Category: The Writer’s Life
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Coffee Klatch: Summer Reads
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. We always serve a full menu of yummy drinks and treats. Help yourself to coffee, tea,…
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The Writer’s Life: Getting in the Mood
What does it take for you to get in the mood to write? Can you create an island oasis when you are writing? Those are challenging questions for some of us. There are some writers that write on an oasis of solitude for hours each day, and others that grab fifteen minutes whenever they can…
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Yoga & Writing Challenge: Creak & Moan
Last week I joined the challenge at BinduWiles.com called 21.5.800, which translates into five days of yoga each week and 800 words of writing per day for 21 days. This community project is still growing with over 470+ participants. I encourage everyone to visit the website for some very insightful and touching posts. I have been…
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Coffee Klatch: Challenge
coffee klatch noun —an occasion when people meet socially to talk and drink coffee (Cambridge Dictionary) Welcome to the second Coffee Klatch. Join us each week for conversation and news for the Writer’s Life community and connect on Twitter at #Writers_Life. We always serve a full menu of yummy drinks and treats. Help yourself to…
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The Writer’s Life: Flying With Focus
I dream of being a strong majestic eagle, flying through a beautiful mountain canyon, knowing exactly what I am looking for and going after it with determination and focus. But, lately I have felt like a crazy bird, unsure where to build my nest and running into windows I didn’t see. I decided to do…
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Coffee Klatch: Launch
coffee klatch noun —an occasion when people meet socially to talk and drink coffee (Cambridge Dictionary) It’s as simple as that! Have some espresso and almond biscotti – the coffeehouse special today! I grew up in a small town in Iowa where people still get together for coffee klatches. I miss that aspect of small…
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The Writer’s Life: Are You What You Write?
Are You What You Write? As a fiction writer, have you ever felt that your personal character was judged by others based on the genre or content of what you write? Have you experienced strange looks, insincere polite comments, or talking behind your back about the content of your novel or short stories when you…
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The Writer’s Life: Come on Over for Coffee
As many of you have seen on Twitter, I have opened a new Twitter Domain (@Writers_Life) and started a new hashtag (#Writers_Life) because we all know we need more writer hashtags, right? Well, it helps me keep things straight. My shiny new Twitter Domain is burning rubber. It has been active for five days and my…
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The Writer’s Life: Beatnik Party: Final #WriterlbsOff
Like Cra-a-a-a-zy Man! Our final party for #WriterlbsOff is a wild, crazy, cool party traveling back to the 1950s to jive with the Beats and those pretending to be Beatniks in the campy movies. We are really cool, hip writers and we have earned our rebellion. We have a lot of reading to do on…