Blogs I Follow
- Ali McJoy
- Past the Isle of Dogs
- Extracting Value
- Crafting
- Digitally inked
- The Family Kalamazoo
- Definition of an Adult
- Mothering With Imagination
- penelopeburns.com/
- A Word of Not So Great Advice
- Best Job Hub
- SKYLARITY
- my five experts
- "Out of My Head" - and onto the page
- The Cat's Write
- Niels Saunders
- Greedy Gourmets
- MovieBabble
- Awesome Cute Animals
- RedheadedBooklover
Category Archives: courage
Very Good
This morning our local writers’ group met at Books on Broad, a delightful independent bookstore and coffee shop, and as always I left the meeting motivated to finish some projects I’ve been working on. Before leaving the bookstore, I wandered … Continue reading
Posted in books, Camden Writers, courage, family histories, reading, Uncategorized, words, writing, writing critiques, writing groups
Tagged Anne Lamott, books, words, writing, writing groups
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Do It Anyway
I’d been waiting for the bomb to drop. Not knowing who would be the first to criticize or question the Camden Writers’ latest anthology, What I Wish I Could Tell You, I felt on alert and anxious whenever anyone brought … Continue reading
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Tagged anthologies, books, courage, criticism, fear, susan jeffers, writing groups
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Personality, Passion, & Preparation
No doubt about it, the beginning of an enterprise is always more exciting than the middle. At the start, you don’t know the roadblocks and distractions lying in wait. You can’t predict the weariness and frustration that will set in, and you surely don’t expect fear to come creeping in the door. What if people think my work is sorry?
Write On!
Does it bother me that no one reads these blogs except for Laura Lilly? Not really. I’d love it, of course, if more people read and commented on my posts, but developing a readership wasn’t my primary intention for creating … Continue reading
