Why do you write?           The folks at NaNoWriMo asked each other that question on the Office of Letters and Light blog.           It got me to thinking, wondering about my motivations. What propels me to write? Makes it impossible for me [...]

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Time for another handy-dandy self pep talk. A few months ago I sent an email to Kitty and Stephanie telling them that maybe I should take a break from writing and channel all my energy into gardening. (They’ll never have to talk me off a ledge—scared of heights!—but they do have to talk me out [...]

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I’m in good company here – the land of What Are We Going to Write Next Month? I met with my friend Betsy again this week to discuss it. She and I both have a fiction idea and a nonfiction idea. There are pros and cons to pursuing either one. One the one hand, I [...]

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