Month: January 2012
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This morning completely went out the window because I had to finish reading The Night Circus. Normally I’m not one for “luxurious” (i.e., slow and descriptive) books, but this one was magic, truly. I’m so glad I was patient with it. Speaking of patience… “25 Things Writers Should Stop Doing (Right F—ing Now)” by Chuck Wendig…
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In this post I talked about my childhood nickname, Chatterbox, and how my dad tried to train me to tell a story succinctly. In this post I talked about the repetitive strain injury I get in my wrists, and the dictation software (a.k.a. Dragon) that Andy bought me to help relieve/avoid the pain. A week…
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Last year I resolved to bring new pages to my critique group every week. Out of 50 meetings, I kept my resolution about 45 times. Sometimes I only brought 1 new page; sometimes I brought 20. (Okay, once I brought 20…) Point is, I was fairly successful, because it was a reasonable goal — one…