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Conversations Through Art
Today, I was supposed to be the host of a Conversation Cafe series put on by my campus’ Student Programs. I was going to talk about my cross-stitch hobby, and I was excited to show off my piece that won best in show at the local fair: Obviously that isn’t happening, but just like in Read more
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When You Are Fired from Being Santa, but the Spirit Lives On
“I’ve been holding onto these,” my son said with a wink. “How much will you pay for them?” I opened the tiny case, and inside were three baby teeth. His little sister was sitting right next to me at the coffee table. She looked down at them with as much disgust as I did. Mind Read more
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Winter Reads
I work for a community college, and in higher academia, we are blessed with having a winter break that spans a little over a month. My years have taught me that I have to be careful with this time, because it feels like I have a lot of it. I do; it just goes quickly, Read more
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How I do NaNoWriMo: One woman’s reflection of the process.
This morning, I was like, hey! When is National Novel READING Month, but I was informed by my kids that NaNoReMO is a year long affair. However, NationalToday.com states that in 2003, the National Book Foundation recognized October as National Book Month. We missed it this year, readers. Mark your calendars though, because we will Read more
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National Novel Writing 2019 Edition
Forget Halloween and dressing up for candy, it’s time to talk about my favorite time of year: National Novel Writing Month! NaNoWriMo is an organization that collaborates with writers and helps them receive resources, thus allowing them to reach success within their projects. I’m a long time fan, and have blogged about it numerous times Read more
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Do You Have to Read to Be a Great Writer?
This has come up often in my various online writing groups: There’s a writer, new to the world of compiling stories in a text based format. Like me, they want to be the next Ms. J.K. Rowling… They have a manuscript ready for review and are eager to either workshop or jump straight into finding Read more
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Celebrating National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month. I haven’t always been a fan of poetry, and I really wasn’t thrilled with having to take poetry for my degree program. Structurally, it didn’t make sense to my brain. Why do you cut a sentence apart into lines or have no sentences at all?! I never realized that I Read more
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I’m Going to Camp!!!
Camp NaNoWriMo is only a few short days away, and I’m excited! For those not in the know, Camp NanoWrimo is the love child of NanoWriMo, a time away from the vigorous expectation of the elder namesake and it’s 50,000 words within a single month of craziness. My story idea is a new one that Read more
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My Support Crew
Friday is almost here, which means that Children of the Planes will be released into the world! To celebrate, I would like to spotlight those who supported me during the composing stages of this piece: My husband who is my biggest creative cheerleader and proudly serves his country. Without him making the choices that he Read more
