Category: The Writer’s Life
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Coffee Klatch News: July 22
coffee klatch noun –an occasion when people meet socially to talk and drink coffee (Cambridge Dictionary) Welcome to the Coffee Klatch. Join us each week for conversation and news in the Writer’s Life community and connect on Twitter (@Writers_Life) at #Writers_Life. Today I am serving Croissants and Melon to cool us down after the heat wave in…
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Coffee Klatch News: July 16
Last week I was busy with kid sports tournaments, town festivals, my birthday and time off. But life is still not slowing down this week, it is speeding up and making me dizzy. So, sorry for giving you “the crazy cat” again this week, but my life is in a big transition. The good news…
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The Writer’s Life: Dealing With Mind Monkeys
I am continuing my series about Negative Thoughts (this is where it all started), and I’m discussing anxiety in the writer’s life today. My post is part of the… My Best Advice to New Writers Blogfest held at the Peevish Penman This tour takes place on Thursday, July 15th. Check out all the great blogs on…
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Coffee Klatch News: July 8th
I’m on a break this week, but please continue to send me info for the next Coffee Klatch for Thursday, July 16th. Well, okay, just a few drops of coffee! Here are a couple of time sensitive bits of news Emma Newman is drawing TOMORROW (Friday, July 9th) for another FridayFlash winner to get their…
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The Writer’s Life: Affirmations
Two weeks ago, I began writing a series about Negative Thoughts and how to deal with them in the writing life. We all have times when we are overwhelmed with worry, fear, anxiety, anger, jealousy, rage, apathy or depression. In this series, I am sharing advice from the research I am doing for a non-fiction…
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Coffee Klatch-July 1: Celebrate Summer!
coffee klatch noun –an occasion when people meet socially to talk and drink coffee (Cambridge Dictionary) Welcome to the Coffee Klatch. Join us each week for conversation and news in the Writer’s Life community and connect on Twitter (@Writers_Life) at #Writers_Life. Today I am serving cheeseburgers for breakfast (I saw the conversation about that on Twitter, I…
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The Writer’s Life: Get in Your Right Mind
Right mind is not happy mind and where it leads is to work, not to ease. –Eric Maisel Last week I began a series about Negative Thoughts. I will continue by discussing ways to confront destructive thoughts in a healthy way to improve our writing life. In this post, I am referring to negative thoughts…
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Yoga & Writing Challenge: The Trip Thru 21 Days
Today (Monday) is the final day for 21.5.800 with BinduWiles.com which translates into five days of yoga each week and 800 words of writing per day for 21 days. The twenty-one days seemed to fly by very quickly for me, but as I look back at my life when I began this challenge, I realize…
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Coffee Klatch – June 24: Contests & More
coffee klatch noun –an occasion when people meet socially to talk and drink coffee (Cambridge Dictionary) Welcome to the Coffee Klatch. Join us each week for conversation and news for the Writer’s Life community and connect on Twitter (@Writers_Life) at #Writers_Life. Bagels! We always serve a full menu of drinks. Help yourself to coffee, tea, hot chocolate…
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The Writer’s Life: Negative Thoughts
Worry, anxiety, fear, insecurity, self-doubt, anger, rage, apathy, jealousy These are some of the feelings that create defeating, depressing and disturbing thoughts about our writing and our life. We all get them in some form, but getting stuck in these thoughts can destroy our creativity and keep us from writing. Most of our negative thinking is…