Category Archives: writing process

Guest Post by author Jane Sutton

Posted on September 4, 2010 by Administrator

Here is a guest post by author Jane Sutton. Jane has had several articles published and has won a couple of short story contests. Her first novel, The Ride, received an honorable mention for best first chapter of a novel. … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Poetry Prompts, Chapter Buddy, and other updates

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Administrator

Every week Robert Lee Brewer posts a poetry prompt on his blog This week’s prompt is to write a shopping poem Here’s mine — it’s one of my series of “Blues” poems… No Money, Honey, Blues Pay is burning in … Continue reading →

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The problem with cranky computers and other status updates

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Administrator

I just sent my chapter buddy, EJ, another chapter of my work in progress, and now get to complain about the difficulty of cutting and pasting from google documents into my word processing software so I could send just the … Continue reading →

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Weekly Chapter Challenge

Posted on June 27, 2010 by Administrator

Well, another week has passed and I’ve sent E.J. another chapter. I’m nearing the end, and the chapters are getting more difficult to write. I’m so, so glad that I’m participating in this — I don’t know how long I’d … Continue reading →

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Another week for Weekly Chapter Challenge

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Administrator

Well, EJ and I have again exchanged chapters {claps self and worthy chapter buddy on back}, and I’ve started working on comments I received from my in-person critique group, too. Today I’d like to start on another chapter and finish … Continue reading →

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Check out my interview on Vivian Zabel’s blog

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Administrator

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Finally — My New Year’s Resolutions

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Administrator

New Year’s Writers Resolutions 1. Read poetry. This was one of my resolutions last year — and I did well with it. I haven’t read as much over the holidays — time to get reading again. Trite but true — … Continue reading →

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Update

Posted on December 24, 2009 by Administrator

Merry Christmas, everyone. My after-Christmas present will be to get my cast off next Wednesday. Then I’ll have no excuse for not getting back to my latest MG novel. Have finished putting together my chapbook for Robert Lee Brewer’s November … Continue reading →

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three more weeks

Posted on December 11, 2009 by Administrator

thats how much longer i’m scheduled to be in this cast — can’t wait. am working on poems for chapbook challenge — lots of them need tweaking, but I have decided on the first and last poems i’m going to … Continue reading →

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Muse conference over

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Administrator

and it was terrific. After going through Lisa Gentile’s and Beverly McClure’s forums, I decided I needed to email a friend who’s a music director at a local middle school about my work in progress, and I got lots of … Continue reading →

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