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To be or not to be–in a writing group.
Personally, I think the answer to this age-old conundrum is an easy one. I wouldn’t even call it a conundrum. Because there’s really no debating it. Of course [..]
Grammar Corner
Welcome back to the grammar corner. Why is it the grammar corner you ask? Because most people want to shove those who are exceptional at grammar in the corner! Okay, [..]
Resolutions and Me
About 2 AM in the morning of January, 1st 2014 (so yesterday morning) I was sitting at Ihop with a few friends after a rousing New Year’s Eve [..]
Time out for a WRITING CONFERENCE!
I mentioned attending a writing conference in my previous post and I didn’t want to wait to talk about it or the importance of attending writing conferences. I [..]
Hiatus Over
I haven’t posted since before NaNoWriMo last November. I could make excuses, but really it just comes down to me being lazy and not making the time for [..]
Pantsing and Planning 2 OR Continuing the Snowflake Method
This is a continuing report from a previous post which you can read here. As the time for Nano-ing approaches (I so love turning nouns into verbs!), I’m [..]
Lesson 1b from an English Teacher
Before I move on to the next couple of 6-traits, I have a little bit more to share about Ideas and Content. I wanted to introduce a few [..]
Three lessons from my summer vacation
I haven’t been blogging for the past month and I know that’s horrible of me and so I apologize. I also apologize to those who have visited and [..]
Exchanging Pantsing for Planning
Or at least for once I am. Those of you who are confused obviously have never participated in NaNoWriMo. Go ahead and click on that link so I [..]
Report
The writing retreat was absolutely fantastic. First of all, it’s always nice to get out of the heat of an Arizona summer in the Phoenix Valley. Thankfully, it’s [..]