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  • That's not an elementary question at all. Getting started isn't hard for me because wh...k in the voice of a child for a few pages. Something about shifting OUT of the mode I'm working in gets me intere...
  • My resolution is modest: Breathe. I generally write in the spaces between caring for my kids, 10 minutes here, maybe an hour there. There's not much time to move from mode to the other. So I resolve, at least, to breathe before writing!
  • I love Scrivener - great for large manuscripts, especially if you tend to move scenes...ith lots of research material & multimedia. I also enjoy the "full screen" mode - helps me stay focused. Enj...
  • I'm really enjoying reading everyone's response. Some of my favorite snippets from our discussion so far: To identify "mother writer" of "mommy blogging" is on one ha...
  • Started by Kelley Harrell
    "This is the place that you all made together so that you could find one another. The most important part of your life was the time that you spent with these people. T...
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  • Don't be precious. What a great mantra, Jane. It is so tempting to hold on to the lines that we are especially proud of--because I think we tend to forget that we are capable of creating "beautiful bits" more than once.
  • Started by Zetta Brown
    Last reply by Zetta Brown
    Whatever your opinion of ebooks, there is no need to take it out on libraries that have been lending books for centuries.   HarperCollins appears to be running scared...
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  • Personally, I don't tend to like a book unless the protagonist is a strong female.  Perhaps the first book I read of this nature was Memoirs of a Geisha.  While the mo...
  • small stones for the week so far:   For whatever reason, it's not saving the spaces, so I deleted and will try re-posting each one in an individual post.
  • Thanks, Stephanie!  Great reminder about writing being about the process and not the result.  I do tend to lose sight of that sometimes.  Sounds like you're in a wonderful place.  Thanks so much for sharing the mantra.