The first assignment I got today as part of the 10 Day Blog Makeover, by Daniela Uslan, was this: Write your blog mission statement. Uslan goes on to say that the mission of your blog is the fuel for your blog. It's what everything in your blog should center around - even your headings! Fortunately,… Continue reading My Blog Mission – Makeover Day 1
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Of Writing Progress and Reading Steampunk
Recently I joined a fun website to keep myself accountable about writing something every day, even if it's just journaling. The website requires you to write 750 words a day, and gives you badges as rewards for hitting special rungs of the ladder. Here's a bit of a journal entry today; please excuse my sleepy… Continue reading Of Writing Progress and Reading Steampunk
The Internal Story
While my follow up to my post on cliche is coming soon, I wandered into this amazing article on Writer Unboxed. The articles on WU are usually amazing, however, this one particularly struck me, because it spoke to my current struggle in my current WIP 2nd draft. Right now I am working on a 500… Continue reading The Internal Story
Cliche, Part 1
Right now I have a wrist injury from too much typing work at my part-time day job *sigh*, so I can't type a lot. Instead, I am going to share with you a hilarious, enlightening, epiphany-inducing page full of "rants" by a young woman, online name Limyaael, who has a lot to say on cliche.… Continue reading Cliche, Part 1
Book Review: If You Want to Write: A Book About Independence and Spirit, by Brenda Ueland
Hi all, Recently I read a great book on the art of a formal book review. In order to try and practice this, I am giving a formal review for an excellent book I just finished reading: If You Want to Write by Brenda Ueland Graywolf Press, 179 Pages $8.45 paperback In this concise, powerful… Continue reading Book Review: If You Want to Write: A Book About Independence and Spirit, by Brenda Ueland
The Melding of the Minds, Part 2 – My Story
Good morning, everyone! Today is a good day. Sometimes I have trouble thinking positively, even in the morning, but today feels pretty good so far. Today, I'm going to finish my little duet on writing one's gender opposite. My previous post, The Melding of the Minds, Part 1, discussed famous men and women who have… Continue reading The Melding of the Minds, Part 2 – My Story
Typing Madly 