Tag: Writer
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Bloganuary – Why do you write?
Writing to me started out as a way to comfort myself. I was left out in my family and didn’t have many friends at school, so I wrote in my little diary with it’s tiny gold padlock and it was like a friend that I could always confide in. As I grew older, writing in […]
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My Ideal Reader (IR)
I’m 3/4 through Stephen King’s Memoir “on writing” and have loved every minute of it. He comes across not only as an incredibly talented writer but as someone I’d hang out with because he seems like a pretty nice guy. I love how much he refers to being guided and blessed by his wife when […]
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Writer’s homework
My book Coach Annie sent me ‘homework’ to do regarding my Memoir and I wanted to share my answers with you…because…why not? (just quietly, I am an attention whore and love it). Here you go: Writing exercises: What is your memoir’s working title? Why did you choose it? What other titles have you considered? Why […]
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It will probably be a year until I see my 1st book
I emailed my “production team” 4 days ago asking for an update on how my Memoir was going. I knew from previous emails that it would be a few months until my book passed the “editing phase” but today an Editor responded to my inquiry saying the editing process “could take 9-12 months” 😳 Oh […]
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