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Do Some Writing

February 7, 2012

Reprinted from the WordCraft newsletter on BackWash. It was late at night. I wandered into a Backwash chat. Had a good time. And I found myself saying “yes.” So, here I am, sending you a newsletter about writing, writers, books, literature, etc. And I have a difficult job to fill the shoes of she who [...]

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Making Resolutions for Writers

February 6, 2012

An old post from BackWash, written by a friend, now deceased. Her blog, Anything Under the Sun, is still up on WordPress.com. She was a teacher and a poet, among other things. It’s the season for making resolutions. And this is no different for those of us in the writing world. I don’t know about [...]

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The Insecure Writer’s Support Group

February 5, 2012

Purpose: To share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. It’s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds! Posting: The first Wednesday of every month is officially Insecure Writer’s Support Group day. Post [...]

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The Great Divide

February 1, 2012

I’ve been reading websites and blogs online for several years, especially blogs and sites created for writers. I couldn’t even try to look back and count how many I have read, how many I still follow or how many I find new. The numbers don’t really matter. Overall I have noticed one thing divides them [...]

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From Twitter – #FactsWithoutWikipedia

January 19, 2012

This was a pretty funny hashtag on Twitter yesterday. I posted a few myself. It’s not easy being funny. If you have time to warm up you can get better, your jokes become smarter and you come up with them faster. Try write several ideas for the hashtag #FactsWithoutWikipedia. Write at least 3 and see [...]

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House Sitter

January 15, 2012

Would you take a job as a house sitter? It seems pretty glamorous to live somewhere else and get paid for it. But, there would be a lot of responsibility as well. Not the same as a property manager but still a good idea to have some of those same knowledge and skills. I thought [...]

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Create an Editorial Mission

January 4, 2012

From CopyBlogger: The 3-Step Cure for Boring, Useless Content 1) Create an editorial mission Most trade journals and top-tier blogs have editorial missions. The editorial mission provides a compass, always guiding writers toward relevant subjects. What do you stand for? What do you offer customers and readers? Every company has unique knowledge it can share [...]

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Dear Diary: Inspiration for Journal Writers

December 28, 2011

Journaling Saves - Inspiring prompts and creative guidance to jump-start your journaling. What inspires you to journal, write something personal about your life? People tend to write about the bigger events in their lives. But, when you actually read your old journal entries, the best are those written about an ordinary kind of day. Or a [...]

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Who Do you Appreciate?

December 17, 2011

Write about three people you appreciate. If they have a site link to it. If not you could post a photograph or in some other way represent them. What is it you appreciate about them? How long have you known them? You can write a mini interview with each of them and let them speak [...]

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Stop Putting Off the Gathering of an Idea

December 14, 2011

Write about a topic you have been interested in but keep putting off for one reason or another. You know there’s something… check your notes, think about it for a minute, phone a friend, whatever it takes. Don’t just write a short article, add links, look for relevant clubs or associations, find a photograph (or [...]

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Write Outside Your Usual Box

December 12, 2011

Write for another site or blogger. It changes your perspective when you stop writing for yourself or your usual imagined audience/ readers. You get a chance to write outside yourself when you write for another site. Plan the topic, the angle you will write it from and how much or little you will say and [...]

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Create the Atmosphere you Need to Write

December 11, 2011

Inspire yourself to write by creating the atmosphere you need to write in. Do you write better under pressure, with a deadline? Set yourself a deadline and enforce it by joining NaNoWriMo (or another writing group with the same idea), or a writing contest which will also give you a date to have your work [...]

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Hope Begins at the Bus Stop

December 3, 2011

This is just how I felt waiting outside in the dark, half an hour standing in the pouring rain at the bus stop. I was soaked through when I finally got home. Right through my Winter coat, even my bra was wet. “Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show [...]

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A Little Typo Goes a Long Way

November 28, 2011

What if Deja Vu meant that you lost a life and are starting back up from your last checkpoint? What if you could hit “backspace” and relive a month of your life, or a whole year if you click it 12 times in a row. What if you could change your life by using cut [...]

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Change Your Story, Change Your Life

November 18, 2011

Write down a different story. I’m not talking about a bunch of positive thinking mumbo jumbo. I am talking about telling yourself the truth. And often, this is simply a matter of shifting your perspective. Start telling yourself the new story. Every time your inner narrator begins telling the old yarn, stop him. Say, “No! [...]

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Review: The Writing Diet

November 12, 2011

I am reading Julia Cameron‘s book, The Writing Diet: Write Yourself Right-Size. Already, I like this quote from the Prologue: “As you lose weight, you will stop waiting for the magic wand that will transform your life. Instead, you will realize that the magic wand is actually a pen and that, pen in hand, you [...]

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Do you Have a Secret Desire to be a Fashion Blogger?

November 6, 2011

Glamorous, exciting and stylish… isn’t that how a good fashion blog feels when you open it? Those high heels, the just-right dress you wish you could fit into (some of you may, not me). I never wanted to be a model, a clothes horse. But… I have a secret lust to be a fashion blogger. [...]

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