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Category: Writing

Slogging along the writing trail

Posted on July 30, 2016August 26, 2021

I am so seriously behind in my writing projects, I almost wonder if I should just stop. When I saw this quote by Scottish author Alexander Trocchi, I thought, “Yesssss, this is how I feel.”

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In the company of writers

Posted on March 10, 2014June 9, 2022

What a great month this has been so far. The first part of March kicked off with a day at Christopher Newport University’s Writers’ Conference. I was there mostly on official business (namely, researching for my day job which includes writing a weekly column about the writing community), but I had purchased table space to…

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My Writing Process ~ The Blog Tour

Posted on February 24, 2014February 23, 2014

I’d first like to thank fantasy/paranormal romance author Denise Golinowski  for asking me to participate in this blog tour. She had some cool things to say about writing the her shape-shifting characters on her blog last week, so stop by if you get a chance. What am I working on? I’m currently working on the…

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Lessons of a novice author panelist

Posted on September 30, 2013December 4, 2013

A couple Sundays ago I had the privilege of participating in the Fall for the Book event in Fairfax, Virginia. I was wearing two hats for the day:  the first as organizer for the two romance panels (historical and suspense), and second as a first-time panelist on the suspense panel (Ticking Clocks: How to create pressure-cooker…

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Resolutions schmesolutions

Posted on December 26, 2011

I never know in advance what I’m going to write about from week to week. Usually something has to strike me on a deep, emotional level for me to care enough to want to impose my thoughts on “the world.”  Some weeks the ideas jump at me from the front pages. Other weeks topics are…

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Six Sentence Sunday ~ 12/11

Posted on December 10, 2011October 31, 2022

Happy Six Sentence Sunday, everyone! This week I’m back to Jack and Rachael, but back to the beginning, to Jack’s first glimpse of Rachael. (I just love those first sightings!) He’s channel surfing with the remote in his hand, starts to click, then sees her on the screen. __________________________ Before he could depress the button,…

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Really? A blog about words??

Posted on November 9, 2011

About six months ago I started a blog called “A Voice from Silence” intended to dump all the angst inside my soul onto the world. (Lucky world!) It’s been wonderful, a fertile ground for me to get my thoughts on “paper,” and think about new story ideas, or story elements. They tend to be more…

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Indie publishing: The real reason I did it

Posted on November 7, 2011

It’s only Monday morning and I’m already exhausted–not a good sign when the work-week is stretching before me like the first mile of a marathon. The worst part? There’s no particular reason for my fatigue. No big weekend behind me, causing me to run from one activity to another. No special events that spent my…

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Thank you, New Jersey

Posted on October 25, 2011

New Jersey gets a bad rap. I know that because I spent most of my growing and adult years in the state named for its gardens but known for its highways. It’s the state where I raised my children, the state where I learned to drive, learned to cook (well, sort of), and learned the…

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Leaps of Faith ~ Here I Go Again!

Posted on October 3, 2011

Have you ever done something risky just because you felt in your heart of hearts it was the right thing to do? Maybe if you’re the praying type, you prayed first. If you’re the type who listens to your gut, maybe your gut told you it was the right thing to do. Maybe your loved…

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