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Gearing up for National Novel Writing Month
National Novel Writing Month can be one more tool for the belt of the successful writer. It drives you to put words down without slowing to account for grammar, flow or even waiting for that annoying...
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How to Write 6000 Words EACH Day
The day before the tornadoes hit our community and turned my world upside down (and a little sideways to boot), I managed to write 6000 words in one day. I also home school my three boys, feed them...
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Keeping Momentum for NaNoWriMo
My desire to stay up until dawn to write collapsed with the birth of my first child. It took with it my ability to read a great book in one weekend, or the opportunity to pee without interruption –...
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Getting More with the NaNoWriMo Challenge
Creating a novel in a month should be a month, but I found that I am getting more with the NaNoWriMo challenge than just words in my computer. Pushing myself beyond my ordinary and expected, making...
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(Almost) Halfway through the NaNoWriMo Challenge
Halfway there (or almost any way) – the time in the NaNoWriMo challenge has past the two week mark and that means we are now surging towards the finish line. I already dropped the ball on one of my...
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One Key to Writing Success
One of the keys to the universe of success revealed itself to me today. I discovered that if I want to get some writing done then I will have to take time out of my day to write. I hear what you are...
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Act Now to Become a Writer
Nothing happens until something happens. My dream for years was to be a writer. I thought about writing and even wrote about writing in my journal. That was as close as I came to writing. And then...
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Taking Steps to Build a Writing Career
Stepping out to build a writing career based on my own products came in part to surrounding circumstances and in part to stubborn determination. Now I have to continue to grow and expand my writing...
View ArticleKnow Your Why to Grow Your Writing
Building You Writing Career – January 30, 2012 Challenge Know your why for writing. Knowing the reasons behind your words can be the key to reaching your writing success or stalling out in the climb....
View ArticleWriting Challenge Grows Up Writing Abilities
A good Writing challenge pushes me to look beyond what I am doing. It stretches my word usage and focus. It builds up and hones my skills. I LOVE challenges. I have been involved with groups that had...
View ArticleThe Application Haunting – Another Fun and Fiction Friday
Getting connected or plugged in became a catch phrase for the church a few years back. My husband and I visited a church and were handed a sheet a paper when one of the ushers realized we were...
View ArticleBreaking Up is Hard to Do – a Short Story
“He’s down there again.” Jeannie’s neighbor stood by their dorm window and looked down at the quad below. He was sitting at a picnic table, right under the street light. He had his back to the dorm,...
View ArticleThe Son Who Chased a Dream – a Short Story by Kathryn C Lang
The Son that Chased a Dream A Short Story by Kathryn C. Lang The young man watched as his older brother finished the daily chores. He groaned. David always finished first and he was left to work alone....
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