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Cathy: No Nanowrimo win here

Posted in Cathy, tagged , , , , , , , , on November 30, 2009 | 8 Comments »

crossposted from musings in mayhem
I am happy to have taken part in NaNoWriMo this year for the first time. It put me into a good lead on a companion book to my first novel, and now both need some serious editing. I lost my momentum between lots of doctor appointments for my whole family, getting [...]

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Brittany: Standing in Place

Posted in Brittany, tagged , , on September 21, 2009 | 11 Comments »

For three nights in a row, I have woken up between 1 and 2 am, and haven’t been able to go back to sleep. This usually starts happening in the fall when I go into “planning the next project” mode and I usually use these nocturnal awakenings to write whatever it is that is threatening [...]

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Cathy: And now for something completely different

Posted in Cathy, tagged , , , , , , on April 28, 2009 | 14 Comments »

I’ve been so wrapped up in the idea that I need to finish my manuscript, that the feeling has resulted in much the same as shooting one’s self in the foot, can’t win for trying, or a hundred other clichés. So when I saw the opportunity from Elizabeth Beck to be a part of [...]

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Cathy: Can someone please explain how all the time in the world disappears without writing?

Posted in Cathy, tagged , , on February 18, 2009 | 14 Comments »

[Editor's note: Shortly after she submitted this post on Monday, Cathy wrote to ask me not to publish it after all. She worried that her post sounded too whiny. I told Cathy that I thought she didn't sound whiny at all, and that she was covering ground that many of us can relate to. (Me, [...]

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Women transcending

Posted in Miranda, tagged , on December 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »

I hope everyone had a wonderful, joyous holiday!
I had an unusually chaotic week, as the holiday was bookended with house showings — but the very good news is that we signed an offer on our house over the weekend. Fingers crossed that everything proceeds smoothly. We’ve spent nearly two years in real estate limbo, and [...]

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Notes from a Crone: Rock-Seeing

Posted in Juliet, tagged , on November 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »

[Editor's note: "Notes from a Crone" is an occasional Creative Construction series written by artist and artisan Juliet Bell. Juliet reflects on living a creative life after one's children are long grown -- with inspiration and wisdom for women at every waypoint along the spectrum of motherhood and creativity.]
I thought I would share with you [...]

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Cathy: Crying out in the wilderness

Posted in Cathy, tagged , on November 4, 2008 | 16 Comments »

I’m having one of those moments — one of those really bad moments of a stay-at-home mother or a writer. The kind where you can hear yourself screaming, but it’s as if everyone else in your home is looking right past you, no matter what you may be saying. In a movie, the lens would [...]

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Miranda: When does giving in mean giving up?

Posted in Miranda, tagged , , , , , , on January 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »

I had another book interview this morning, with a woman who was funny and candid. She works fulltime from home (doing a job she’s good at but loathes) with a 3-year-old, a 2-year-old, and a workday chopped up between taking her kids to and from preschool, feeding them lunch, and putting them down for an [...]

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Miranda: Walking the walk (and stumbling)

Posted in Miranda, tagged , , , , on January 21, 2008 | 8 Comments »

Well, I was hoping to finish Chapter 3 by Friday. In the end, I didn’t spend more than two hours on Chapter 3 last week. I also spent some time revising my short story, but mainly, I was so distracted by life and work that I forgot about Chapter 3 until Thursday. Then I told [...]

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