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Writing Tip: Found Object Poetry

When I was in the theater, I ran across a unit for creating characters by taking found objects and listing characteristics of the object to build aspects of your character. For example: This fern might be characterized as vulnerable delicate … Continue reading

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Newly Resolved…

I was reading Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered today, and one of the things that fellow Austinite Austin Kleon emphasizes is that you should keep the audience engaged with the work and show your process … Continue reading

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3/14/13

I realize I have been absent for a few days. This may be more and more likely. On the one hand, I am writing like a fiend (up to 78 submissions–of course, a FEW of those are reprints). On the … Continue reading

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3/9/13

I was ready to skip tonight because I had nothing to say, but the Add a Post page came up, and I guess I’ll try. I think the only way I will get any housework done is to just take … Continue reading

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3/8/13

About to miss another day. Sorry, guys, but after I sit at my computer writing all day, it is getting harder and harder to come back to work and do a blog entry. That isn’t fair, though, so I try … Continue reading

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3/6/13

Sorry about missing yesterday, but I really had little to say. I did no cleaning, and finished no stories, though I did start two new ones. I was just really tired, still sore, and in no mood to blog. Sometimes … Continue reading

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3/4/13

In too much pain to move any more than necessary today…so I got 4 submissions off. 😛 Aside from that — trashcan in, DvR cleaned out. The Walking Dead WAS dark last night, wasn’t it? Almost done with Season 6 … Continue reading

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3/2/13

Well, if I take out all my writing news, I have little to talk about over here…until I get that balancing act figured out… Today, for instance, I did no cleaning, because I was working on marketing all day. And … Continue reading

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2/28/13

In honor of my rejections for the month of February (I didn’t make 30, but I did get 10, I think) I got taken out for fajitas tonight. That was cool. Today was a day with one rejection, one acceptance … Continue reading

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2/27/13

Though it will be posted as having gone up on the 28th, I will post anyway. I almost didn’t. It’s been a long day, and I said aloud that I might skip it…and Newell took me to task. So I … Continue reading

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