Following Your Passion

Welcome to Toolbox Saturday where you’ll find tools for various things from writing to whatever. I just finished another scene of Apprentice Cat. Wahoo!! Each day I get just a little closer to finishing the entire book. That makes me feel great. There are days when I wondered if I was doing what I’m supposed [...]

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When the Ideas Come

Welcome to Toolbox Saturday where you’ll find tools for various things from writing to whatever. There are times in every writer’s life when ideas will come flooding in — but not for the story you’re working on.  You don’t want to forget those little gems because they would be great in another story, yet they’re [...]

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7 Links To Help Every Writer With Taxes

Death and taxes, the two unavoidables in life. Thankfully there are people and web sites out there to help us slot all those numbers in the correct places on the correct forms and keep us from having to visit with a friendly IRS agent because we’ve gotten “creative” with the numbers. Here are 7 links [...]

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A New Year, A New Beginning

Happy New Year! I apologize for being absent during December (ACK!). My only excuse is being super busy, unfortunately not with my current WIP. However, it’s a new year and time for a new beginning. Here’s what I’m planning for 2011: Get back to weekly blog posts: After reading Kristen Lamb’s blog for the last [...]

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Little Girl, Little Girl, Why Do You Write?

I’ve been telling stories since I can remember. I’ve been writing them since I could write (and before that I drew pictures). To the best of my knowledge there have been only two times in my life when I thought about doing anything other than being a writer. Once was in fourth grade when I [...]

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Doing What You’re Meant to Do

I just finished another chapter of Apprentice Cat. Wahoo!! Each day I get just a little closer to finishing the entire book. That makes me feel great. There are days when I wondered if I was doing what I’m supposed to be doing in my life. Have I chosen the right career for me? Those [...]

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When the Ideas Come

There are times in every writer’s life when ideas will come flooding in — but not for the story you’re working on.  You don’t want to forget those little gems because they would be great in another story, yet they’re useless for what you’re doing right now.  So what do you do? Something I learned [...]

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Hello world!

They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions.  Sometimes I wonder if the person who coined that phrase wasn’t talking about writing as a career choice.  Only a select few get rich and famous.  In fact, most of the late great authors either published their own works or had to wait until [...]

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