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Mom’s Write: Back to School Schedule Changes
The times are a-changing. For many of us, the fall signals the start of a new school year. Some of my teacher friends have been in school for weeks now. Many won’t go back until Labor Day. Just like the start of the summer, the end of the summer…
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Writing Quote Wednesday: Progress
“The most important component in happiness in any area of your life is the ability to make steady progress toward a significant goal.” Michael Hyatt Podcast Episode 49, 3 Components of Job Satisfaction One thing I love about gardening is that you can see steady progress. Before buds even…
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Writing Quote Wednesday: Looking Forward
“In every situation, at the beginning or the end of the workday, you have a choice. You can look back or you can look forward. My advice: look forward. Always think about the next day.” —Twila Tharp, THE CREATIVE HABIT On days that I don’t prepare the night…
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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 #1 What To Do About To-Do Lists
If you are like me, you live by a To Do List. I’m a maniacal list-maker. I’ve had a lot of people ask me how I keep track of things. So today is the first in the series of posts of about getting organized in your writing life. I…
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Making Time to Write Monday: 2013 Writing Goals
It’s 2013! Many people start off the year bursting to go to the gym, or to eat out less, to lose 30 lbs, or to get to bed earlier, or whatever people make resolutions about these days. I’m not a big resolution-maker. But I am a big goal writer.…
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Making Time to Write Monday: Just Say No to New Year’s Resolutions (or 31 Just for Fun)
Alayne Kay Christian is in my online picture book critique group. She’s also the founder of the new group Sub Six. Sub Sixers are planning to submit six manuscripts sitting in folders. On Alayne’s blog, Writer’s Whole Life Perspective, she challenged her readers to not worry about New Year’s…
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Making Time to Write Monday: Making Writing Goals
It’s that time of year again, the end of the year. We often reflect on our thankfulness of our blessings in the past year. But around this time I anxiously anticipate the new year. I’m not one for making New Year’s Resolutions, but I do like to create writing…