I must admit I’m a bit brain-drained after the first week of school, so instead of writing a full post, I decided to put together some quotes for your viewing (and hopefully, laughing) pleasure. 🙂 So without further ado, here are 5 must-read quotes about the good, the bad and the ugly about being a writer: […]
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Dear Potential Readers of My Novella, It’s official! Today, my brand new book-baby, “Straight To You” is live on Amazon.com! In case you were wondering, this is how I feel … 😉 First of all, if you do buy the book (or borrow it via the Kindle lending program), I want to say THANK YOU!
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In anticipation of the upcoming release of my first “book-baby”, Straight To You, I’ve put together a brief Q & A about the novella, as well as the self-publishing experience. So here are the answers to some questions you may (or may not) have wanted to ask. 🙂 1. How long did it take to write this
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Whoever came up with the saying, “When God closes a door, He opens a window” likely meant well. I mean the phrase certainly touches on the ideas of hope and potential and conjures up positive vibes. You could add to the saying another chipper phrase, such as … – “There’s something better out there!” or
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Okay, so following last week’s blog post, I’ve been making an effort to pin down that monster inside my head (or at least attempt to squash it by sitting on it!), so I could get enough courage to share more about my novella with you. First of all, you might be wondering why am I referring
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UPDATED (on October 19, 2014): This post was originally published in June as a submission for the ‘Writing Contest: Overcoming Writer’s Doubt’ held by Positive Writer, and I’m thrilled to say it was awarded 2nd place! You know how under every kid’s bed is a monster? Well, I’ll let you in on a little secret. In every writer’s
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I was inspired by this blog post, “How to take a baby to the pool in just 21 steps” to write my own 21 step outline. Since I don’t have a baby to take to a pool, I thought I’d do one on “How to write a novel in just 21 steps”. 🙂 Here we go… 1.
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The other night E tasked hubby and me with the grand job of helping him put a Lego set together. Now it was already close to bedtime and we still had about 150 (out of 300 or so) pieces left to deal with. I sat hunched over on the floor with the 20+ pages of
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Being the cautious, timid person that I am, I hate taking chances. Anything that involves speed, pointy objects, dirt, strangers or, generally speaking, the unknown are pretty much no-no’s in my book. Why? Because being around those things involves risk and risky business has the word vulnerable written all over it. Let me rephrase that
lis ten 1. to pay attention to sound <listen to music> 2. to hear something with thoughtful attention: give consideration <listen to a plea> 3. to be alert to catch an expected sound <listen for his step> “You don’t listen!” One minute my dear friend/college roommate had been trying to give me pointers on