I'm about to become a teacher! Offering a class called "In the Act (of Writing), ArtsCenter, Carrboro, NC, beginning Jan 22. I'm excited.
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Nora Gaskin Esthimer
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Saving Words, Work and Sanity
Started this discussion. Last reply by Nora Gaskin Esthimer Apr 24, 2010. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Almost two years ago, I decided to subscribe to an online upload service to back up all my stuff. It took about 18 hours to upload everything on my computer. A week to the day later, my hard drive…Continue
Writing through pain
Started this discussion. Last reply by Anna Wadlow Nov 22, 2011. 13 Replies 1 Like
I mean physical pain. I fell and broke on ankle in 3 places on Dec 25, 2009. I had surgery on the next Tuesday, resulting in the installation of screws and a pin. It also resulted in a thing called…Continue
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Anna Wadlow replied to the discussion 'Writing through pain'
MRI was done yesterday...now we wait for the results.
P.Allen Jones replied to the discussion 'Writing through pain'
Thank you Anna. You know too, night pain is worse cause it's just you and it up all night. Hope you do check out my book on Amazon.com
Anna Wadlow replied to the discussion 'Writing through pain'
P. Allen I hope to read your book...I hope your pain eases and I admire how you kept on writing. I also know of the night crying as I have rheumatoid arthritis which keeps me awake many nights, unable to get the pain med bottle open or even to get…
P.Allen Jones replied to the discussion 'Writing through pain'
Hi Nora, I have Sickle Cell Diseaseand pain has been my constant companion for 51 years (my whole life). I blog about living with this disease and just published a memoir "I Only Cry at Night". There's a lot to say about writing…
Nora Gaskin Esthimer replied to the discussion 'Writing through pain'
Anna, I'll be holding a good thought for you, in the tradition of the Buddhist Loving-Kindness Meditation: may you be safe, may you know peace, may you be happy, may you have ease of well-being. Especially ease of well-being. Please come back…
Anna Wadlow replied to the discussion 'Writing through pain'
I also am trying to write through pain...I have had fluid buidup in my right ear for three months, dizziness, pain, headaches,sleeping sitting up. We finally got rid of the fluid, only for the doctor to discover that my eardrum is pushed over my ear…
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A Little Mild Euphoria
Just before Christmas last year, I gave my writing group the full manuscript of my novel, Until Proven. They gave it back to me with lots of work to be done, as I expected, and since February I've been rewriting, revising, reimagining. I like the reimagining part best because it is most like first draft work--my favorite. I have a writer friend who like to rewrite. That's a slog for me. I do wish she could bottle and sell whatever it is that makes her say, oh goody--I need to cut 10 words her…See More
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Nora Gaskin Esthimer replied to the discussion 'Networking via the Internet' in the group Small Publishers and Independent Authors
Hi. I'm in the late stages with a novel (two murders, one solved, one not) and I'm starting to read everything I can find about various ways to market. Can you post a link to the article you use as your taking off point?
And…
Nora Gaskin Esthimer replied to the discussion 'I Need Help With A Book Cover!' in the group Small Publishers and Independent Authors
I love the composition of #2. And it combines home (tent), escape (bike) and the great unknown (mountain).
Nora Gaskin Esthimer replied to the discussion 'Baby Boomers -- Myths or Facts' in the group Baby Boomers
I think that a lot of us are still in touch with that inner hippy. Maybe not so much the substances (ahem) but the substance: we are nothing if not individuals. We resist being stereotyped and kick pretty hard when someone tries to stuff us in a…
On Saturday, November 19, my writing group gets 347 pages of manuscript. All I want to hear is, don't change a word. What are the odds?
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Nora Gaskin Esthimer replied to the discussion 'Writing through pain'
I began this discussion while bedbound. On Christmas night, I'll celebrate the 2nd anniversary of breaking my ankle in three places and I can report that it is now great. Physical therapy and continued exercise to strengthen it have brought me…
I haven't been very active on SheWrites, but I intend to change that. Looking forward to getting better acquainted with all of you!
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A Little Mild Euphoria
Posted on November 17, 2011 at 1:51pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Just before Christmas last year, I gave my writing group the full manuscript of my novel, Until Proven. They gave it back to me with lots of work to be done, as I expected, and since February I've been rewriting, revising, reimagining. I like the reimagining part best because it is most like first draft work--my favorite.
I have a writer friend who like to rewrite. That's a slog for me. I do wish she could bottle and sell whatever it is that makes…
Continue Comma Comma Comma Commalion
Posted on April 13, 2010 at 2:49pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
This from the NYT (writing) guy:
Where’s the Comma?
Many readers complain about what they view as a missing comma in a sentence like this: He bought apples, pears and bananas.
Style guides for book and academic publishing generally would insist on another comma after “pears,” the so-called serial comma. But news writing has traditionally omitted the serial comma — perhaps seeking a more rapid feeling in the prose, or perhaps to save time and effort in the old… Continue
Where’s the Comma?
Many readers complain about what they view as a missing comma in a sentence like this: He bought apples, pears and bananas.
Style guides for book and academic publishing generally would insist on another comma after “pears,” the so-called serial comma. But news writing has traditionally omitted the serial comma — perhaps seeking a more rapid feeling in the prose, or perhaps to save time and effort in the old… Continue
Saving Words, Work and Sanity
Posted on April 4, 2010 at 8:24am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Almost two years ago, I decided to subscribe to an online upload service to back up all my stuff. It took about 18 hours to upload everything on my computer. A week to the day later, my hard drive died. I ran down to the local computer repair place, got a new hard drive installed, ran home and downloaded all my stuff. Was I happy!
The first service I used was with HP and I loved it. So HP quit offering it. Now I use Mozy and it's okay. The cost is absolutely a bargain at about $5.00… Continue
The first service I used was with HP and I loved it. So HP quit offering it. Now I use Mozy and it's okay. The cost is absolutely a bargain at about $5.00… Continue
About JUST KIDS
Posted on March 16, 2010 at 6:07pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
I'm reading Patti Smith's JUST KIDS and I love it. Do you know about it? It's about her relationship with Robert Mapplethorp when they were very young in New York. Before she played guitar or sang. Before he owned a camera. It's about their mutual discovery of Art and individual art.
A friend (an artist herself) loaned the book to me. She had a hard time reading it. Yes, there is hunger, homelessness, drugs, disease...and success beyond dreams. And we have a sense of where it has to… Continue
A friend (an artist herself) loaned the book to me. She had a hard time reading it. Yes, there is hunger, homelessness, drugs, disease...and success beyond dreams. And we have a sense of where it has to… Continue
Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 1:16pm on March 14, 2010,
Mindy Friddle said… - Thank you, Nora!
Best,
Mindy
- At 8:42am on February 5, 2010,
Michelle Hoover said… - Thanks for the comment Nora. Good luck!
- At 8:24am on January 22, 2010,
Julie Mihaly said… - Howdy, Nora! Welcome to the Baby Boomers Group. I see that you're also a member of the Southern Writers Group, which makes me a tad jealous as my heart is about as Southern as it gets despite my having been born in and currently living in Yankee territory. My mom is from up a holler in western Virginia, just a few miles from where writer Lee Smith grew up, and almost all of my mom's 10 siblings ended up writing in some fashion. I think it goes without saying that the South has been fodder for the best of 20th Century American Literature. Hope you'll keep the tradition cookin'. I look forward to hearing more from you, welcome aboard, and all best- Julie
- At 6:01pm on January 5, 2010,
Nicky Wheeler-Nicholson Brown said… - Hi Nora, Welcome to the Southern Writer's Group. Please introduce yourself. Zetta's discussion entitled Roll Call is a great place to do that if you'd like. Your accident sounds horrible! I hope you're doing a little bit better. Best, Nicky
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Deb Lewis replied to the discussion 'Need a fresh pair of eyes for a Paranormal Suspense.' in the group Novelists (Struggling or Not)
Hi Tanya
My apologies. I just found your initial email from yesterday, with pages attached. Will forward mine to both you and Kathleen (and Ellen if she responds) by Thursday.
Anticipatory!
samantha stacia left a comment for Paige Polcene
Hello Paige!
I am delighted that you have chosen to become a member of my group Blooming Late!
i saw your link to your blog and read a few posts and am very impressed and inspired especially by your most recent post which is what all the women here…
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LOVE has been on my mind the past few days. Maybe because it's valentines day... maybe not. I just want you guys to know what love means. Real love, not the fake marketing kind. So, I've spent the last few days trying to define love for you, not…See More
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Sarah Harris commented on the blog post 'I could only write my memoir…After my mother had died'
Cris, I started writing when I finally believed in myself enough and allowed my voice to emerge and trust the process. The piece I'm working on is a one-woman show about mental illness and it was bubbling under the surface for years. It was…
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