August 1, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.
I’m getting to the point of editing where I just don’t feel like I can do much more to benefit my work. My eyes have looked at the same words so many times that I get sick just thinking about having to read over them again. (I’m not sure if that’s the appropriate response to […]
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April 11, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.
I wasn’t the best English student in high school. I simply wasn’t. I was more interested in theatre and making up my own stories in my head. I wasn’t part of journalism, and it honestly didn’t interest me. I was a weird kid, and I’m still pretty weird today. I was the kid who turned […]
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March 28, 2018.Reading time 4 minutes.
If you follow me on Facebook, you might have already seen this news, but just in case, I found out over the weekend that a short story I submitted is getting published! I’m over the moon excited because I had sort of assumed that I hadn’t been accepted because I hadn’t heard anything for a […]
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November 3, 2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.
I have become nomadic. I move with a plan, but not with the intention to set down roots. I used to plant myself. Now, I look forward to the change in scenery. The drier weather. I must say goodbye to the ocean. But I am nomadic. Perhaps I will return. I played with the […]
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September 27, 2017.Reading time 5 minutes.
Sometimes it takes returning to where things started. When it comes to medical issues with my family it tends to always get worse before it gets better, so I find myself home for the foreseeable future. Although I wish it could be under better circumstances I find that words are coming to me in a way […]
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September 6, 2017.Reading time 7 minutes.
We went camping this weekend. We packed up the tent, sleeping bags, food, and an oversized, overexcited dog into the car and drove for five hours to go sleep on the dirt. Normally, I’d be psyched about this, but several months back I hurt my back, and it has made any physical effort, or really any […]
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August 16, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.
I used to think that I would write the first draft of my novel completely before going back and editing it, but it turns out that I don’t like moving forward with my story until I know that my foundation is solid. Your first chapter, more specifically your first four or five pages, is the […]
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August 2, 2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.
What interesting ways have you used the five senses in your writing? Comment below!!
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July 26, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.
Rejection Letters? We love them!
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