Almost Done!
Almost Done! Wow we’re Almost Done! There are less than four days left in NaNoWriMo. You might be thinking, what’s she talking about she made 50,000 words, she’s done!? And you’re right, so excuse me a minute while I…
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Halfway Through NaNoWriMo
Halfway Through NaNoWriMo Here we are again, welcome and hello. I’m happy to inform you that Halfway Through NaNoWriMo I have reached 43,779 words. Phew. While I am proud and yup very proud of myself for keeping this…
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NaNoWriMo Week 1
Start NaNoWriMo Week 1 So I got off to a good start for NaNoWriMo Week 1. Woo hoo, 4,200+ words the first day. But don’t get too excited because one thing I definitely know about writing – and this goes…
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Update on my Writing – 54,000 words
Update on my Writing – 54,000 words Sorry it’s taken me so long to update on my writing 54,000 words and well my self-publishing life so to speak. The 30 day challenge I posed for myself since I missed NaNoWriMo was interesting…
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My Interview with Poet/Author Talisha Harrison
My Interview with Poet/Author Talisha Harrison author of “The Unconsciousness of an Ethiopian Princess College Days of Future Past” eLPy: Were you a nerdy kid in school, a jock, popular kid, something else? Talisha: I was an outsider, still am….
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A New Day – 48 – Very Inspiring Blogger Award & New Growth
A New Day – 48 – Very Inspiring Blogger Award & New Growth Thank You Midwestern Plant Girl! A blogger friend of mine that I follow, The Midwestern Plant Girl, was so kind to nominate me for this award. Don’t I…
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A New Day – 16 – Ominous Inspiration
A New Day – 16 – Ominous Inspiration The other day I was looking at a post from another blogger I follow, Bella Remy Photography (follow this link to see the following pictures). She posted some beautiful pictures of Horned…
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“The Source”: A New Project to screen/review self-published books
“The Source”: A New Project to screen/review self-published books The Source, while not yet a website, is a new group on Goodreads that was created to help people find good self-published books. Now, I say good self-published books because…
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A Self-Publishing Life – Day 6
A Self-Publishing Life – Day 6 Traditional publishing translates to most readers as a validation of quality; you have to be accepted by a traditional publisher. They have their own team of professionals including publicists and editors. Books and authors…
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To Do Or Not To Do
Every day we, at some point, debate what to do, or not to do, what we can, what we must, and/or what we want. And yesterday, the 2nd day of January 2014, I acted on what I could do. Then…
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How I Keep Writing Part 2, with respect to Poetry
In Part 1 I talked about using a voice recorder – whether an actual pocket recorder or an app on your phone, whatever works for you – as a means to keep my ideas flowing. Recording your ideas out loud…
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My Mother’s Mother was a Poet
For this next installment about my writing journey in honor of my upcoming poetry book I want to share a different sort of self-discovery with you. This came in the form of learning about an older part of me, of…
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