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July 3, 2012
DBTC: Day 3
This Don’t Break the Chain thing is starting to work its magic. While today is actually my lowest word count of the three days I’ve been at it (1,004 words total), I feel like I am getting back into the … Continue reading →
July 2, 2012
Don’t Break the Chain 90-Day Challenge: Day 2
Today’s the day I have started the CHAIN in the Don’t Break the Chain challenge. In other words, two days in a row means this is a habit. Or at least it’s a habit-in-progress. I now have two days strung … Continue reading →
July 1, 2012
Don’t Break the Chain 90-Day Challenge: Day 1
As noted in my previous post, I’ve taken up a Don’t Break the Chain 90-Day Challenge to complete 1,000 words of my novel per day, from July 1 until the end of August. Today I wrote 1,035 words after much … Continue reading →
June 28, 2012
Don’t break the chain: A 90-day challenge
I am pretty inspired by Catherine, Caffeinated, if you haven’t guessed from some of my previous posts about her. As such, when she threw down the gauntlet today asking “Who’s with me?” on her decision to engage in the Don’t … Continue reading →
June 26, 2012
Digital autographs, sadistic writers and BOGO
Several items of note this morning: Kindlegraph now enables readers to get autographs from authors on their Kindle, which means you don’t need an actual book to get your favorite authors to sign! If you want a signed copy of … Continue reading →
June 24, 2012
Summer reading update: Blueprints for Building Better Girls
My attempts to work my way through my summer reading list aren’t going so well. On Friday I got an email from the library regarding the hold I’d placed on their lone copy of Marion Meade’s Bobbed Hair and Bathtub … Continue reading →
June 16, 2012
Summer reading update: The House in Paris
Okay, so remember back a few weeks ago when I posted my summer reading list? I’ve been trying to get through Elizabeth Bowen’s The House in Paris because one of my online book groups is reading it this month, but … Continue reading →
June 15, 2012
Buttontapper Press summer BOGO sale
Anyone who’s ever shopped at Payless (or perhaps Groupon) is familiar with the BOGO: Buy One, Get One free (or half-price, depending on the sale). You may not even need the items in question, but when you find out you … Continue reading →
June 12, 2012
Writers group rivalry: Picking a name
A Facebook friend of mine recently started a meet-up group that was meant to keep himself on task with his writing at least once a week. Borrowing from the “Sit Down, Shut Up and Write!” meet-ups in our area, his …
June 7, 2012
Oh, the places I’ve written!
With apologies to Dr. Seuss and inspired by Catherine, Caffeinated’s latest post, “Where I Write: A Retrospective,” I though I’d share a few of the places I’ve written in various periods throughout my writing life. At the Café At one … Continue reading →
