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Letters to Charlie #4 and #5 1908
THE LETTERS TO CHARLIE DELAY April and May went by in a novel-editing blur thanks to a fantastic conversation with an editor from a major publishing house, facilitated by my…
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Letters to Charlie #3: July 1908
Hello again! Sorry for the delay. Life got in the way and pushed my Letters to Charlie series to the side. Six months into our vagabond life, we’re getting a touch of…
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Letters to Charlie #2: June 1908
My critique partner Elizabeth Montrose perfectly summed up the first Letter to Charlie from Dora in a Tweet:
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Letters to Charlie: #1 August 25, 1907
Hello again! The latest draft of my novel has gone through beta readers, and is back in the hands of my agent. Finally! Editing always takes longer than planned. With…
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Bring on the OLD, 2018!
Happy New Year! There’s an idiom I’m sure you’re familiar with: “Out with the old, in with the new.” I disagree with the philosophy of trading the old for the…
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Happy Factors and Internet-Free Writing Zones
Sometimes a girl has to get in her truck, drive to the middle of nowhere, climb onto a boulder, and reflect on the happy factors. I spent last week doing…
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Keeping the Flow Going
If you hate posts about food, move right along. I have a nice story about a girl and her truck, here. Or a tour of our new ’66 Airstream, here.…
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Vagabond Life
vagabond adjective 1. wandering from place to place without any settled home; nomadic: a vagabond tribe. 2. leading an unsettled or carefree life. 3. disreputable; worthless; shiftless. 4. of, relating to, or characteristic of a vagabond: vagabond habits. 5. having an uncertain or irregular course or direction: a vagabond voyage. Well, that pretty much sums up life right now! Other than number 3, of course.
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Brian’s Sweet Potato Pie
By popular demand, I am posting this recipe for Brian’s World Famous Sweet Potato Pie—the perfect pie for people who don’t eat sugar or wheat.
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My Life in Black and White: Day 7 – Appreciate
I have a lot of great things in my life, especially this guy right here. One of the secrets to maintaining a happy life and a happy marriage is to…
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My Life in Black and White: Day 6 – Go Blank
I had a stare down with a squirrel. That’s about as philosophical as I’m going to get today. Sometimes it’s good to just go blank, you know? It’s been stupid…
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My Life in Black and White: Day 5 – Small Moments
It’s bathtime, one of my favorite times of the day, a chance to soak and relax and reflect–or to fall asleep, which I often do, waking up cold with water-crinkled…
