Get All Your Christmas Shopping Done Right Here! Think of all the great people on your Christmas list. I bet, even though you want to get each person something great, you are dreading the drudgery of driving all over town from store to store only to shell out money for the latest piece of plasticContinue reading “Do all of your Holiday Shopping right here! Then you’ll be done!”
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#NaNoWriMo Yes or No? The Pros and Cons of Participating in National Novel Writing Month
Have you heard of NaNoWriMo but are not sure what it is? Thought of trying it but wondered if it was worth it? I wrote the first draft of my novel this November and lived to tell. Imagine: You’ve been dreaming of writing a novel since you were a little kid, but life got inContinue reading “#NaNoWriMo Yes or No? The Pros and Cons of Participating in National Novel Writing Month”
A Quick Note of Thanks
I want to thank Renee at Mother Daughter Book Review for allowing me to guest post and for making the post look so lovely. I did research on photography as illustration in children’s picture books and found an interested study that illuminated a hybrid genre. I hope you’ll take a moment to click on theContinue reading “A Quick Note of Thanks”
My First Blog Award: Liebster! And Eleven Great Blogs You Might Not Have Checked Out Yet.
Thank you to Vaidehi Singh over at Vaidus World for nominating me for the Liebster award. I’m very glad she enjoys this blog. Here are the rules for accepting the award: Thank the blogger who nominated you with a backlink. Displaying award badge. Answering nominator’s questions. Writing 11 random facts about yourself. Nominating 11 bloggersContinue reading “My First Blog Award: Liebster! And Eleven Great Blogs You Might Not Have Checked Out Yet.”
The Harvest
I admit I gave up on my daily garden photo project before it was finished, but as you can see from my video above, I did not give up easily. It was a tough summer for my little garden. As usual, I started with very high hopes, but then summer started in March and wasn’tContinue reading “The Harvest”
A Wonderful Day For Stuffed Wildlife Photography
Today was a very special day. My friend, Spencer Matthews, came for a visit and helped me plan out and set up my shots for over half of Gator McBumpypants in Dee Dee Makes Three. The weather cooperated, the sunlight cooperated, and my subjects, mostly cooperated. After we finished the wildlife photography, Spencer, a visualContinue reading “A Wonderful Day For Stuffed Wildlife Photography”
Dee Dee The Duck and A Thousand Words A Day
The last month has been very busy in my writing life. I am happy to say that I reached my goal of sending out a draft of my novel to first readers on August 28th. I have already received some invaluable feedback and I am excited for more over the next couple of months. InContinue reading “Dee Dee The Duck and A Thousand Words A Day”
A Happy Discovery – Free Indirect Discourse: I Was Already Using It, But Now I Know When and How to Use It Correctly
I first saw the term Free Indirect Discourse while reading the chapter on Flannery O’Connor in Write Like The Masters by William Cane. Cane describes Free Indirect Discourse (FID) as “A popular technique with good writers, FID involves narrating a scene in language that contains some elements from the lexicon of one of the charactersContinue reading “A Happy Discovery – Free Indirect Discourse: I Was Already Using It, But Now I Know When and How to Use It Correctly”
Part Two The Worrying Wave of Weak Verbs: a cautionary tale of the murderous search for to be, to have, to do, to get, to go and to make
In my last post, I shared an amazing discovery, a little book full of helpful tips called The Curious Case of the Misplaced Modifier by Bonnie Trenga. At the end of exploring Chapter Seven, you’ll recall I encountered a “there was” problem in my manuscript. After my battle with “there was”, I moved on toContinue reading “Part Two The Worrying Wave of Weak Verbs: a cautionary tale of the murderous search for to be, to have, to do, to get, to go and to make”
The Worrying Workload of Weak Writing Part One: the discovery of the stretched-out sentences.
Over the last two years, I thought I had read every book my local library system offered on writing: instructional, anecdotal, genre specific, technique specific–the works. Last time I went to the library, however, a cute little book I hadn’t noticed before jumped out at me: The Curious Case Of The Misplaced Modifier by BonnieContinue reading “The Worrying Workload of Weak Writing Part One: the discovery of the stretched-out sentences.”
Experience Writing 