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The Long and Short of It

02.09.2010

When I ask students about their writing goals, almost everyone says they want to write a book. (A lot say they want to write a series, but that’s a whole other post.) It’s the rare person (and I mean rare as in you can count them on one hand and have fingers left) that ever [...]

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Writers or Knitters: You’ve Got To Have The Right Tools

29.08.2010

I went on a spree yesterday—I bought the ball winder I’ve had my eye on. And I found a great swift, too. The ball winder winds skeins of yarn into a center-pull ball, and the swift is the twirly-thing with long arms (don’t you love technical language?) that holds the wool around the pegs. After [...]

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That First Step

12.08.2010

There’s this scene in one of the Indiana Jones movies where our hero has to cross a gorge, only there’s no bridge. One step, and he’s a goner. That’s how I feel about writing sometimes—no bridge, no path, no way across. Then I remember the rest of that scene when Indie—after much inner conflict—musters the [...]

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We Interrupt This Blog . . .

06.08.2010

What a lovely surprise! I found this award in my inbox this morning. Thank you so much Anne! Such a nice way to end such a long week. In keeping with The Circle of Friends Award rules, let me: pass this award on to five other bloggers, provide you with a link to their blogs, [...]

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