1861-2020
1861-2020
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I Wanted to Reopen After Labor Day – But Didn’t Realize It Would Be This Late
I've Been Gone From This Blog Longer Than I Expected I Took a Break From Blogging I just wanted to check in and say I'm still alive. I took a break from blogging to finish emptying my parents'...
“Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.”- Napoleon Hill Finishing the first draft of a short story or a manuscript is a strange, almost otherworldly sensation,...
Advice to Writers: Studying Time Management and Multi-Tasking for Success
Facing the Challenge of Getting More Done in a Day as a Writer Writing is a creative endeavor; but to make it a realistic achievement (or career), efficiency is a key component. We each have...
Closed for the Season
My uncle Danny used to say, "I like to get up early and enjoy the day before everybody else gets up and ruins it." I can still remember steam streaking down his dining room windows, and how the...
The Best Book I’ve Found to Get Started Writing a Manuscript: The 90-Day Novel
I'd like to send a five-star review into cyber space in favor of Alan Watt's The 90-Day Novel. For nearly four years this has been my go-to book for organizing my writing scraps into stories. ...