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S is for…Sun Kink

by on April 21, 2012 in Blogging from A to Z Challenge, Write to Live, Live to Write

SUN KINK: a buckling due to high temperature, causing the track to shift laterally and form a curve in what is otherwise a straight pair of rails. Such conditions can cause a train derailment. Probably a term you don’t hear every day. It’s currently the name of my first novel. I look at those 300 […]

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What Writers KNOW

by on April 12, 2012 in Blogging from A to Z Challenge, Write to Live, Live to Write

In writing, there is that oft-uttered phrase “Write what you know”.  Many fiction writers start out in the cozy comfort zone of doing just that; looking within themselves and their body of experience to create compelling, realistic material. I think back to my teen years, banging out stories on my parents’ old Underwood typewriter. I […]

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All Aboard the A!

by on April 1, 2012 in Blogging from A to Z Challenge, Uncategorized, Write to Live, Live to Write

The Blogging from A to Z Challenge begins today! I’ve contemplated themes, toyed with the idea of guest bloggers…and have decided to let this endeavor happen organically. As a former librarian, I’m no stranger to the alphabetical and chronological. Hell, I can even sing the entire alphabet backwards, thanks to Ralph Covert! I’m absolutely amused […]

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April is the Coolest Month

by on February 3, 2012 in Write to Live, Live to Write

Friends and followers be forewarned – there’s gonna be a whole lotta blogging going on in April. That’s right – I slayed NaNoWriMo, and now I am going to try my hand at the Blogging from A to Z Challenge! So beginning April 1st, I will wax poetic on A. And each day following (‘cept […]

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Everyone Should Meet their Heroes

by on November 6, 2011 in Ear Candy

I don’t think there’s an exact quote out there, but you may have heard the old “Never meet your heroes, they’ll only disappoint you” motto before. No one you worship can possibly live up to such high expectations, right? It would be like going to heaven and catching God up there smoking pot. Well, maybe […]

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Can YOU Say NaNoWriMo?

by on October 29, 2011 in Brain Candy, Write to Live, Live to Write

Don’t worry. My mouth had a hard time pronouncing it at first, too. But my brain knew from the minute it learned about National Novel Writing Month, it wanted to participate this year. For those of you unfamiliar with NaNoWriMo, it’s 30 days and nights of literary abandon as you attempt to write a 50K […]

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I’ll Blog When I’m Dead

by on October 26, 2011 in Write to Live, Live to Write

Are you shocked that I’ve jumped on the bandwagon (blogwagon?) and started this here page? Me too. Seriously. I barely have time to sleep, let alone BLOG. Plus, who wants to hear my muttered musings? My cat and my kid have both learned to tune me out and I’m their meal ticket. Why would you […]

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