@ProfeJMarie Writer, Reader, Educator, Parent
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- When the cat won't leave you alone when you're trying to cook (it was CHICKEN so hard to resist) https://t.co/tMgzsVTZ3f 5 days ago
- Words with Friends is smoking something if it thinks I will spend TWELVE dollars for some kind of upgrade. I'm not… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 week ago
- Check out this deal on a book that I really enjoyed - strength of female friendships and business partnerships in a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 2 weeks ago
- I tweet this because the credit card situation is a little amusing, but also because I have spent A LOT of time in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 month ago
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When the cat won't leave you alone when you're cooking a lunch with chicken in it.28 years! Happy anniversary to us as we do our weekly bike/hike. He bikes the trails, I hike them. 🙂 I'm loving our yearlong tradition.Pretty morning hike today with both forest and prairie. Plus some remains of what was probably some fun fort building!Something a little different on my timeline. One of my kiddos is a member of The Phantom Regiment drum corps (@thephantomregiment). They play tuba (@phantomregiment_contras) and this organization has meant a lot to both them and me in the past 3 years. If you're a fan of DCI and the marching arts, check out this "Phanathon" and maybe even consider a donation. Link in bio.-
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Rated PG For Language
If you’ve been reading my blog for any decent amount of time, you might remember a post I wrote awhile back about including profanity in fiction. It leaned heavily on throwing out that effenheimer (is that how you even spell … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged fiction and profanity, fiction writing, word choice, writing, writing technique
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My Way or…. the Other Way
My husband and I like to commiserate about online communities – especially the educational ones – that encourage participants to follow the idea of “my way or the highway”. All video all the time! Video is evil! All cooperative learning, … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged AC/DC, fiction writing, outlining, writing, writing craft, writing planning, writing style, writing tips
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Details: Realistic vs Authentic
A few weeks ago I said, “tune in next week” for this post. I don’t know what possessed me to write that line since it clearly portended that I would not, in fact, tune y’all in so soon. Right. Well. … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged facts in fiction, fiction authenticity, fiction writing, writing, writing details, writing research
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Only Girls Cry
Isn’t that the most clichéd and ridiculous title? It is to me – but I was not very creative with titles in my younger days and I’m only slightly better at it now. The title belongs to the story below, … Continue reading
