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Around the league
First off, good San Francisco Giants news; all three major off-season signings have been wrapped up; reliever Jeremy Affeldt, center fielder Angel Pagan and second baseman Marco Scutaro have signed to...
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The integrity of a novel
So, after some rather intense posts, I would like to move to something more, ahem, connected to writing. Also some things rather silly, one of which has to do with NaNoWriMo. Along with many others, I...
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Courage and determination
A few days ago I was emailing with my NaNo writing buddy Laura, and in the course of our notes, she offered me her resolution for 2013. To make art that is important to me and to do so with more...
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Practicing the craft
So since around 1992, I had story ideas. At the time, three small children took most of my focus, but even those adorable sprites couldn’t quiet my overactive imagination. I even managed a script for...
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Why I’m a writer….
On this last day of quotes, I didn’t have to look hard for inspiration. To my left in the writing/sewing grotto is a poster, and while I no longer participate in NaNoWriMo, the notion of fifty K in...
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Lost in the Wonder of Words
Earlier this week I was feeling supremely unmotivated (aka lazy). I tried writing a post about it, but couldn’t manage to complete it. Did a wee bit of writing, but it was like pulling my guts...
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Ten Years of Writing
I suppose I could have penned this last year, but I rarely consider my final months in Yorkshire in connection with noveling. That decade-plus figures heavily into my becoming a writer, but the actual...
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Beginning Chapter One
An old train track in Alabama, where in 2011 the seeds of this novel were originally sown…. And I’m off…. Well, it might be the second of November, but today I started writing a new book, haven’t done...
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A Different Style of Writing
Got these blocks sewn over the last few days; I didn’t want Little Miss to pull them off the big quilt wall in what will be her room…. So much for chapters akin to those of previous. After reading...
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Still Writing
Safety pins waiting for me to decide how I want to baste this project. Been a little distracted, but the work continues. What is gratifying is that even if I only manage half a chapter, the feeling of...
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