Here you'll find current musings, as well as the archives from two blogs of yesteryear: YoungMarriedMom and What I Learned While Writing a Novel. Please comment and share. We love well when we are in conversation with one another. 

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Process in Progress

An article I posted last week made the excellent point that you can’t know what your novel-writing process is until you’ve completed a novel. In my experience, working out one’s process is a whole lot of trial and error, emphasis on the error.   I want there to be intention as to where my stories […]

August 22, 2013

What I Learned While Writing a Novel, Writing

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Revision Revelation

This weekend, I sat down to get started on my last run through this revision. I reviewed my notes from my fabulous writers’ group. Having some distance from the last workshop, I had an idea of what I wanted to take and what to leave.   The notes suggested a couple of different directions for […]

August 20, 2013

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Motivate, Motivate

I’ve been in a constant state of trying to get psyched enough to finish this edit. You know this; in fact, you’re probably sick of hearing about it. My hope is that if you’re reading this blog, you’re in the same boat. Every little kick is a help. Today I’m linking to an article on […]

August 15, 2013

What I Learned While Writing a Novel, Writing

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