Tag Archives: writing

Hello and goodbye

I don’t plot my books. I know my characters and a few turning points, but mostly I go where the characters take me. So I was surprised when I met one of my new characters and I instantly knew this … Continue reading

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Little Things

One of the tips for time management is to break-up large tasks into small pieces. I tried it. Asking only 10 minutes to devote to a task. It works until it doesn’t. I can break up card making tasks, but … Continue reading

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Book check

I am happy to say that I managed to dictate a whole chapter of my new book. Given that it took me a couple of weeks to get through 2 pages I will take that as a win. Now, I … Continue reading

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And so it begins

After twenty plus years noodling away in my brain, I am finally starting to work on an idea I had for Atlantis a long time ago. To date, I have some characters and a long series of events that will … Continue reading

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Just a scratch

I am starting a new project and am debating whether or not to use an app. The app is free, so it isn’t a question of money. It’s a question of that scratch. You know the one, the scratch of … Continue reading

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Journaling

I’ve been seeing a lot of journaling videos come across my YouTube feed. I’ve even watched a few. There’s been art journals, where you create mini works of art. Frankly, these stress me out. My creativity doesn’t work that way. … Continue reading

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Little Things Matter

It’s kind of funny and sad how often we overlook the importance of little victories in the pursuit of large dreams. Positive feedback is powerful and motivating. One work associate had spent four hours on a project, believing she was … Continue reading

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Change in time

It’s January. Time to make some changes. After 5 years, I took a leap and decided to upgrade my iPad. There are those who would say it is because I ran out of memory to hold the music that I … Continue reading

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Once more to the beginning

I have decided once to more start writing again. It is a scary thing as I am in the middle of writing a book but am no longer in the same headspace as when I began it over a year … Continue reading

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Halfway there

Today is June 30th. We are halfway to New Year’s. More than halfway to Christmas. And yet the real halfway point is on July 2nd. All I can say is February shorted the first half of the year. Must be … Continue reading

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