Category: The First Half
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Well, I Am Just a Girl
Writing my latest book, Just A Girl, has been extremely rewarding. I have taken trips down memory lane, which is amazing. You never know how many things you’ve forgotten until you try to remember. My memory lane journey has taken me through childhood and the beloved teen years to adulthood. There were…
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Write What You Feel
In this vast world of words, writers are almost always forced to define themselves. Depending on the subject in which we create the collaboration of sentences, there is an informal association to them. Of course, the more of a genre or style one uses, it would only make sense that…
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Exercising The Mind
For some time exercise has been an activity that has been absolutely out of the question. Recovering from kidney surgery and dealing with ongoing kidney issues makes it a bit difficult to properly work out – depletion of liquid and all. This week I was able to begin exercising. Oh,…
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Who Said That?
It has been said, the best way to flow with a story is to listen to your characters. The ones that talk the loudest evidently have some things to say. Well, there has been some chatter going on with characters of mine. They pop up in my dreams at night…
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Thick Skin
After receiving the latest submission rejection I had a grand epiphany. Dealing with rejection takes a certain level of thick skin. To be a great writer, it is mandatory to develop it. To be totally honest, I am not a champ when it comes to the thick skin thing. It’s…