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It’s At Four Percent!
Originally posted on joeyfullystated: Privacy is important to us. I grew up with privacy and my husband grew up without any and we decided early on that privacy is a good thing and worth teaching as a family value. We are not a snooping family. We do not pry. We don’t believe in TMI, but…
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Ambushed by Stone…
The Silent Eye * Not content with capturing one rather large stone circle, under rapidly darkening skies, we set off in pursuit of another. Which was a mistake. For one thing, we got lost… * * And then we ran into this motley lot. Hiding from us they were. Waiting for the sun to go…
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Building on a Theme
Originally posted on Story Empire: Happy last day of November, SEers! We’re doing something a little different on Story Empire today. We’ve chosen one word to use as a theme and are sharing a few short sentences built around that word from one of our books. Our theme word is “Tree.” Pretty basic, right? But…
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I Won! #NaNoWinner2018
Originally posted on Books and Such: So – this happened yesterday. I topped out at 50,985 words. Never again will I say 500 words per day is about all I can do. Some days, that may feel true – but when I push myself (and have the right playlist), I know what I’m capable of.…
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#PoetryReadathon – Poetry, poetry everywhere Part 2
Originally posted on Robbie's inspiration: Last week I posted about the Poetry Readathon and poetry blog promotional series I will be running from 1 December 2018 to 15 January 2019. You can read last weeks post here: https://robbiesinspiration.wordpress.com/2018/11/22/poetryreadathon-poetry-poetry-everywhere-part-1/ Part 1 of the Poetry Readathon will comprise of reading and reviewing selected poetry books. I listed…
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I Didn’t Learn How Powerful My Words Could Be Until I Accidentally Made a Teacher Cry
Originally posted on Meg Dowell Writes: When I was a freshman in high school, one of our English assignments was to write a poem about whatever we wanted. So I wrote one about (as far as I can remember) how important it was to appreciate our teachers. We read our poems aloud to the class.…
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thriller: the biggest selling album of all time — 11/30/18
All About Writing and more Today’s selection — from Hit Men by Fredaic Dannen. In 1982, Michael Jackson’s album Thriller became the biggest selling album of all time. It still holds that title, now having sold over 66 million… Source: thriller: the biggest selling album of all time — 11/30/18 View original post
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Rodeo #3: Travel with a Twist Winners
Congrats to the winners! Excited to see Colleen Chesbro here in the winner’s circle!
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Book Talk…11/29/18 More on What I’m Reading
Book Talk…11/29/18 More About What I’m Reading Traci Kenworth I wrote about some of the books I was reading last week. I’ve added to the pile: Maeve Grayson’s Katie’s Highlander, Roald Dahl’s Book of Ghosts, Gemma Files’s Experimental Film, Joyce Meyer’s Beauty for Ashes, Writing Irresistible Kidlit by Mary Kole, The Breakout Novel by…
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Why a Writing Retreat (Probably) Won’t Help You Write Better
Originally posted on Meg Dowell Writes: Wouldn’t you just love to be able to drop everything, escape to an isolated cabin in the woods, and spend day and night working on your latest writing project until it’s finally finished? It’s the dream. No distractions. No excuses. Only words. I used to picture what life would…