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In defense of NaNoWriMo and #amwriting

With the approach of NaNoWriMo in T-minus 10 days, I have seen many #NaNoWriMo and #NaNoPrep hashtags among the people I follow on Twitter, as well as the ever-present #amwriting. And with the approach of NaNoWriMo comes the relatively recent … Continue reading →

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Today is National Day on Writing

Today is National Day on Writing, sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English, the National Writing Project, and The New York Times Learning Network. This year, according to the National Day on Writing web page, the theme is to … Continue reading →

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Exciting developments

I haven’t been this excited since the seventh Harry Potter book was released. I received the proofs for the first bookmarks to accompany SARAH & KATY AND THE IMAGINATION BLANKETS. (Hopefully I won’t be as disappointed in the final result … Continue reading →

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Cover reveal for ‘Sarah & Katy and the Imagination Blankets’

This moment has been a long time in coming. From the moment an idea for a novel occurs to a writer, the visualization begins. Words aren’t even on paper before we start imagining the weight of the book in our … Continue reading →

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It’s time to let go and stop editing … almost

THE FIRST TIME I found a typo in a novel, I was stunned. I was in grade school at the time. The typo and novel are long forgotten, but I never will forget the feeling. It was a pie-in-the-face sensation … Continue reading →

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