I must confess, I have never once watched Law and Order. I’ve never read John Grisham. I watch only enough Judge Judy or Divorce Court to know I want to flip the channel to something else. So, I do not naturally drift toward legal issues of any sort. But then I got a summons for [...]
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I am very proud to have Susan May Warren on 10 Minute Writer! She is sharing her thoughts on growing in confidence and writing. Hope you enjoy this: Did you ever have a time in your life that you thought, “oh, I could never be a writer”? How did you go from that place to [...]
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I’m taking a break. The consumptive fire that drove me in blogging and novel-writing a few weeks ago is now at a smolder. Still hot, just not as powerful. Yes, this is completely contrary to what I wrote last week about “just keep writing”. But sometimes, a little break is necessary. When we take a [...]
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This is a great, great link! Fifty Free Resources That Can Help You With Your Writing! OMG! I am so going to check this stuff out. You should too!
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If I didn’t have enough to do, I am now on Twitter and I’ve met my first goal: 500 followers. I am totally baffled by this. I signed up for Twitter on May 4. On July 5 I had over 500 followers. I realize that only averages out to 50 or so a week, but [...]
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Whew! This is harder than I thought! Weeks ago, I had the brilliant idea of collecting sites for aspiring writers for a blog entry, kind of a Top Ten. But then, I realized that even if I collected them, I had to create links, come up with clever transitions and present it in some sort [...]
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My featured author this week is Deborah Vogts. I met her recently on Twitter and I think you’ll be encouraged by her thoughts on confidence! Welcome, Deborah! Did you ever have a time in your life that you thought, “oh, I could never be a writer”? How did you go from that place to your [...]
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When you have a suspicion that your novel might wind up at 900 pages but you’re only at 130 . . . Just keep writing. When someone very well intentioned points out a flaw in your work, and it stings . . Just keep writing. When everything you read about the market, what is hot [...]
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For the last three months, I’ve spent a couple of hours on the phone with my friend, Roseanne. She is a professional nanny, has a daughter my age and lives about 45 minutes away. She is my writing buddy. Roseanne isn’t computer literate, and has no interest in it, so that’s why we speak on [...]
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Katharine Grubb is a successful homeschooling mother of five, bread baker, reluctant dish washer and part-time novelist. If she can find time in her busy day to write, so can you!