@ProfeJMarie Writer, Reader, Educator, Parent
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- This guy on break at McDonald's is listening to music without headphones on his phone and normally I'd be irritated… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 day ago
- Learning from aaaalllll my rejections as a writer, I just sent the very nicest rejection email ever for a job offer. #BOOM 1 day ago
- RT @NancyJAuthor: This is the America I want to live in, one that silences hate with love. #IStandWithIlhan twitter.com/thauserkstp/st… 1 day ago
- We have enough saltine crackers in this house to feed 20 snacking women in their first trimester of pregnancy. #1linewed 3 days ago
- Happiness is hearing the Scrivener jingle when I've hit the session target for word count. This draft WILL GET WRITTEN. #amwriting 1 week ago
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Weekend reading. #mnauthors #booksofinstagramFinished this tonight. So. So. Good. #booksofinstagram #ya #AmericanRoadTrip #patrickfloresscott#fridayreads First read on the left, re-read on the right (except listening to it this time). What are books you like to re-read our want to re-read?"Why is the sky blue," she asked. "Do you want the scientific answer or the poetic one?" her partner responds. "Both." She smiles. "When you look up, the sun catches your eyes before all other things and scatters the light everywhere, sharing their brilliance for all the world to see." #writersofinstagram #bluesky-
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When Writing Is Hard: 2017 Version
This post of mine came through my FB memories feed last week. I talked about when writing gets hard. Not simply challenging, but “it’s too hard, I can’t do it.” I wrote the following: “…writing looked like insomnia. I had … Continue reading
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Tagged The Head and the Heart, writer's block, writing, writing advice, writing process, writing struggles
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When Writing Gets Hard
I would never have thought that I’d get to a point where I’d say “man, writing is hard.” It’s not that I don’t think it can be hard. It’s not that I ever doubt anyone else when they say … Continue reading
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Tagged Joshua Radin, writer's block, writing, writing advice, writing process, writing tips
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Re-threading the Needle
You know how you’re just starting something and you have all this great momentum to really make something? Or you’re in the middle and you’ve really hit your stride? I don’t care what the thing is you’re making – creative … Continue reading
Riffraff
It feels like a long time since I’ve posted anything (besides that Reads/Recs post 2 days ago) and even though I primarily subscribe to the idea that one should only post to the blog when you have something and that … Continue reading
Pressure to Be Good Enough a.k.a, Reason #58* for False Writer’s Block
(*Not a real number from a real list.) That’s correct, false writer’s block. I’ve joined the bandwagon that believes there is no true writer’s block, that the primary “block” is not the inability to write, but the fear to … Continue reading
