on the third day of christmas…

FRENCH HEN I was going to make a whole new blog post for the THIRD DAY OF CHRISTMAS with GIFS! HISTORICAL FACTS! AMAZING ALLUSIONS! But then there was this party last night, and well, it’s raining. And I had to get a haircut. So you’ll have to make do with these fantastic additions to the [...]

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12 days of christmas giveaway and bloghop–enter soon, and often

I’m part of a 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway and Blog Hop, organized by the lurvly Sarah Belliston. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? WHAT IS GOING ON? I AM RUNNING AROUND AS IF I HAVE NO HEAD, LISHA, STOP ME! STOP ME! oh good lord. talk about the blind leading the blind, because THIS: Lisha Cauthen [...]

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out of the loop

I have been home all week. Usually I meet with my writerly buddies at the Sekrit Writing Location, but this week it just wasn’t possible. I also usually attend my weekly morning critique group, but I had to skip that. And then there’s the monthly evening critique group, but it’s not time yet. Sometimes I [...]

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a change of scenery

Quick Tip: Stuck? Then move. Go to a new venue to write. Someplace completely new, where you’ve never been before. A coffee shop, library, friend’s house, mall, park, cabin, pool, car, mausoleum, hot air balloon… You get the idea. Sometimes you’ve got to shake up your creative marbles to get them rolling again. That gif [...]

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my summer writing office

Hey! It’s June 1st! It’s summer! And that means… I love my summer office. Moving down from the Aerie to the front porch blows the cobwebs out of my cranium, stokes the creative flame burning in my breast, (YA author here, I can say “breast”), feeds my ever-hungry soul. Well, with a little help. Let [...]

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a lack of imagination

This may sound like a dig, and I don’t mean it to be… But how can you non-creative human beings bear to live? As I drove to our Sekrit Writing Cave today, I thought about all those years I wasn’t writing.  Only I realize now–I was. I wrote letters.  Corresponded on internet forums.  Took imaginative [...]

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The Time has Come, the Walrus Said…

…to jump into the blogging world.  Since I am among the tech-challenged, bear with me while I experiment and make lots and lots of mistakes. I wonder how many people recognize where the title of this post comes from.  Does anyone read Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking-Glass anymore?  Perhaps the craziness of [...]

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