Words to live by……

I often frequent Susan Wiggs blog. She once shared with her readers a saying that I found to be true.  When she was a teacher, she would instill these words into her students and what great words to live by. “You don’t have to blow out somebody else’s candle to make yours burn brighter.” Thanks for [...]

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So You Think You Can Write…..

Was the first thought in my mind when I sat down to flesh out my heroine and her hero and soon found it was not at all easy. When you get right down to it, writing -writing good anyway-is not so easy. Sure, you can learn the terms and the how – to’s, but in the [...]

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A Quote from Abraham Lincoln

There are so many times when a good quote holds so many answers. Food For Thought:  “You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. You [...]

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Writing the Novel

I have spent the last eight months studying and learning the in’s and out’s of characterization and world building. Its now time to put it all to the test. For the past two weeks I have had an idea rolling around in my head. I could see a few scenes forming and some dialogue. Now, [...]

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