Flake-out Friday–Happy New Year’s Eve

2010 draws to a close and 2011 is born. Guess that means it’s time for some New Year Resolutions! Drink in moderation–it helps if the booze is invisible cuz there’s less calories! Work out more–it helps if you turn the treadmill on. Just sayin’.   Work on non-verbal communication skills.

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Goals–Love ‘em or hate ‘em?

Some writerly pals and I shared our writing goals for 2011. After going through the exercise, I realized that I’ve had these goals in mind all along, I just never committed them to paper. Why not?  I didn’t want to set myself up for disappointment if I failed. (I have enough things to feel bad about [...]

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Mental Health Monday–Goal Setting How-to’s

The new year is fast approaching, as is the ole New Year’s Resolution list. We writers can use this time as an opportunity to plot out (haha, like the pun?) our writing plans for 2011. But how does one determine which goals to set? Generally, goals need certain qualities. (See picture below.) (Pic from learnthat.com) A [...]

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Flake-out Friday–This Is What Christmas Is All About

Happy Christmas Eve dear friends!!! For those of you still surfing the interwebz today, I’d like to share with you one of my favorite Christmas memories from childhood. Even to this day, I watch A Charlie Brown Christmas every year. (And I own the soundtrack–it’s some seriously great music, people, for realz!) Linus shares what [...]

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Throwback Thursday (With a Twist)

Hiya! I don’t usually post on Thursdays, but I wanted to host a Throwback Thursday. Care to guess how far back I’m throwing ya? Yesterday. Yup, yesterday. Why? (Other than the fact that one day in the blogosphere counts for like a hundred? LOL!) Because I guest posted over at Roni Loren’s blog, Fiction Groupie, and wanted [...]

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Work In Progress Wednesday

First, let me ask: Who’s REALLY ready for Christmas? Cause it’s FAST approaching! Anybody out there who still needs to go shopping? If so, may God bless you. Second, it’s Deb’s turn to give her social media confessions for the Sisterhood of the Traveling Blog! Check out her response, then come back here. (Or finish [...]

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Mental Health Monday–Life After Abuse

Cate Peace (writer and blogger) asks: I have a female character who has suffered from years of all types of abuse by a trusted female motherly archetype. What would be her response—physical and emotional—to men and women, especially a male her age when he expresses romantic interest in her? Abuse (whatever form it takes) is [...]

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BLOG CHAIN–Six Words Equals A Story

This round of the blog chain was started by the imaginative and soon to be published Michelle M! Her task for us blog chainers: In 100 words or less, write a story using the words ride, post, soulless, local, dehydrator, girdle. Your story may take on any form you wish. The only two rules are 1. you [...]

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Flake-out Friday–You’ve Only Got a Week Left!

Christmas is fast upon us. (I don’t mean to ignore the other holidays happening this time of year, but since I celebrate Christmas, it’s the one that is first and foremost on my mind.) I am not a shopper. AND I prefer to remember the holiday for what it means. In the religious sense, if [...]

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Sisterhood of the Traveling Blog PLUS Is There an Echo in This Word Document?

Word echoes. Y’all have heard of these buggers, haven’t you? It’s those word repeats in your manuscript. Yeah, they pop up every now and again, driving you to gouge your eyes out study the hell out of your thesaurus. Why does this happen? Why does my brain get stuck on a particular set of words? [...]

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