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A Work In Progress: Writing a Children's Book With My Daughter as The Illustrator

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I might be able to finish this book first before I finish my novel. The title is going to be "Sabrina the Kitty Cat." Here are some of her drawings so far-- This is Sabrina the Kitty Cat. She is lovely and cute, but she can be clumsy! She loves her home, especially all the knick-knacks her mom has collected. One day she was prancing around the living room pretending to be a runway model. But then--  She tripped on her favorite vase!                   Oops!                           Oh no!!! The vase broke!     What's going to happen?       What will she do?         Will mom get mad?                                                                 ...

Ask an Editor! (with Swoon Reads)

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How Authors Can Successfully Self-Publish (with IngramSpark and Brooke W...

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Getting Motivated to Write

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This is from Bryan Collins and he's from Ireland. He has a blog called, "Become A Writer Today." I haven't blogged on here since the end NaNoWriMo. I have taken the pledge to edit my rough draft. I've been very busy this month because my husband had his third open heart surgery. I wanted to list this here so I can review it if I need to-- Here are five ways you can get motivated to write:  1. Associate ONE Place With Writing Irish novelist, John Banville gets up early every morning leaves his house and travels to an apartment in Dublin city where he spends the day working on his novels. He says: “I live in Dublin, God knows why. There are greatly more congenial places I could have settled in – Italy, France, Manhattan – but I like the climate here, and Irish light seems to be essential for me and for my writing.” You might not be able to afford an apartment solely for writing – and I agree with John about the weather – but you could carv...

Home Stretch and NaNoWriMo Ends Today

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How about that?!? This is painful stuff though because I am making my life story a novel or fictionalizing my memoir. When it's all done it will be all worth it though.

Last Year's 11/15 From NaNo

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I am 8,396 words from today's goal. I will keep writing. Last year at this time I felt really torn in every direction, this year is different. Less directions and sometimes getting torn. Even though there are still some obstacles that keep me from putting the words to my novel, I will get it done. I am determined.

My Soul

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I forget exactly how I came across Luna & Sol. It must have been in Facebook. I read voraciously trying to get my writing done. Soul work, old soul concepts are integral to my novel. My first title was "Soul Triumphs" and then the other title I thought of was "Our Stars Crossed." I'm still in the process of writing but wanted to have these references on my blog so I can easily access them. My Child An Old Soul An Old Soul 3 Types of Soul Work