Category: Writing
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And so it has begun – the Write Brave Challenge
Yes, I have started the Write Brave Challenge. Today is Day One. Not many words on the page yet, but I am working on it.
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What I’m doing – Write Brave Challenge 2024
I’m always up for a new challenge. In the past, it’s always been NaNoWriMo. But lately, I don’t find that challenge very fulfilling. Instead, it’s felt more like a burden. This year, I am trying something different – the Write Brave challenge with Writer’s Atelier.
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Writers: Beware “white room syndrome”
Have you ever found yourself reading a scene in a book and not being able to picture a single thing about the setting?
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When life imitates art
I’ve been debating whether I should share this post because it hits too close to home. I know that some people will take offense to it. At this point, I don’t care. Three years ago, well before my mother’s cancer diagnosis, I began plotting a book with the working title The Keepsake’s House. It was…
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It’s already autumn – we need to catch up
I know. It’s been a while. Summer has moved on. It’s efinitely sweater weather, depending on where you are in the world. Here in southern Sweden, it’s fleece jacket and scarf weather. Since July, there’s just been too much going on. I always intend to pop in here and keep you updated, but then life…
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Where there is loss, there is love
Two days prior to Queen Elizabeth II and former CNN lead anchor Bernard Shaw shuffling off their mortal coils (as Shakespeare would say), my cousin Gregory passed away. My mother called me from Philadelphia to let me know – she didn’t want me to find out via social media (which has happened in the past).…
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Join me at Stockholm Writers Festival
Looking for a good reason to visit Stockholm, Sweden in August? I’ve got the best one for you – especially if you’ve got a book inside you that’s just itching to see the light of day – come join me at Stockholm Writers Festival 12-14 August.
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My wish list – Autumn 2015
This weekend, I am in Skåne in southern Sweden. It’s a beautiful place–especially here in Yngsjöstrand, near Åhus (famous as the birthplace for Absolute Vodka–and yes, the Absolut distillery is still here). Autumn has already arrived here in Sweden–the leaves are turning colors and the air is chilly, the days are shorter… and it’s…
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#SundayShare – from my WIP, Under the Milky Way
Belle was still curled in the same tight ball she slept in every night. No matter how many times I tried to massage away the thoughts that troubled her, she curled into herself, one arm tucked under the pillow, the other looped round her torso. I knew she was not yet accustomed to me beside…
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#SundayShare – from my WIP, Under the Milky Way
Belle was still curled in the same tight ball she slept in every night. No matter how many times I tried to massage away the thoughts that troubled her, she curled into herself, one arm tucked under the pillow, the other looped round her torso. I knew she was not yet accustomed to me beside…