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Oh, Now I Remember Why
There are very few markets these days that still allow paper submissions, still fewer that require them. Sometimes I forget why I’m so glad about this. But yesterday I submitted a flash fiction story to a market that only accepted … Continue reading
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Tagged authors, electronic submissions, gratitude, publishing, submissions, submitting, the writing life, writers, writing
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Books For Mother’s Day: Dear Mother: Letters of Tribute and Remembrance and In Celebration of Mothers
Here is a book to treasure and to re-read again and again. It’s filled with every kind of emotion–grief, regret, guilt, but also connection, gratitude and hope. The stories touch on every religion from animism to Buddhism, or no religion … Continue reading
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Tagged anthlogies, books, essays, gifts, letters, Mother's Day, mothers
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Note to Self
Just finished reading Lie To Me, by J.T. Ellison. It was a pretty good page turner. But what I really appreciated was the author’s note that she added at the end of the novel. In it, she states, “I had … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, authors, books, creativity, goals, J.T. Ellison, novels, performance, publishing, quotes, self-improvement, skills, the writing life, writers, writing
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An Abundance of “Free Stuff”
Several times on this blog, I’ve mentioned what everybody here in town calls the “free table.” This is a table with a lovely roof, built by the local Boy Scouts, in back of the library where everyone is free to … Continue reading
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Tagged books, free stuff, magazines, re-cycling, small towns, the writing life
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A New Skill
I sit quietly at my desk, my mind purposely and contentedly blank. I am waiting in confidence for the next idea. This is a first for me. Normally, this office space is full of distractions. My mind jumps around. Pay that … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, creativity, ideas, the writing life, writing
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Wisdom All Around Us
I was glad to see that Gladys Taber is still a popular author on Goodreads almost 30 years after her death. I remember her long-running column in Woman’s Day Magazine called “Butternut Wisdom.” Looking back, I admire that the photo that accompanied the column was an … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, authors, Gladys Taber, publishing, quotes, success, the writing life, writing
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A Slower Pace Has It’s Place
A lot of inexperienced performers, especially me, have a tendency to hurry through their performance. This is due to nerves or anxiety. I do this even during my lessons. My teacher, Abram, is constantly urging me to “slow down.” I guess our … Continue reading
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Tagged A Gentleman In Moscow, advice, Amor Towles, books, Charles Reade, novelists, novels, performance, quotes, the writing life, writers, writing
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And Then This Happened
As I wrote in my last post, here I was, chugging merrily along, learning a new piece on the piano. And making progress. Then, suddenly, it all went haywire. Passages I had gotten “down” suddenly became impossible to play. Phrases … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, authors, musicians, performance, performance anxiety, state fright, the wriing life, writers, writing
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No Secrets
I had my weekly piano lesson yesterday. My teacher and I are preparing a piece for the music school’s recital in April. Abram is a perfect teacher. He knows just when to push, when to correct, when to praise. Yesterday … Continue reading
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Tagged achievement, authors, creativity, goals, publishing, the writing life, writing
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