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Persevere
Invest-Commit-Believe-PERSEVERE I debated holding onto my 2018 One Word Resolution of BELIEVE because, to be frank, or frances, the whole “Believe” thing didn’t go so well last year. I’m not saying 2018 was a bad year; it was actually a … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Musing
Tagged inspiration, Jordin Sparks, life, new year, New Year's Resolutions, one word resolution, persevere
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Believe
Invest Commit BELIEVE I skipped a year between Invest and Commit, but I kind of love this progression for my One Word Resolution. I’m not great about true resolutions and am more an advocate for specific goals that arise whenever … Continue reading
Posted in Musing
Tagged Imagine Dragons, inspiration, life, new year, New Year's Resolutions, one word resolution, writing
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The Little Things
On one of my walks last week, I saw a couple of things that made me smile, and I thought, I haven’t shared this kind of post for a long time, so let’s resurrect it because heaven knows, many of … Continue reading
Posted in Giving, Listening, Musing
Tagged beauty, inspiration, little things, small things, smiles
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Commit – Continued.
So, January happened. I considered writing a post about “how to write while the world is effed up”, but there are already lots of posts out there like that and let’s be real, though they might be doing wonders for … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged Ann Leckie, Blake Crouch, books, creativity, Gayle Forman, inspiration, Nick Hornby
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Nature and Music: Nurturing the Writerly Soul
I meant to write this up and post it last Monday – you know, back when I felt hope and optimism – but since this little writing story started with music and ended with music, and because more music came … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged How Great Thou Art, inspiration, music, writing, writing process
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Saturday Summation – 16 April 2016
Bits and pieces of things that caught my eye not only for my own interest, but enough to want to share with you, too… Writing Stuff: There is a lot written out in writer circles about opening pages and hooking … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged Christina Perri, inspiration, opening pages, R&R, revision, rewriting, Saturday Summation, writing
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Pushing Through
I thought about titling this “Pushing Through the Wall”, but sometimes, it isn’t a wall. Sometimes it’s sludge. Sometimes it’s those static-clingy things like packing peanuts. Or what feels like super glue. Or… well, I think you see my point. … Continue reading
