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Change of Plans

So here was my general plan. Finish revising The Proper Way to Say Goodbye. Start querying. Then start work on my next story. I have the basic premise, and a few character details and scenes, but I...

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The Next Big Thing

  First, a big thank you to Robin Hall. I was picked as one of her winners (100 page critique or $20 Amazon card) in her giveaway to celebrate her 100 followers. She also deserves other congratulations...

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I Got Suckered In

    NaNoWriMo     For those few who don’t know, NaNo is National Novel Writing Month. Thirty days to write 50,000 words. And everybody’s doing it!   Yes, I got suckered into the excitement. And I’ll...

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In Honor Of

  Halloween of course!   I love horror movies and books. I don’t read/watch them as often as I used to, because I’ve been doing more contemporary YA, but someday I would like to write a horror. YA or...

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NaNo Update

  NaNoWriMo   I thought I’d give you a little update about my progress on NaNoWriMo, which you can see in this widget.     A reminder for those who don’t know. NaNo is the time to try write 50,000...

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Almost there

  So the end of NaNo is near. And I’m at about 43,000 words. So not much to go. And I feel like I’m over the hump.   But… Image courtesy of anankkml FreeDigitalPhotos.net I’m kinda stuck. Not writers...

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U Got the Look

  NaNo is done and I won! As you can see by that badge in the corner. I even finished 2 days early. And now it feels weird, because I don’t run to the computer every free moment. Back to normal life I...

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The Jan Plan

Check out Christa’s site for details   So during NaNo, I was thinking about what to work on next. Of course there are revisions for my NaNo story, but I thought maybe I could tackle another one of my...

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Make the voices go away

  I shouldn’t complain. Many writers only get one idea at a time. They work on a story for a year or more. And then move onto the next idea when they’re done.   But luckily I’m not that way. I’ve got...

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Um, really?

  The end of 2012. Another year gone by. So many people have inspiring posts about the past year and what they are looking forward to in the new year.   I am not one of those people.   Instead I’m...

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Jan Plan Goals

  I had decided to participate in Christa Desir’s JanPlan a while back. Here’s the little explanation.   “The Jan Plan will involve committing to finish one project. One. However you define “finish”....

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Coincidence or Sign – Part 3

Since I started writing, I’ve stumbled into these weird coincidences between life and my reading/writing. Coincidences that make me go—whoa, did that really just happen?   I’m not a superstitious...

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Whoops, did it again

Image courtesy of digitalart / freedigitalphotos.net When I’m writing, there are those words that I always seem to type wrong. That I can never spell right the first time. And luckily Word tells me...

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Spring cleaning

Spring cleaning time. Okay, maybe it’s not spring here yet. But I’m optimistic that we won’t have snow in April. (But chances of that happening are pretty low.) So I started doing spring cleaning with...

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Doing your homework

One thing I worry about with the settings of my contemporary novels is getting it right. That’s why I tend to use fake cities, but usually name a state. And even then, I’ve looked up temperatures and...

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My So Called Teenage Life Bloghop

Here’s how the blog hop works:   Step One: Sign up on the linky below Step Two: Dust off those old sappy diaries bursting with teenage angst or high school notebooks filled with bad poetry* Step...

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Secondary Characters Blog Hop

  I’m excited to be co-hosting for the first time a bloghop with some terrific ladies. The Secondary Characters Blog hop was created by Rachel Schieffelbein in honor of her new story Secondary...

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If I had more time…

  If I had more time, I’d write… Image courtesy of Salvatore Vuono / FreeDigitalPhotos.net -An adult contemporary novel involving air traffic controllers. Cause that’s what my husband does, and I think...

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Is this just me?

  Are you one of those people who get annoyed when you find grammatical errors in a novel? (Or novella, short story, newspaper/magazine article, children’s book… )   And do you get annoyed a lot? Or...

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So I guess I was wrong

  I was wrong. It happens sometimes. Well actually, it happens a lot in my writing, but luckily I’m discovering how to right those wrongs. I’m learning. Image courtesy of ningmilo...

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