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Six things to do when your writing goes cold

“It used to be so juicy.”  “I was on fire.”  “3,000 words in one day.”  Sure, that was before the holidays, the birthday, the vacation, the big test.  Now the trail is cold, your grasp on your characters seems frail, … Continue reading

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Targeting 2015

I always feel a bit like a sheep during the first week of January. You know how it is. Everywhere people are talking about resolutions and I can’t help following along. I have resolutions too. The problem is I don’t … Continue reading

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Playing with words and goals in “The Desire Map.”

As I ease into the beginning of another writing year, I didn’t want to write the same old goals down.  Write every day, finish book, sell book.   So instead, I’m having fun with a new way of setting goals … Continue reading

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Measuring progress: in word count, finished manuscripts and in happiness

With American Thanksgiving dinner already served and devoured, I suddenly realized that the year was coming to a close.  Many of you are looking at a tidy sum of words created by either doing Nanowrimo.org  (National Novel Writers Month) or … Continue reading

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Three non-fiction books for New Year’s inspiration

I have a room that I can write in.  But it also has about 25 piles of stuff on the floor, including long-abandoned knitting projects, and lots of books.  I have to step over a lot of things to get … Continue reading

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