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Keys to Becoming A “Good” Writer: Vulnerability, Commitment & Openess

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Anyone can become a solid writer…just don’t expect it to happen overnight. I learned the fundamentals of writing and editing while working on my college essays with my mother (almost fifteen years ago). She never judged my writing, even though it was terrible at first. Since there was no judgement, I could engage in the [...]

Writing & Little One Updates

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This is turning into a baby blog. It wasn’t intended, but I’ve got baby on the brain. I just made the knitted snake above for the little one:) I’m happy to report that much of my life has also been consumed with writing lately. I’ve almost wrapped up novel revisions with my literary agent and [...]

Photos, iMovie Fun & Revisions

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I’m knee deep in revisions at the moment, but I will be coming up for air on Monday! In the meantime, here’s one way I procrastinated this morning–playing around with iMovie and creating a 30 second video of my cats (with music: “Home” by Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros and “If You Want Me” [...]

Day 3 in NYC: Meeting My Literary Agent!

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My last day in NYC was sort of like a dream. I met my literary agent. I’ve thought of that moment so many times over the past three years. I walked from the 33rd Street station to the office and paused for a second before crossing the street. I glanced up to the left and [...]

Revisions: 3 Lessons Learned

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I am so grateful for the two vases of flowers sitting on my desk. They lift my spirits and remind me to stay present each time I see them. Thank you, super-cool-boss-couple and Shelly (my amazing step-mom) and Dad. A week ago today, I found out the good news and got started with revisions. This [...]

From Idea to Novel to Agent

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Above: Picture of the window in front of my desk. I’ve been looking at these curtains a lot lately as I dive back into revising my novel:) While on the writing-a-novel and finding-an-agent journey, I read a lot of blogs. A LOT. The best blog posts were ones that were short and personal. I wanted [...]