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Friday, March 30, 2012

"The world will little note, nor long remember..."

We didn't know when we were smart-a$$ little punks at thirteen we were engaged in a power struggle with authority figures. We didn't label it, hadn't been through counseling to learn the lingo. At the time we just thought it was fun to shock a grownup with some obnoxious comment. We had our own... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

I'll tell you the ending tomorrow... but first today's verse

IN ADVANCE OF MOTHER'S DAY It's true, mama doesn’t criticize dust bunnies any more or grab a rag and polish smudges from my cupboard door She didn’t tell me when I married she thought the guy was wrong but five years-two kids later claimed she’d known it all along She doesn’t tell me now to sit up... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 23, 2012

Research -- it's what we do in Blogitville

Since you talked about the time-consuming, negative aspects of research that can discourage a writer from actually telling a story, I have to confess it ain't that bad. We all do research, although we don't call it that. Wiley talks about his first years on the job, about learning the printer's... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 22, 2012

About "Woman's Work"

This story took me forever to write: decades. It started in 1978 as an assignment for a writing class: create a character, complete with back story, physical description, etc. My professor was Lloyd Kropp, a published author who wrote science fiction, the university's writer in residence. Lloyd had... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

She's Back... CringeintheUSA

Have you missed her Irish spirit and lively observations? I have. Welcome back Cringe! Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 19, 2012

Library Ladies...

I talked to two of 'em in the last couple of days. The first used to be head of the board at the library here in Mundane. E was remarkably solid as a team leader, ran the meetings quickly, stuck to the agenda, but eventually quit. Being chair of the volunteers board took a lot of extra time,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 18, 2012

Freakin' Weather! What's up with that?

Yesterday the weather girl said we'd reach 85 again. It has been summer all week here, folks are opening their windows, letting the fresh air circulate. But, she said, there's a band of thunderstorms... So it didn't get to 80, we got rock 'em sock 'em thunderstorms, lightning hit something nearby... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 17, 2012

Hooked on How-to

I subscribe to Writer's Digest. I get email newsletters from them with deals on books like Writer's Market 2012 and The Writing & Critique Group Survival Guide, and more. They offer webinars. (online seminars on how to pitch your work to an agent, publisher, etc., or how to make your plots hold... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 16, 2012

A different kind of cat lady... (writers club pages from Monday)

Discarding Merlin I carpooled with Merry Anne while my piece of crap Subaru was in the shop for an overhaul, and it was, to put it politely, interesting. She asked me to take the back seat, because the front passenger spot was reserved for Merlin. So I climbed in the back, feeling like Ms. Gotrocks... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 15, 2012

Snarky Factoid: Seen in passing...

One in three Americans is bigger than the other two. Sign in to see full entry.

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