Category Archives: Getting Things Done

THE DAYS ARE JUST PACKED!

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Some people in my life have expressed concern as to why it takes so long for me to get writerly things done…and why haven’t I painted the back porch yet? I’ve got two words for you, Fat Cat — er, … Continue reading

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LOSING MY RELIGION: SOME NOT-SO-FINAL THOUGHTS

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I started writing this series as a way to explain my change in direction as an author. The indie movement has been a complete game changer for me. Besides the instant gratification of self-publishing and a fair shot at making … Continue reading

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LOSING MY RELIGION, PART 5: YOU ARE ALL POWERFUL

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A Level Playing Field Really pay attention to this: You are competing on the same level playing field as most other authors right now. This bears repeating. You are competing on the same level playing field as most other authors … Continue reading

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SANDWICHES: A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

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I thought this would be a good time to sit down and discuss a very important topic to writers…and other types of “humans”:  FOOD. You spend hours a day hunched in front of the computer, spooling out dreamstuff to hopefully … Continue reading

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NINJA SHOES IN JEOPARDY

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I really thought I was scraping bottom when I wrote a flash fiction piece while clamped onto my seat by my butt cheeks as my co-Ninja-assassin-driver swerved through dead-man curves at 60 miles per hour on our way to our … Continue reading

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IN WHICH I SWEAR TO MURGATROYD

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I have finally converted myself from a miserable-hanging-onto-consciousness-until-it-hurts lifelong night owl into an early-to-bedder/wee-early riser, so I am astonished to still be awake.  But when the Toddler hits the hay this early (8:11 p.m. — woot!), I gotta jump on … Continue reading

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IN A DRAMATIC TURN OF EVENTS…

…we are now way past our March/April goal of 100,000 words! A thousand thank-yous to skyraftwanderer, long-time reader and poetic force of nature, for your 11,728 words; my outrageously funny friend Midori, who donated 347 words; and to Courtney, our … Continue reading

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WORKSPACE WEDNESDAY

It has taken many weeks and some celestial intervention (a fortune cookie told me organization would set me free), but my own workspace is now ready to ride in the Workspace Wednesday Parade. My husband and I bought our house … Continue reading

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WORKSPACE WEDNESDAY

This may seem like a bit of a cheat, but it actually isn’t since this really is one of my primary creative workspaces.  I’m still in the midst of a draft, and the office is still in the midst of … Continue reading

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MONDAY WORK DAY

This whole transferring the blog over to my own domain has been an exercise of complete and utter blundering…and yet, things look relatively normal around here.  This is the perception I like to cultivate. I have to say I am … Continue reading

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