My Long Path to Publishing Aptitude and Ambition I can still remember like it was yesterday the evening almost eleven years ago that I sat beside my husband in bed, doing aptitude tests and reading books like What Colour Is My Parachute? It wasn’t the first time I was trying to decide what I wanted […]
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Forging a Better Version of Yourself Through Fairy Tales: Lessons for Women Clarissa Pinkola Estes, in her seminal 1992 book of fairy tales, Women Who Run with the Wolves, says of stories: “In a very real way, we are imprinted with knowing just by listening to the tale.” (p.387) Participation mystique: Just like living it
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The Value of Rituals This is a great article, and also I love this guy so I recommend subscribing. This Is The #1 Ritual You Need To Do Every Day This Is The #1 Ritual You Need To Do Every Day Here’s what research says is the #1 ritual you should do every day to
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I’ve been tagged by friend, colleague and crit partner @donnabarker in the on again/off again 7 x 7 x 7 seven line challenge that goes around writers’ circles. Donna was recently tagged by Amy Sedgemore. Since I was just notified last week that my manuscript A Dissimulation of Doves has won first place in
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I have a few as-yet unwritten blogposts to start the year off, but I couldn’t resist reblogging this latest post from Kristen Lamb, who knows us (writers) too well. So many of the comments just add to the hilarity. Enjoy! You Know You’re a Writer When…
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Come in, sit down, have a cup of tea. I want to tell you a story. Truly, I tell you, I’ve been absconded by fairies this past three days, and taken on a fanciful journey. My body aches with fatigue, my head spins, my spirit soars, and my feet have not yet returned to the
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DENMAN ISLAND READERS AND WRITERS FESTIVAL It’s been a year since I’ve attended a writers festival, and I wasn’t sure I wanted to go to this one either. I thought perhaps I’d been to too many, and they’d lost their sparkle. But once I decided to, I quickly caught the fever, and have enjoyed once
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BLOGGING IS HARD I’ve been trying to transition from an occasional and erratic blogger into a regular blogger for some time now, and toward that end have read books and taken classes, such as Kristen Lamb‘s Are You There Blog It’s Me Writer, an her WANA Tribe blogging class, and most recently, moved to a
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I was tagged in the ‘Elevens Tag’ by Emily Dring at Ficklebrain. So, it looks like I’ve got eleven questions to answer. If I have tagged you, you’re next! Look to the end of this post for my new eleven questions and get typing away… How to play Elevens Tag: Post these rules. Post a photo
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I just had to repost this from The Fickle Brain because I agree with it so much. I’ve always been addicted to learning, and can vouch for the fact that the more I learn, the less I feel I know. This has posed a problem when it comes to blogging, by the way, because in
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