Free Your Mind and the Rest Will Follow

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When writer’s block strikes, I hop on my bicycle. #30daysofbiking w/team #lovingthebike . . . → Read More: Free Your Mind and the Rest Will Follow

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Do you clutter your sentences?

A guest post from Tomica Bonner: Why yes I do? I raise my hand knowing I’m guilty. I didn’t realize how bad I was until editors started chopping my sentences to bits. I overuse words, phrases and padded sentences. Well I’m learning my lesson. . . . → Read More: Do you clutter your sentences?

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Hot Diggity Damn

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Houston Writers’ Guild Manuscript Contest 2010. And the winner is…. . . . → Read More: Hot Diggity Damn

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You want me to do WHAT?

I really, truly, seriously just don’t fully understand why all of the person are to be thinking that i need to perform a deep, thorough, painful, horrific edit before i publish my blogs or send out my manscrips when I work my fingers to the bone the first time i write them originally.. I’m great righter!!!! . . . → Read More: You want me to do WHAT?

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Gracias, Mis Amigos!

Thanks, all readers. Wednesday’s post, Confessions of a Guilt-Stricken Mom, topped the charts for hits, subscriptions, comments, and shares. If you haven’t read it already, it struck some kind of chord with people, and even drew some spirited back and forth in the commentary. . . . → Read More: Gracias, Mis Amigos!

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Major Milestone on the Road to Joy

My first novel, Leaving Annalise, was selected as the winner of the Writers’ League of Texas’ 2010 Manuscript Contest in the Romance Category. I AM PRETTY DARN EXCITED!!! . . . → Read More: Major Milestone on the Road to Joy

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This Ain't No Road to Nowhere

Keep the faith, writer-friends. Keep the faith. . . . → Read More: This Ain't No Road to Nowhere

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The Writer's Happy Dance

I believe it’s important to celebrate milestones along the path to a goal, to celebrate progress.

I am on a journey as a writer.  That journey includes narrative non-fiction in the form of this blog and the seeds of the books I hope to grow from it later.  It also includes fiction.  I have written two novels, . . . → Read More: The Writer's Happy Dance

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My Eye of the Tiger

After receiving Jane Friedman’s professional feedback I want to pay someone like her to read the whole book. I have direction, I have true critical feedback, I have guidance, I have the eye of the tiger. I have a need to not drink so damn much caffeine, as you can tell, too. . . . → Read More: My Eye of the Tiger

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Hey Soul Sister, Ain't That Mister Mister

This weekend at Writer’s Digest’s Editor’s Intensive has turned out to be a terrific investment. And I haven’t even endured the sure-to-be-as-helpful-as-painful editing session, yet. I have met other writer’s on the same place in their journey. . . . → Read More: Hey Soul Sister, Ain't That Mister Mister

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