Does Size Matter?

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The size of books, I mean. Books. Several times I’ve picked up Stephen King’s UNDER THE DOME, and then promptly put it back down because, come on! It’s a cinder block of a… Read More

Old friend. Gold advice.

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Last week was spring break, dudes! Spring break at the McLanes! (Or, as it is known in the world of stay-at-home-moms, MANDATORY OVERTIME.) Not that I don’t love hanging with my kid. I… Read More

Does it explode?

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This post was brought to you by too much coffee. Also my WordPress Dashboard has lost it’s dang mind, so I’m sorry if the photos are ridic because I can’t even preview.) There… Read More

La-Z Girl

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We have one of those overstuffed La-Z Boy style armchairs, purchased at the same time as our couch. Sometimes people think the chair is my husband’s. Those people are wrong. So wrong. It… Read More

Those Nagging Bits

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You know those bits of your Work In Progress that nag at you? You wrote them knowing they weren’t quite right, but you glossed over them, or thought maybe if you ignored them,… Read More

In which I stagger back onto the field, pretending my limp is an intentional pimp-strut.

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“Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.” -Steven Pressfield, THE WAR OF ART  AKA Mandatory Reading for EVERYBODY. If… Read More

500 Club (5/9)

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Hello, and welcome to today’s 500 Club! Before we get to today’s prompts, here’s a quick recap of the rules. Choose one of the prompts below. On your blog, write a 500-word story or… Read More

500 Club (5.2.13)

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Hello Thursday! From April showers to May flowers. How about the Mayflower? That puts my in the mind of new discoveries. So why not look for something new in your own writing? What… Read More

500 Club (4.25.13)

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Hello Thursday! I’ve always found that you’ll never know where you could have gone if you’re too afraid to take a wrong turn. We get locked in our structured day, calendar, route, and… Read More

500 Club (4/18)

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Hello, and welcome to today’s 500 Club! Before we get to today’s prompts, here’s a quick recap of the rules. Choose one of the prompts below. On your blog, write a 500-word story or… Read More

500 Club (4.11.13)

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Hello Thursday! Let’s get to writing! After the rules: Write 500 words based on one of the two prompts below. Post it to your blog. Give us a small taste in the comments… Read More

Why do writers do this?

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During a recent conversation with an author-friend, the topic turned to how we’re doing with our current projects and deadlines and whatnot. I told her I’m riding the roller coaster of having turned… Read More

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