my recuperation, I’ve been travelling with the Doctor. My eyes have been opened to the wonders of the universe and beyond. I’d like to pretend I actually stepped foot inside the Tardis, alas, it isn’t so. Nay, my journey was ( Read more... ) -
Contest Winners!!
Thank you to all who participated in the contest (here and on WordPress). I hope you’ll all read When the Butterflies Came because it is awesome!!! I assigned numbers to each entry and used Random.org to generate the winning numbers. So here are the lucky winners!
Grand Prize-Hardcover copy of When the Butterflies Came, beaded butterfly bookmark ( ( Read more... ) -
Recent Reads Review-When the Butterflies Came
As a reminder of my new scoring system, I’m using emoticons. Here’s what they mean:
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I Am Broken
So, things have been pretty quiet here on the blog. I meant to have more contests through out the week and more prizes and more fun and a book review for When the Butterflies Came, but pain kept me from hobbling out to my shed/writing room and since my laptop is out there, things didn’t get done. If you read my April 8th post, you know of my injury ( Read more... ) -
Contest Time!!!
I know it’s not morning, but there was an issue at the kids’ school this morning that I had to take care of (had to go into the principal’s office). It’s all good, but it took most of the morning, and by the time I got home I had to get started on J’s school day (she does online school). So, it’s afternoon, but I promised a contest today and by ( Read more... ) -
Monday’s Muse
See, I didn’t abandon the blog completely even though Holly Root and Barbara Poelle said I could.
I was going to post a contest today, but I’m not quite ready with all the pictures I need. First of all, I injured my ankle on Thursday (“it’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt”-truer words were never spoken). According to the x-rays (yes, it ( Read more... ) -
No More Guilt!
I attended a Writer’s Digest University webinar this morning. It was presented by Holly Root and Barbara Poelle. Of course it was amazing. I’m looking forward to the critique of my query and first page that was included with the webinar. There was so much information and I’m still trying to absorb it all, but one thing that really stood out was ( Read more... ) -
Writing Words on Wednesday
I was going to post this on Monday for the Monday’s Muse post, but got busy and didn’t get around to it. Still, I wanted to share this with any who might be interested.
Motivation has been a big issue for me. I want to write, but then I sit down at the laptop and get sidetracked by other things (internet, email, etc.). I’ve tried making word ( Read more... ) -
Friday Five
1. Things have been crazy! I’ve done lots of revising on my MG (practically rewrote the whole thing). I’ve also developed a few new ideas.
2. The kids have been on spring break for the last two weeks(they go back on Monday). We’ve had fun, but I’m ready for them to go back.
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Writing Words on Wednesday
When last I posted, I talked a bit about chocolate-and voice (but mostly chocolate-I was hungry that day). I gave you homework to do. You were supposed to take down several of your favorite novels, read the first pages, and take some notes about the voice. You were to compare these different novels and see how the voice in each differed (hopefully ( Read more... )