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Writing Hacker Tip #2: Double Duty Reading
I love doing things efficiently, and I’m always looking for new ways to do more work in less time or at least do double duty with one task. I’m sharing some of my crazy writing hacker tips, and I hope you will share some with me too. Double Duty…
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Making Time to Write: Prepping for Busy Times
I don’t typically watch reality TV, but I have seen previews for the Doomsday Preppers shows (Note: I’ve never watched an episode). From what I understand, it shows people and how they prepare for impending fall of society as we know it. How much food do they grow and…
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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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Where in the World is Marcie Writing? Hollins
You are probably sick of hearing me wax poetically about Hollins this week. But it’s been, and continues to be, such a pivotal place in my life. I feel so lucky to live so close and to be able to take advantage of the opportunities that present themselves there.…
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Where in the World is Marcie Writing? Railroad Tracks
I was a huge fan of the game of “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?” It was one of the first computer games I ever played as a kid and we played it on my grandfather’s computer. If you’ve been following my blog for awhile, you know that…
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Writing Quote Wednesday: Having Kids and Writing
“I can count all the ways in which being a mother has enriched my understanding of the world, of character, my sense of the future and my attachment to it. I can’t imagine what kind of writer I’d be if I didn’t have my kids.” —Barbara Kingsolver, The Telegraph…
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Mom’s Write: 5 Ways to Survive Schedule Changes
It’s summer time. If you are a mom and a writer, chances are, this means that there will be some change in your schedule. If you have kids in school, they will be home more often, or you’ll be shuttling them from place to place. If you have babies…
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Writing Quote Wednesday: Making Time to Write
“If you don’t write when you don’t have time for it, you won’t write when you do have time for it.” —Katerina Stoykova Klemer After my second child is born, I wondered if my writing life was over. I didn’t know when I would be able to fit…
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Mom’s Write: Writer Mama Resources
Update on Mom’s Write: Rest Some of you might have noticed, I didn’t post last Monday. I usually write my posts on Sunday and schedule them to post. Last Sunday was my planned day of rest. I was serious about not doing any “work.” I didn’t do any “work,”…
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Mom’s Write: Rest
I find it kind of ironic that I’m writing about rest after reeling from a insanely busy weekend. Our weekends aren’t normally so jam-packed, but this one sure was. And I’m headed into a very busy week at work too. Last week I wrote about priorities and what things…