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Work

The NaNoWriMo self-imposed writing frenzy

I am joining with thousands of writers around the world to participate in NaNoWriMo, the annual self-flagellation writing event for authors who want to prove to themselves that they can finish an entire novel...

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Work

Favorite writing quote of the day

“I get up in the morning, torture a typewriter until it screams, then stop.” ~ Clarence Budington Kelland, an American writer who once described himself as “the best second-rate writer in America”    

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Authors / Work

A chat with NYT bestselling author Jamie Ford

In the summer of 2008, I got the fortunate assignment from Sun Valley Magazine to write an article about the Minidoka Japanese Internment Camp pilgrimage that happens each June. Hosted by the Friends of...

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Work

Social media: Does it connect or disconnect us?

  graphic source http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-05-06-socialmedia.jpg “On Twitter we get excited if someone follows us. In real life we get really scared and run away.” ~ Author Unknown Lately I’ve been thinking about how connected  — or maybe...

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Work / Writing Tips

Today’s favorite quote on writing…

Jamie Ford, the bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, when asked “What holds back most beginning writers and what they should do to make it better?” “Two things. One:...

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Work / Writing Tips

Recovering from writer’s block

Let’s see a show of hands:  Who among us has ever gone through a writer’s block? It may be hard to admit, but I think most writers have had a dry spell or two...

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Career Happiness / Inspire / Work

Reverb 10: Achieve

  Today’s prompt is from Tara Sophia Mohr: Achieve. What’s the thing you most want to achieve next year? How do you imagine you’ll feel when you get it? Free? Happy? Complete? Blissful? Write...

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Work / Writing Tips

Reverb 10: Turning ideas into actuality

“We think good ideas to death, when we should be acting them to life.” ~ Brian G. Jett “A new idea is like a child. It’s easier to conceive than to deliver.” ~ Ted...

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Book Publishing / Work

Ghostwriting – not as scary as it seems

With Halloween just around the corner, it seems to me that Ghostwriting might be just the thing to blog about this week, especially since I recently completed ghostwriting a book on nutrition and sports...

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Work / Writing Tips

Do you make time to write?

How often does our writing take the back seat to other pressing needs in our lives? Of late, I’ve noticed that I’ve had a bit of a struggle getting to my writing because of...

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Work / Writing Tips

The Magic of Journaling

  “The habit of writing for my eye only is good practice, It loosens the ligaments.”  ~ Virginia Woolf  Not only does journaling loosen the ligaments, but it also loosens the brain cells, the...

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Inspire / Work / Writing Tips

25 quotes to inspire the writer in you

Writing can be difficult business. It is usually a solitary endeavor that requires us to pull our creative energy from our own mind, heart and spirit. There have been times when I have sat...