Tag: writing
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I did a thing – Marry Me
If celebs can quietly do their thing, so can I. In case you missed it, I released a new book. Well, actually, I re-released a book that I tweaked a bit. A few years ago, I was part of the Happily Ever After Collective on Patreon. Marry Me was my contribution – a fake relationship…
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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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Late afternoon thoughts while listening to the Psychedelic Furs
Is it really September 5th? It feels like it’s too soon to actually be September, but it is. Here in Malmö the weather, at least until the sunset, still feels like summer. But when you look up at the sky, the blue isn’t as intense as it was just a few weeks ago and the…
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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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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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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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Brainstorming in Matera
Instead of spending Midsummer in Stockholm, I am in Matera, Italy brainstorming my next books with a great group of writers at the Locanda di San Martino. These amazing women have helped me figure out how to get past some road blocks that were keeping me from moving forward with my new WIP, Under the…
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A sprained ankle and other updates…
There’s a reason I no longer play sports and concentrate on writing: I have *zero* coordination. Today, while walking, I managed to sprain my ankle. I stepped on what looked like a pretty solid piece of pavement with a bit of gravel on it–turned out to be a pile of gravel–and my foot went in…