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This post has been difficult for me to write. I just deleted the first line three times, unsure where to begin. Anyone who read my last post back in September knows I've been working on a new novel. So the plan was begin November 1st. I really thought it was going to come easy, after all, I was way siked, spilling over with inspiration. Alas, it wasn't to be so. November 1st came and went. Then

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                                  again! It's writing time! I can't begin to express my excitement (okay, I can, but I'll save it). You see, for the past year I've been sort of brain dead, what with the pregnancy and then those initial bittersweet sleepless nights. Yea, not a lot going on upstairs. Seriously, we

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When I was in my early twenties my friend, Ramona--a girl I've known since I was 17 who lives in Germany--accused me of being unappreciative of my nationality. She told me I was "lucky I was an American" and I had "no clue what it really meant". And I remember feeling angry and offended. If nothing else, my dad raised patriotic daughters, he'd given twenty years of his life to the U.S. Air Force,

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Just wanted to share the fact that Elizaveta's full album, Beatrix Runs, was released January 24th! A perfect blend of operatic pop with an underlying hint of Alicia Keys. Sooo awesome! Victory, Nightflyers, Orion, and Odi Et Amo are my personal favs. I'm always looking for inspiration. Who's your preferred artist atm?  Happy Friday all....

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Sooooo.... who else knew this ROW80 gig had a biweekly check in? Dude! I'm so unprepared I feel like I've been caught with my hand in the proverbial cookie jar. Seriously, I haven't set foot in the  gym yet this week (though I am at this very moment waiting for my hubby to get home, so we can go together) and then let's not forget the pilates class scheduled tomorrow at the crack of dawn.

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Alright peeps! Since I only just realized today is check in for ROW80 and I'm only half awake with my hubby snoring by my side, this will be short-- Oh, and completely unimpresssive. As for excercise: I joined the gym on Wednesday, took a Pilates class, and half an hour of some nutso cycling class (I'll tell you more about this later) on Thursday morning, and then dragged myself to the gym

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Jenny Hansen over on Kait Nolan's ROW80 asked today: Do you fear your dream? To which I immediately thought: Huh? Who said I was afraid? I never said that! Who have you been talking to? Unbelievable...  Okay, okay, there might be a little truth to this... Humph, alright, a lot of truth to this. In fact, if I were to let you further into my brain, the inner dialogue would go something

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Hello all! Can you believe the Christmas season is already upon us? As I write this post, I'm shocked by how quickly this year has passed. I mean, wasn't I just dragging a Christmas tree out to the curb yesterday? Yet again I find myself marveling at the trickiness of time. Oh, how easily I fall prey to the mundane, silliness of every day life, losing the all important point of why I'm really

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Whoot! So yesterday was the official kickoff of NaNoWriMo. And for the first time in months, I actually gave myself permission to sit down and write something new. It. Was. Awesome.  I'm in heaven! I actually got on their site this morning to see if they have any t-shirts available that I find stupendous and worth the 20 some odd bucks, but got side tracked. Look what they have!: How cute!

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Yay! November is National Novel Writing Month and I'm uber siked! Starting today I'm charging into some heavy research for my next WIP. It's going to be intense. With this story idea comes an overwhelming amount of background info--and of course, it's a subject I know very little about. Just enough to know I want this to be a part of the plot. If all goes as planned, it's gonna be sick! So the

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So this month for Fall Book Club we read Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. This is a story about Jacob, a teenager who travels to an island off the coast of Wales in an attempt to decipher his grandfather's mysterious last words. Included are romance, mystery and time travel. In all honesty this isn't a book I would normally pick up. However, overall it's

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Fall is upon us! For my family, this means an annual trip to the pumpkin farm which includes a hay riddled tractor ride, feeding longhorns from the palms of our hands and chasing one another through fields brimming with plump orange pumpkins. It also means caramel apples, dappled sunlight cast through gold and crimson leaves, and spooky tales read to vivacious children the entire week leading

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Your children love you, they want to play with you. How long do you think that lasts?...We have a few special years with our children, when they're the ones that want us around. After that you're going to be running after them for a bit of attention. It's so fast Peter. Just a few years, and it's over. And you are not being careful. And you are missing it.  (Extract from Hook (

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Hello all! This last week has been so crazy busy that I haven't been able to do more than leave random comments here and there. I finished revising my MS last Thursday night (yay! I met my deadline) and then I played hooky all weekend. Part of playing hooky involved reading Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children for the Fall Book Club I joined over on Tracey Niethercott's

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Many thanks to Erin Bowman, Caroline Richmond, Tracy Niethercott, and Sara Enni for organizing Read for Relief--a fundraising effort to help those hit the hardest by Hurricane Irene in August 2011.  It's heart rending to see so many having lost everything. If you were wanting to help but unsure how to go about doing it, this is your chance, my friend. Many have generously offered prizes to

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Have you ever heard a song and loved it so much that you played it on a constant loop, over and over, until it's so ingrained in your brain that you even hear it in your sleep? Yeah, me too. When Katy Perry's Teenage Dream released last year, E.T. was the song responsible for my liking her music. It was the first song of Katy Perry's that I downloaded. It complemented the MS I was writing at the

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Yay! The first Campaign Challenge is here! The rules: "Write a short story/flash fiction story in 200 words or less, excluding the title. It can be in any format, including a poem. Begin the story with the words, “The door swung open” These four words will be included in the word count. If you want to give yourself an added challenge (optional), use the same beginning words and

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Swim season is officially over. At times I thought we weren't going to make it to the end, but we held fast and trudged our way through. Above is a pic of my kiddos at their award party. My eight year old received a Coach's Choice award for 'Most Improved Swimmer' and a neat towel embroidered with her name, a dolphin, and 'State Swimmer'.  It was a proud moment! But whew, what a grueling

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Seriously, I can't tell you the number of giveaways I've entered, hoping to win an ARC or exciting new release. So when I came across this upcoming giveaway that includes 500 bucks and a Free Next6 Android Tablet, I knew I had to be a part of it! If only to sprinkle freebie goodness on my readers! Can you imagine $500 worth of books? Oh my aching eyes! Gimme! Gimme! Of course, you don't have to

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This morning my hubby was sorting his pills into one of those Monday thru Friday pill boxes with the help of our four y/o. With tiny fingers she placed the last of the multivitamins into Sunday and then held out her hand for more. "Sorry honey, I have to do these myself," he told her, carefully dropping his blood pressure meds across the slotted week. "Ohhh." She sighed. Her disappointed

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Hello?!? Of course you are. After all, every swanky person we know is going to be there. I'll be the one disguised as Angelina Jolie. Oops...let the cat out of the bag.  No worries though, secrecy is definitely not one of the requirements to gain entry! Quite the opposite, in fact. The Details: When: September 14th Where: Talli Roland's Blog Why: To celebrate the launch of Tilli's

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And I won't be quitting any time soon. The first one was the hardest. I mourned for days. But it had to be done, it's a necessary evil, you see?  I never kill for the sake of killing. I only do it if it makes things better. If you knew, knew the terrible, repulsive things my victims are capable of, then I think you'd agree that I'm doing the world a favor. I'm sort of like Dexter, the

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Can you feel it? There's a change in the air, so faint it's easy to dismiss. But we all know that fall is coming and soon enough those hot days will turn into crisp autumn. With this transition to a new season comes many new and exciting opportunities. Today I want to share my recent finds with you. These are the two that have caught my attention: The Muse Online Writers Conference Rach Writes:

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                                                                               oh, wait...never. Recently I discovered something about Twitter that took me by surprise. It isn't that my tweets can

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This week I have been enjoying WriteOnCon from the comfort of home. (Sometimes in pajamas, yes.) If you're a writer, you really need to check it out, I'm talking complete GENIUS! The creative minds that put this together ought to be showered with American Beauty roses & yumdelish Godiva chocolate--in colossal downpours! As I'm relatively new to this whole writing gig, this is my very

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