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Working Review: Our Daily Toast

This time, I am headed over to Toasted Cheese, which is a literary journal, writers’ forum, and writing prompt provider. They have a fantastic monthly calendar, which provides prompts for each day. March particularly impressed me because every Saturday was … Continue reading

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Crunch Time, Pt. 2/3

Why is it, at the times in my life when I most need a computer, mine fails? Junior year in high school: my term paper is due in two days and my disc drive burns out, thereby preventing me from … Continue reading

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Crunch Time, Pt. 1/3

I went to the public library for a while today. Nothing gets me writing like going to the library. It’s not being surrounded by books, nice though that is. It’s not the refreshing change in location. It’s not the peace … Continue reading

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Serendipity strikes again

Back in October, I signed up at Procrastinating Writers to get daily tips for keeping up with my NaNoWriMo word count. And lo and behold, after I posted about my fears last night, today’s tip was about precisely that. It … Continue reading

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Writer’s Block and Best Friends

I have a tip to share, from my own fun and exciting writing battles. So consider this a miniature Working Review, my apology for taking the month off. So, I’ve spent yesterday and today dealing with a thorny problem in … Continue reading

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Credit where credit is due

Now that I actually have something published (waits for fanfare to die down), I feel like I’m qualified to say something about how I got this far. I won’t say that I would never have sold this first story if … Continue reading

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