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Words to Inspire

I have a motto about blogging, if you don’t have something interesting to say – Don’t. So I haven’t. But today I was in need of a little bit of inspiration or maybe motivation and happened upon these quotes I hope you’ll enjoy. They are relatable to the inner competitor (and author) in all of us. Perhaps the single most important element in mastering the techniques and tactics of racing is experience. But once you have the fundamentals, acquiring the experience is a matter of time. ~Greg LeMond

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Someone Wise Once Said…

As I’ve mentioned in another post, I love to collect fortune cookie fortunes, proverbs from teabags, and I have a Word document devoted to inspirational quotes. Yogi always has great quotes. Last week while enjoying a cup of Yogi Chai Black tea, I found this proverb: To know others is smart. To know yourself is wise. On that profound note, Happy Monday…

Writing Teen Romance

On location in NYC

Last weekend I went to NYC for my sister’s baby shower. Of course my visit coincided with the arrival of frigid temperatures. I love navigating NYC on foot, but with an artic blast, not so pleasant. Needless to say, it was still a great trip. How can a trip to NYC, not be great? Especially when it involves visiting family, making new friends, and research for an upcoming project. So I can make the sensory details accurate, I took countless pictures and pages of notes, much to my daughter’s

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A Tribute to Trish

Almost a week ago, I lost my mother-in-law to ALS, a disease many people know as Lou Gehrig’s disease. It’s a terribly cruel disease that strikes about 5,600 people in the United States each year. The disease is variable by person. Some patients live many years with it. My mother-in-law was diagnosed on her birthday, August 8, 2011. She died three months and twenty days later, on November 28, 2011. What struck me most--within those last months, she never complained about her disease. She must

Writing Teen Romance

The Moderator Diaries–Episode 2

Here’s another sample of the variety of ridiculous comments I’ve received on the blog lately. It’s obvious they don’t read the blog and I hate, abhor, no detest SPAM. But this does lend a little humor to the situation and it gives me a great subject to post about: #1 POSTED COMMENT: I think one of your advertisings caused my browser to resize, you might want to put that on your blacklist. POSTED BY: cesartipswordrddg@xxxxxcom MY RESPONSE (in my head of course because I’d never respond to any of

Writing Teen Romance

Why Editing is Like a Merry-Go-Round

Editing is like a merry-go-round. At first it can be a bit of a thrill, accompanied by a hint of butterflies. But if you stay on the carousel too long… you’re gonna get sick. Aside from editing the voice right out of your work, story fatigue becomes a factor. You get so sick of your characters, you don’t want to spend another second with them. You can’t see what’s wrong or right with the manuscript. Your inner critic tells you it’s crap and then asks… “What the heck were you thinking?” You want

Writing Teen Romance

On Writer Conferences

The beauty of an online writing conference is that you don’t have to physically go anywhere. You can attend via the comfort of your favorite chair or coffee shop. Anywhere you can connect via your laptop or internet enabled device of choice. It’s perfect for those of us with day jobs, as we can attend at night or when we get a few minutes of down-time. I attended two online writing conferences in August – making it a whirlwind month and it’s taken me almost another to recover from information

Writing Teen Romance

Why Writing is Like Cliff Jumping

The other day, while shopping at Publix, I spied a teenager, with her nose in a book as she walked the aisles with her parents. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get close enough to get a good glance at the title. I wondered if it was required reading in English class and whether she was a) behind, b) a very busy kid and had to take every opportunity to read, or c) it was quite simply a very interesting read. As I was stalking this child, I got to thinking about how bold I’ve gotten, thanks to my

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Why I don’t allow comments

Here’s just a sample of the plethora of ridiculousness I’ve received lately: POSTED COMMENT: Energizer Bunny arrested, charged with battery POSTED BY: http://www.getlaidtonightinfo.com/ MY RESPONSE (in my head of course because I’d never respond to any of these spammers): Check out the URL link. Actually PLEASE don’t. Seriously people. What gives?!?! POSTED COMMENT: Hi there, I found your site via Google while searching for herpes cures as well as your post looks quite interesting in my