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Thursday, September 23, 2004Im slipping (The value of downtime)I dip myself into 8 gazillion things and now I don't even know how to keep up with the most basic... like blogging. I really don't know what all this is coming to. I never had so little free time in my life. I think this job will be the mental and emotional death of me. I just really don't have time... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, September 17, 2004How to Stay Motivated While Attempting Your Writing Career -Here is a tip I learned along the way... when you feel yourself starting to get discouraged, re-read some of your acceptance letters that you have received and get that motivation right back where it should be. Create a folder on your computer where you can save these email messages and files that... Sign in to see full entry.Wednesday, September 15, 2004Research Pays Off....My online research has brought three beer companies to contact me and one Lieutenant for help with my book. I am so excited. I will be getting mail from Coors Brewing Company, hopefully additional information from Anh-busch, and Yuengling, who actually provided the best information so far - AND a... Sign in to see full entry.Tuesday, September 14, 2004I Wanted To Blog So Bad(ly) Last Night, But I Couldn't Tear Myself AwayFrom My Book.... The one I was WRITING. I have actually gotten started. I think I am really going to try that - write a book in a month - thing. By busting my tail and doing all kinds of research first, and then gathering personal information later, I think I can realistically have it completed in a... Sign in to see full entry.Sunday, September 12, 2004As Requested, the Horoscope Site I Mentioned to You All, So You Can GetYours too! Here's the link... this has really inspired me to work on my book. Hope you all have a great month in store... http://astrologyzone.com/ Check it out - it's definitely a bit long, but there's bound to be something good and full of encouragement.:o) Sign in to see full entry.Thursday, September 9, 2004Don't Have Writing Samples? No Problem!So you find the perfect writing assignment and you even elicit a response from the editor. He or she wants you to provide you preferred rate and writing samples. (I still haven't mastered the question of rates yet, so we'll just tackle the samples item today!) What if you are less than happy with... Sign in to see full entry.Wednesday, September 8, 2004If My Horoscope Is TRUE, My Writing World ROCKS!My colleague at work today showed me this really cool horoscope site where you can get your monthly horoscope and she swore it was pretty accurate... i decided to give it a shot... According to mine, Aquarius, I am supposed to have a MUCH better run in the financial realm AND something about... Sign in to see full entry.Tuesday, September 7, 2004Got Home at 9:45 or So Tonight... Not Motivated to do ANYTHING -So I am going to try to beat the insomnia today and get at least an extra hour of sleep. Last night was terrible with lots of tossing and turning. Today, work was eternal. Tomorrow I have an assignment to cover that requires me to drive. I gotta get to bed - sorry to disappoint you all! Have a... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, September 6, 2004Do YOU Have Writing Goals? Cause I Do...Hi Everybody and sorry for my brief disappearing act. Things got crazy with the holiday weekend. I had this big long list of things to do and just didn't seem to accomplish much. Anyway, I had the urge to share my thoughts on "writing goals." First of all, I think we should all write our goals down.... Sign in to see full entry.Wednesday, September 1, 2004I Think I Am Going to FRAME IT.....I got my check for $25.00 and a printed copy of an acceptance letter for that acceptance email I wrote about the other day. I swear, after the day and the week I've had so far (and it's only half over...), I really appreciated that letter. I would anyway, but I was just so ecstatic. It reads... Sign in to see full entry. |
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