Things we learned Take notes. Blog later. This is the time to work on your novel. Get in the words- or for some of us- get rid of the words. Try to remember to take pictures. Of people. Working. Or don’t, maybe they would rather no one sees their pjs and bedhead hair. Sleep when […]
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Win a Fall Writing Retreat in Blue Mountain Beach, Florida.
UncategorizedWe know. You had a rough summer. The kids were all over you. The house needed attention. The dog died. The spouse spent too much time nagging/golfing/not cooking. Worst of all…the word count was slacking. And now? You have needs. We understand. Writers…write. Even when we aren’t anywhere near a pen or laptop, we’re still […]
The Quick Fire. Month ONE. In which I ask 10 writers 10 questions…
Uncategorized…and ask them to answer each in 10 words, or less. Well, writers, being writers…. SOME of them told me straight out, “Not going to happen.” One did the assignment twice, once wrong, once right. Such an overachiver! 😉 Others, did what most writers do, ignored the damn directions and forged ahead. I love that. Here are […]
It’s a whole new year… what will you do with it? Escape?
UncategorizedWe read to escape. We go to the movies to eat popcorn and live under the skin of a stranger for ninety minutes. And some of us… write to escape. It is inevitable that the world would intervene. That we’d feel the tug of chores or daily routine pull us out of our stories, away […]