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Living on Ink: Notes on a Writing Life: December 2014
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Living on Ink: Notes on a Writing Life. One writer's blog about fiction, life, and lesser evils. Friday, December 19, 2014. I Shall Live An Urgent Living. In the middle of the busiest street in downtown Asheville, North Carolina, a long and tall blackboard is erected for visitors and locals, anyone, to write down their Before I Die . Wishes. A quick net search and I find that there are other walls of its kind around the world. This makes me sad. I want to live. My favorite tree in Portland, Ore. A lifesp...
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Living on Ink: Notes on a Writing Life: November 2014
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Living on Ink: Notes on a Writing Life. One writer's blog about fiction, life, and lesser evils. Sunday, November 30, 2014. NaNoWriMo Winners, Congratulations on Self-Discipline. I am quite capable of explaining in agonizing detail the infinite (no exaggeration) ways in which things/life/distractions/people/natural disasters get in the way of my writing on a regular basis. Oh, hmm, how about, let's start with the easy stuff:. Repairs (My computer is flypaper to viruses; I must purge.). Loss of identity&#...
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Living on Ink: Notes on a Writing Life: February 2015
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Living on Ink: Notes on a Writing Life. One writer's blog about fiction, life, and lesser evils. Thursday, February 19, 2015. Grief is a Moment. Writing morning pages is supposed to help me lead a healthy creative life, according to Julia Cameron, author of The Artist's Way. Thoreau spent two years, two months, and two days in the woods and figured that out for us. Should the small stuff be elevated to the level of “precious”? Breath consciously, for it could be my last? My youngest daughter wanted to go...
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Living on Ink: Notes on a Writing Life: Stay Stoned on Your Words
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Living on Ink: Notes on a Writing Life. One writer's blog about fiction, life, and lesser evils. Friday, June 26, 2015. Stay Stoned on Your Words. Does that word "stoned" date me? Now that states are flipping the switch on legalized marijuana sales, is my word choice old? I'm not a smoker, nor do I plan on becoming one if the voting public in my current state of North Carolina decides to legalize pot, but I want to use the right terminology. Blog not endorsed by smokercoupons.com. What a freakin' shame.
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Living on Ink: Notes on a Writing Life: August 2014
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Living on Ink: Notes on a Writing Life. One writer's blog about fiction, life, and lesser evils. Monday, August 25, 2014. Don't Judge a Draft. The time spent writing a draft of a new project is not the time to edit. Or judge. Or critique. Or in any way disturb the creative flow. Got it? Maybe because I've started writing again after a too-long-to-mention dry spell, I'm telling myself, willing myself, begging myself, screaming back at my inner editor to shut the shit up. Ollie, whose attitude I like.
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Living on Ink: Notes on a Writing Life: Writing Through Grief
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Living on Ink: Notes on a Writing Life. One writer's blog about fiction, life, and lesser evils. Saturday, February 7, 2015. Does writing make me see things I haven't seen? It certainly brings up old feelings. If I write about my dead husband, I feel the same emotions boil up that accompanied certain life events. Sometimes, the memories just simmer. When you remember the dead, the dead return in your cerebral cortex and jog the shit out of your nervous system. Cooper Chapel, Bella Vista, Ark. So, I shift...
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Living on Ink: Notes on a Writing Life: October 2014
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Living on Ink: Notes on a Writing Life. One writer's blog about fiction, life, and lesser evils. Tuesday, October 21, 2014. How to Be a Writer. You've come here with hopes of learning how to be a writer. Isn't that my unspoken promise to you, as a writer and a blogger? Show you the wisdom? There are plenty of blogs saved on microprocessors at remote servers, housed in large manufacturing facilities, sucking up the AC and the electricity that will tell you: Here's How. Worshiping at the Bagel Goddess.
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Living on Ink: Notes on a Writing Life: July 2014
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Living on Ink: Notes on a Writing Life. One writer's blog about fiction, life, and lesser evils. Tuesday, July 29, 2014. That Damn Little Thing. Death is the only permanent thing there is. Or maybe, the only other permanent thing besides death is the transference of hope. For that, thank humanity. Thank yourself. On my doorstep. A real, live book. Labels: Inspiration for Writers. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Topics on Living on Ink. The Real Life of a Writer. Book Two, Now Available. The Valley of Write.
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Living on Ink: Notes on a Writing Life: Writing As Its Own Inspiration
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Living on Ink: Notes on a Writing Life. One writer's blog about fiction, life, and lesser evils. Friday, June 12, 2015. Writing As Its Own Inspiration. I'm tired of advice. Right? I don't really count myself as one of the advice-givers. I'd count myself as a wandering seeker. My path is forged from trying out a new passion. Novel writing is a special brand of high. I'm not a stoner (although on one of my stray index cards around the house, this title hit me recently: One Nation Under Pot. Your Digital Fo...
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