Category: writing
How do you know you’re a writer? If you wrote today, you’re a writer.
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This camellia began to set buds sometime in October, about six months ago. Three weeks ago, the flowers began to open. For the record, I didn’t go outside in November and stare at the buds, hoping they’d open right then. I didn’t do it in December or January or February, either. But in early March,…
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Here’s a waypoint on three writing projects, with some to-do notes. Sharing these interim steps keeps me from falling into negative thinking about what I’m getting done in any given week. I’m juggling three novels in various stages of completion. My work week will involve all three. The Macklin Powers: completed, copy editing done, query…
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It’s pretty easy for me to get ensnared in outrage these days. But pragmatism suggests that it makes more sense to choose appropriate emotional responses, rather than react to every little (or big) thing. I’m returning to my morning ritual: starting the day with poetry rather than news. For that, The Poetry Foundation provides an…
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 