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What I Thought I Knew

Posted on May 22, 2017 by Linda Andrews

I was quite hopeful that I would have most of my book done this weekend. It is the second time writing the thing, and since I started last summer, it is the longest I’ve taken to finish a book since … Continue reading →

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A Writer is a Writer, Unless There’s a Course

Posted on December 5, 2016 by Linda Andrews

I attended a workshop a few months ago and asked the expert on how to make money as an author. I was told to stop writing and start teaching. I think my brain got whiplash from such talk. Teachers don’t … Continue reading →

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Writing Catastrophe

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Linda Andrews

I took today off from work and hope to be able to finish my book. Apparently, the cats are used to running the house as one cat lay near the computer. Her bottom neatly keeping the Caps lock on while … Continue reading →

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Friday Funny

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Linda Andrews

this is thanks to my sister who is a professor at a state university. She really gets emails like this and worse:D

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A Writer’s Life

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Linda Andrews

There are times I wish I never started writing. It’s a bit like learning magic, suddenly you know all the tricks and the illusion is lost. Of course, I have favorite authors who make me forget I know the tricks … Continue reading →

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Looking Back; Looking Forward

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Linda Andrews

It’s nearly the end of the year and time to reflect on what the heck just happened:D Lots of things happened in 2015, thankfully most to the really bad stuff didn’t happen to me or my loved ones. Not that … Continue reading →

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Sometimes Stubborn Just Doesn’t Cut it

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Linda Andrews

I’ll admit, I finish more books because I’m stubborn and I have a deadline. Others are waiting on me. I hate to be kept waiting—a genetic trait in our family is to arrive early or you’re late. Then there’s the … Continue reading →

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Writing Totems

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Linda Andrews

I first encountered totems during my job as a scientist. Funny, isn’t it. Yet, there were all these little figures around the computers in the environmental lab where I worked. They were to protect the instrument, make it run all … Continue reading →

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The Book is done; Write the Book

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Linda Andrews

It is amazing the number of times I write the same book. I go over it 3 -4 times then pass it along to beta readers and revise again. After that it visits an editor. Then comes back and is … Continue reading →

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Acquired OCD

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Linda Andrews

i don’t think it’s possible to acquire OCD, but there’s no other way to describe it. Oaky there’s another way, called writing avoidance but I prefer to think I’m suffering from some malady rather than just being lazy. I say … Continue reading →

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