Category: What I’m excited about
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I checked that off the list, so what’s next?
So, I put a book up on Amazon KU. The whole process was frustrating and terrifying, but also a triumph. I PUBLISHED A BOOK. Lagniappe Check it out if you’re so inclined. But what’s next? As I tell my editing clients: Write the next book. For me, I’ve written a few already, so I’m faced with a…
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Stop this thing, I’m gonna hurl!
*whoosh* Writing, editing, and self-publishing are crazy exhausting. For now, I will banish any thought of marketing, otherwise, I may, in fact, hurl. In the spirit of transparency, I admit that I hadn’t given the next steps of the writing process enough respect. Sure, I can crank out hundreds of thousands of words, but what…
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The Beautiful One
The first anniversary of Prince Rogers Nelson’s passing is approaching, and I’ve been surprisingly filled with all sorts of anxiety and sadness. Disbelief still holds the first-place position, though. When I learned Prince had passed, regret moved in like a dark cloud and hasn’t really left me. I missed Prince’s run in Vegas. I missed…
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Getting Started to Finish
Although I’ve been writing creatively for decades, I don’t really know what kind of writer I am. It’s not a genre thing, although that’s up for debate with each project I attempt. Yes, I said ‘attempt.’ I had been a perpetual starter until I tried to focus on finishing. I take that back. I used…
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To Thine Ownself Be True
Sometimes I wonder if I really am an introvert or if, as an only child, I’ve just been conditioned to be one. A lot of times, I actually want to socialize. Other times, I get rage-y when I have to interact with people outside of my immediately family for more than a few hours a…
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I am Not Throwing Away My Shot
So… I saw Hamilton. Love is kind of weak a term to ascribe to my feelings for last Tuesday night’s Chicago performance. **I’ve been MIA due to family being in town for a funeral, in case you were wondering… You can breathe now. My kids had been sending me YouTube clips of Epic Rap Battles with…
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If I Won Big
Beside my bed is a journal of sorts that that is full of writing prompts. I flipped it open today and rested upon this prompt: At first, we thought the black liquid was oil, that we’d struck it rich and that we’d be able to retire and live in leisure. We actually started writing down…
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2017 Will Bow Down
I’ve been a lot of things, but consistently focused on myself has never been one of them. This year is different. Screw resolutions, this drive started long before NYE plans were set in motion and folks bought gym memberships and bushels of kale. What I do in 2017 will set the tone for my personal…
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Wonderbook
About three or four years ago I attended a series of workshops at Northwestern University—they used to put their creative writing graduate students through a terrific process for their dissertation presentations: free public workshops. Sadly, they must have done away with the program because I haven’t been able to find any info in about two…