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Continue reading →: What I Want From Fellow Writer Critiquers
When you write, you notice other writers. You enjoy friendships with other readers. You may be in a writers group. When you write, these relationships are important because you’re going to seek out people to read your works in progress. Generally you can ask for certain things before people read…
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Continue reading →: The Perfect Writer’s Desk
When a writer gets to pick out a new desk, we may want things that are different from other normal desk wielding people. My old desk felt confined and too shabby to inspire me. When I really sat down to write, I liked to take my computer to an open…
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Continue reading →: Inside a Writer’s Life: My Sugar Glider
For the first time in a while, I don’t have to hide the fact that I have an exotic pet. I thought I’d celebrate that fact with a post to talk about my experiences keeping a sugar glider. In October 2011, my mother decided to get a sugar glider. She…
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Continue reading →: Co-Authoring
One day a member of my writers group shared a sad story about a beloved pet. The symptoms she experienced, shared by many humans and for unknown reasons, seemed like an intriguing story idea to me. My fellow writer and I began to flesh it out. “What ifs” sprung up,…
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Continue reading →: Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library
I could not be so close to a museum for Kurt Vonnegut and not take a visit. In a college ethics class, I did my final project on his secular humanist beliefs. He is someone I would have been lucky to know. I read Slaughterhouse Five before the short trip…
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Continue reading →: Indiana
When I found out I had a chance to visit Indiana, I needed to look on the map to see how to get there. I began to research fun things to do. For this I use Pinterest and http://www.onlyinyourstate.com/. I enjoyed my time there, including a trip to a not-for-profit…
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Continue reading →: Kwerky Review
While editing “Elaty Riaf”, I used the Querkywriter keyboard someone had given to me as a gift. Here are my observations: Positives: attractive keys make a nice clacking sound easy to use wirelessly with your computer you can sit things in the ledge at the top (such as photos…
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Continue reading →: Coffee & Tea
Now that the Western Maryland Writers Group 2016 Anthology is out, I have returned to editing Gender Chasm. When I’m working I like to have a beverage at the desk with me so I thought I’d spend one post discussing my favorite ways to brew and steep. Hot Coffee. Even…
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Continue reading →: Divorce
Note: The Western Maryland Writers Group Fairy Tale Anthology with the “Elaty Riaf” short story is out. Get it in print, or on your kindle. We began dating 11/23/2005. I was still a teenage. We got married, got separated. Our divorce came through exactly 11 years later. Since my…
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Continue reading →: Hey, you’re a Goodreads Author now!
One of the most exciting e-mails I’ve ever received had the subject line: “Hey, you’re a Goodreads Author now!” Feel free to check out my page there, if you haven’t already. Then, vote on the best line from my short story “Born to Stub”. P.S. Are…
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