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July 14, 2012

Bridgebuilder Proceeds

#AmEditing


After an intense effort of culling adverbs, I just printed out the entire manuscript for Bridgebuilder. It turns out there are still a few pages left.




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Published on July 14, 2012 21:21

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July 11, 2012

The Joys of Retirement

Today’s Feature: Play time in the middle of the week.


We took a couple of days to go to wine country with friends. This group has been so busy lately, we’ve hardly seen each other at all. So this was a treat.


A Picnic lunch at Chateau St. Jean








Sparkling Wine at Gloria Farrar


We finished the day with dinner at Della Santinas in Sonoma. This morning’s breakfast was on the deck in Nick and Helen’s amazing garden – quiche, corn muffins, and yogurt parfait! Thank you Nick and Helen!





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Published on July 11, 2012 18:49

July 9, 2012

Other Writers: Nancy Fulda

On Saturday, my crit group was treated to a visit by award-winning SF writer, Nancy Fulda. Nancy was back in the Bay Area to visit her family, and she graciously let herself be stolen for lunch. As writers do, we dashed through topic after topic about our books, writing tips, our books, publishing, our books, our goals, critique groups, our books, critics, promotion…


We had a blast.


Nancy wins awards like the rest of us breathe. From a Writers of the Future Finalist to the Phobos Award and winn...

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Published on July 09, 2012 09:35

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