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Writing a 50,000 word novel in a month- NaNoWriMo Nuts, huh?  I’ve done it…five times!  I’ve spewed out over 250,000 words and created five works of narrative fiction that occasionally…

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I love halloween!  There are so many opportunities to be creative- costumes, decorations, food, and of course pumpkin carving.  I know some people who do the elaborate templates and spend…

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Our guest blogger today is Melissa Mead! She has published over 24 flash stories in publications such as Drabblers, Daily Science Fiction, and The First Line.  Keep an eye out…

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Writing organization, tracking and planning I printed out my manuscript and sent it with the cover letter and SASE off into the cruel world.  Which reminds me, all writers everywhere-…

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The “never finish, never lose” trap Finishing is as scary as freefall.  Is the parachute going to open?  Do you in fact have a parachute?  Are you jumping from a…

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Time Management and Organization for the Real World I have a guilty pleasure of reading those cheap women’s magazines that recycle the same articles every issue.  They usually have a…

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Cleaning my yarn stash- CAUTION, Metaphors ahead! My vacation is winding down (last day tomorrow!) and I finally started cleaning out my sewing area.  I had two big plastic bins…

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Camping Party at the Library For our end-of-summer-reading party (I’m done! hooray!) we had a camping themed party.  I put up a tent in our program room.  We also had…

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