MY PERFECT LIFE
First, I’ll need doughnuts, lots of doughnuts. Still warm, of course. Made by a professional doughnut maker, of course. If there isn’t a...
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franmason
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CHECK OUT THIS BLOG!
If you are a middle grade or chapter book author like I am, you'll love the blog From the Mixed Up Files...of Middle Grade Authors. The...
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FAKE IT 'TILL YOU MAKE IT!
I've just about finished writing my first middle grade novel. It's taken almost three years and it's still not complete (close, though)!...
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TO THE MATTRESSES
To the Mattresses: Today, I fought like hell with chapter ten. It was out and out fisticuffs of the cerebral kind.
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franmason
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METAMORPHOSIS CAN HURT LIKE HELL
At the moment, I am juggling myriad job applications, my novel, other free-lance writing gigs, editing works by my writing partner, and...
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YES, FLATULENT!
I have been fighting with chapter 10 all week. I write something and the writing responds by being banal, redundant, and verbose. How...
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franmason
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GLORIFIED TYPIST?
GLORIFIED TYPIST? The last few days have been torture. I am working on chapter 10 of my novel. It’s a very emotional section and has been
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RABBIT HOLE
RABBIT HOLE! While doing research for some writing projects not related to my novel, I ended up falling down a rabbit hole with several hour
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franmason
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WORD COUNTS
WORD COUNTS. I’ve been thinking a lot today about word counts. Both in the sense of what was created in a day (my output) as well as using w
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MILES APART
Even though I’ve been writing in some form for ages, I am new to writing. Learning to write in school is miles apart from writing a...
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