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Am mother of two wonderful grown adult sons. Stepmother to two wonderful adult sons and one wonderful daughter. Wife to a brilliant linguistic student at GMU. Owner of 2cats, 1 spoiled dog. And am living the life of my dreams doing what I love everyday, whether it be reading, writing, blogging or working in my yard and garden. Also enjoy walking 2-3 miles every day. 'Annie's Special Day' is my first Children's book.


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BASSIST: I’ve found four books that address the “sitting in a chair” obstacle: Anne Lamott’sBird by Bird, Annie Dillard’sThe Writing Life, Natalie Goldberg’sWriting Down the Bones, and Steven Pressfield’sThe War of Art. In Pressfield’s book, every page can be reduced to: “Shut up and write.”


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Annie's Special Day
4.42 of 5 stars 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012

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Clara Bowman-Jahn Clara Bowman-Jahn said: "A good craft book giving the writer some good advice. Advice on plot, characters and the conflict and tension they must have in order to have a good book. And how to do it in thirty two pages. Love this book. It is a boon to my picture book writing e...more "

 

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Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
The Courage to Write by Ralph Keyes
Love this. Just as good as Bird by Bird by Annie Lamont. Will pick it up from time to time to give me courage to keep on my current project.
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"She snorkled without any pants on. It looked spectacular to me, though probably painful to others. I said, "Why didn't anyone do anything, like tell m...more "
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Faulkner's Apprentice by Val Muller
Faulkner's Apprentice
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Faulkner's Apprentice by Val Muller
Faulkner's Apprentice
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The Revenge of Thelma Hill by Margot Finke
The Revenge of Thelma Hill
by Margot Finke (Goodreads Author)
read in March, 2013
“The Revenge Of Thelma Hill” is about a twelve year old twin, Frannie, who worries about her missing mother, is new in town and lacks friends. She worries that her brother and she will never get along and has several other worries the least of which...more
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“Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.”
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“Love is an abstract noun, something nebulous. And yet love turns out to be the only part of us that is solid, as the world turns upside down and the screen goes black.”
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