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on not being interested in Pinterest
As I struggle with beginning a new year, new school semester, new page in a beleaguered website/blog – sans the much-needed downtime I promised myself over the break – I found this gem, with a h/t to my mentor and friend Rebecca Kuder: “The work has become the dance of promotion. The other stuff, the…
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Four Literary Questions
Originally posted on Janet Fitch's Blog: This question was posed for me by a reader on my Goodreads page. For me, the best questions are the ones that make me think more deeply about the issues involved. This was a good one: “What makes a great story/book? There are so many writers out there,…
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What Are the REAL Odds of Being a Successful Author?
Originally posted on Kristen Lamb's Blog: Image via Flikr Creative Commons Hakan Dalstrom I didn’t even consider becoming a writer until 1999 after my father passed away suddenly. Funny how death can make us take a hard look at life, right? Anyway, I recall feeling soooo overwhelmed. I mean my odds of even getting…
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Say what? New words, new ideas.
I love languages – the sounds, the nuances, the connections to other cultures, the evolution of words over the centuries. If I could divide my brain into yet another compartment, I’d study linguistics, the origins of words, Latin… Which is why the annual Oxford Dictionary “new” words interest me so. These are the words that…
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Visions of sugarplums…and writing and love!
Now that Thanksgiving has come and gone, I (very) grudgingly defer to the holiday season. As anyone who knows me can attest, I don’t do holidays well. But it’s that time of year again, like it or not. And while I refuse to acknowledge HallThanksMas, now that the turkey is nothing but leftovers, I give…
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Austin Then & Now – with a Mystery!
I’m honored to host day three of Kathleen Kaska’s blog tour “Travels to Austin: A Trip Back in Time.” She’s celebrating the upcoming release of her fourth Sydney Lockhart mystery, MURDER AT THE DRISKILL (Austin, Texas) by writing about famous, infamous, and legendary locales in the Texas state capital whose promo campaign is “Keep Austin…
CL Pauwels at Large 