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We’re All in This Together: Making Time to Write Post #1
If you’ve been reading my blog since the beginning, you know that a big theme I have is “making time to write.” I always learn a lot from hearing about how other busy writers make time to write. No matter what stage in life, no matter what other jobs or…
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Mom’s Write: Getting Rid of the Domestic Diva Mentality
If you have a clean house 100% of the time, write for hours a day, work full-time, spend most of your time chasing young children, and have all of your laundry folded and put away, then this post probably isn’t for you. But if you feel like something is…
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Mom’s Write: Quiet Time
I don’t know a mom who doesn’t crave a little quiet time–a little time to relax and reset for the next thing that’s coming up. But if you are a writer, you need quiet time to write. If you are a mom with little kids, you might think quiet…
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Mom’s Write: A Day in the Life
Today I begin a new series for my Making Time to Write Mondays focused on writing while mothering and keeping down a full-time job. Every Monday for the next few weeks, I’ll write specific tips for writers who are also moms. My cousin recently asked me what a typical…
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Making Time to Write: Novel Beginnings
Novel beginnings are scary. There is the unknown. Yes, I’ve written other (yet unpublished) novels, but starting something altogether new is difficult. There is a fear and wondering if I can even do it again. Normally I know where my novel is headed when I begin, but this time…
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Making Time to Write Monday: Organize Your Writing Life #5 Keeping Track of Submissions
Are you ready to submit your manuscripts? When I began submitting work seriously a few years ago, I knew I would need a system that would help me keep track of manuscripts, submissions to editors, rejections, and notes for improvement. I keep several systems going, but you could develop…
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Making Time to Write Monday: Organize Your Writing Life #4 Clean Up Your Act
Last week I posted on hoarding your drafts, so I felt it would be a good thing to show you that I know how to clean up my act too. My parents are coming to visit–from Thailand. So when they come to visit, they stay for awhile. They keep…
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Making Time to Write Monday: Organize Your Writing Life #3 Become a Hoarder
This week I’m talking about being a hoarder and coming soon there will be a post about cleaning up your office space. Think they are incongruous? Well, they’re not. I’ll explain. I’m not a hoarder (my husband might beg to differ with you). But I’m not. And in fact,…
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Making Time to Write Monday: Guest Post by Kelly L. Stone “The Gift of Writing Time”
It is a pleasure for me to have Kelly L. Stone on my blog today as a guest blogger. I first read Kelly’s book TIME TO WRITE, then I took a class with her. I blogged about the class a couple of weeks ago (she has a new one…
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Making Time to Write Monday: Organizing Your Writing Life #2 Done Lists
Last week my organizational post on Making Time to Write Monday focused on what to do with To-Do lists. This week we’ll talk about DONE lists. Well, you might say that I just mark off my to-do list and that’s my DONE list. But sometimes you need a little…