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As we approach the changing of the seasons and turn inward, I wanted to start wrapping up projects and get ready to start new projects down the road. Here’s how I did in September: September Results NYC Midnight’s Flash Fiction Contest Round Two First of all, let me say that I really enjoyed this round…
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January is now gone (and has been for a few days), and February is in full swing! I made a few writing goals last month, and there are always more goals to come! Here’s how I did in January: January Results Write at least 500 words a day: As hard as I tried to write…
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August is now behind us and September has only just begun. I’m very pleased to say August was a very productive month for me and I can only hope the productivity continues well into September and the rest of the year. August Results Finish edits on book one. I’m very pleased to say I finished…
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A lot of the time, as writers, we work on pieces for long periods of time. Novels, short stories, even poems can take years and years to come to completion. Sometimes, we tend to get stuck in the middle and think there is no way out, especially since middles are characteristically the hardest to write…
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The internet is full of people and ideas and social media platforms. There are hundreds and hundreds of posting challenges happening at any time. In September, I participated in Instawrimo. Instawrimo is a thirty day posting challenge on Instagram for getting prepared for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). Here’s what I learned over the last…
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For nearly two weeks, the shiny metal staples shone like a beacon on her forehead. For nearly two weeks, all everyone ever saw was the staples. How she had gotten the staples wasn’t important, but she wouldn’t tell anyone either way. After she got them removed, the white clear strips were put in their place…
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Of the several things that lay strewn under the Christmas tree the week after the holiday, the most inconspicuous was the small cardboard box. “I know we’re over,” he had said way back in the summer when she had ended their relationship, “But I found this and it reminded me of you.” For months, she…
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As 2018 approaches, I’m going to be trying something new with this blog. Lately, my writing has been lacking and I feel like these last few months I’ve just been on autopilot and not enjoying life. For January, I’m going to try doing a blog post a day. If it works, great! I’ll continue it.…
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Hello everyone! I know I have been absent for longer than I should have been, especially since I was trying to do a prompt daily, but here I am! I know around this time of year a lot of people do their New Years Resolutions and Goals for change. Yes, this is one of those…
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All things must come to an end. The day we live through must give way to a new one tomorrow, the weeks and months give way to New Years and decades. Even writing projects must end, some of them earlier than others. I have a lot of unfinished projects. Daily when I write, or think…
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Imagine how much work we would all get done if we stopped to research every little thing in our writing to make sure it was factually accurate. I don’t know about you, but I would probably get no work done. I would be so into researching and making sure that every little detail was painstakingly…
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Happy Monday! For some of us, Monday means going back to work, or school. For others, it means delving into personal work and projects. For me it means queuing up the blog for the week. What does this have to do with frustration? Everything. Last Friday, I decided to be proactive and write a little…