Right before my wedding in January, my dad and I had a conversation about the suit he was going to wear to the big day. While all of the other males involved were renting suits, he decided to buy one. What follows is the conversation we had regarding the situation: Dad: Yeah, I’m going to […]
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Rejection is a part of this crazy writing business. I don’t need to tell anyone who has submitted anything to anyone that. What supposedly separates successful writers from those who never make it–besides being able to, uh, write–is persistence. That whole, getting up and dusting yourself off thing. This, my dear readers, is not something
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I am 26 years old. My face has grown narrow and my body tells me I’m no longer infallible each time I stand (creak, pop). I’m a college-educated business owner. I’m married. In sum: I’m a grown woman with her own mind, wants and needs. Great right? Sure, only it’s left me wondering how I
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The oil spill in the Gulf upsets me, though I’m ashamed to admit, sometimes I forget. Living in So Cal, I don’t see daily reminders of the devastation down there. But when I flip on the TV or seek out updates online, I’m reminded of the awfulness of the situation and how the people living
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A few months ago, I applied to a job on Craigslist. This isn’t out of the ordinary. I run a writing business and browse the writing ads on Craigslist with regularity. My interest is piqued when I come across ads looking for fiction writers. “You mean you want to pay me to write fiction?” my
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Okay, so it’s been nearly a year since I last blogged. Go ahead, unleash the shame cannon. I need to post regularly if anyone’s going to give a hoot (yes, I said hoot) about my life slogging through the writing world, but sometimes, I’d just rather be doing other things. Is that terrible to admit?
And I’m Back. Again. Read More »
Sorry I’ve been remiss in my posting lately, but life sometimes beckons me away from this blogging thing. I just wanted to let you know that I had a short-short story published today over at Six Sentences called “Wake Up Weight.” And a tidbit of background information for you: I actually woke up a few
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The day has come to an end and one lucky person has guessed the correct number of articles I wrote today. A simple task, but it helped to keep me motivated throughout the day. People submitted their guesses via the comment section and via tweets. So, without further adieu, my total number of articles completed
Article Output Challenge for 9-24-09 Winner Revealed! Read More »
I’m issuing a challenge. No, not to you. But if you want to play along, you’re more than welcome. This challenge is intended to get my butt in gear and I want you to watch. Okay, that sounded wrong. The objective of this challenge is to write as many articles as I can tomorrow between
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I’ve noticed something. Now that I have a functional blog, all I want to do is blog. Well, when it comes to my personal writing time, that is. I have a bunch of short stories in progress, many edits that need to be completed and I just keep blogging away. What does this mean? I’m
Writing About Writing: The Ultimate Writer’s Curse? Read More »
