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You know, I was thinking that it’s pretty amazing that May is almost over. Usually, at this part of the month, I’m looking forward to the next one to arrive, because I’m ready to start up on a new novel, having gotten a little bored with the current one since I have a pathetically short…
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As I’m keeping a good, steady pace on this month’s novel, as the month of May begins creeping to a close, I’ve been putting some thought into what June’s novel will be. I’ve had a few idea pop up; the most persistent ones have been making another attempt at The Unknown Scourge, the book that…
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“‘Don’t expect miracles. She’s an accident waiting to happen.’” “Lean Mean Thirteen: A Stephanie Plumm Novel” by Janet Evanovich I don’t typically read a lot of chick lit, and I’ve only just recently gotten into mysteries. Lean Mean Thirteen is the type of book that might easily turn me off to both genres by how…
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In the past few days, I’ve come to the oh-so-startling realization that if you dedicate yourself and make yourself do something, you will get it done. What a novel concept, right? I’m notoriously bad for setting myself a goal or saying I’ll do something and, if it’s relatively unimportant or won’t affect anyone, I’ll let…
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“It’s a jungle out there in alphabet-land.” “Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing” by Margaret Atwood I may be a little biased, since I truly enjoy Margaret Atwood’s writing, but I believe that her collection of essays on writing, reading, and being a writer should be reading for anyone who has ever wanted…
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Yesterday, I had the opportunity to get around and explore some of the little scattered forest preserves around DuPage County, since it was absolutely gorgeous out, the perfect temperature, and I had the day off. It would have been a shame and a waste not to have gone at all. Having grown up getting constantly…
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“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.” – Ray Bradbury At this exact moment in time, something rare is happening with me. I am not stressed out. I am not too terribly worried or concerned, be it with work or money or my writing or anything thing else. I realize that…
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