Are you writing to trending news? Alec Baldwin and RUST

Are you writing to trending news? Alec Baldwin and RUST

Are you writing to trending news? Alec Baldwin and RUST

Trending. And while some say you shouldn’t, I say why not? Today’s blog post is brought to you by me, a trending blog star. I go out and find trending stories for you and post about them here, and make them applicable to a writer/author and the life we all lead. Does that sound like something you are up for? Then, go to the link at the top of the page and join the Zanies. These are the people who get my newsletter, and also, the big news that is trending with me, FIRST. Before social media, before the blog,

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Hiking Trip: Part one-Into the Woods

Hiking Trip: Part one-Into the Woods

Remember how I said this would be a good thing for me? Well, who wouldn’t want to get away “off the grid” for a few days? It totally was a wonderful experience and a chance to spend quality time with my son and his best friend. They have trail names, Rambo and Bucko. I will be happy to just call them, my fellas. They sure did take good care of me.           No matter how prepared we think we are for such a calling as a wilderness experience, we really can’t be. I thought I was

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October Sunday Round up

October Sunday Round up

Welcome to October! I have put on the Halloween theme for this week…and it will change week to week through October because I am so undecided as to which one I like best. Just so you know, this is a fun time on the blog, and I am willing to let some of the features onboard go lacking for a month. So, if you don’t see widgets, and contact forms, sign up forms, etc. it’s all in the fun-ness of October. Now, on to the news. I have not been lounging around, you guys. I am currently busily assessing the

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Sunday, game day

Have you ever been sitting at a restaurant and decided to be a real observer? Watched the people closest to you, eavesdropped on their conversation? I have. And I do, on occasion, as a writing exercise. (I don’t think it’s illegal, especially when I do not interact with them, know them, or any of that). I certainly do not use any of their conversation or information in a derogatory manner. (be forewarned, authors do eavesdrop!) Today, I’m visiting my favorite eating/coffee drinking/thinking place. It’s pretty crowded as usual thanks to a hungry after-church crowd. To me, a forty-hour-a-week worker bee,

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Writer Groupie Podcast is on iTunes

Writer Groupie Podcast is on iTunes

Hello world! Writer Groupie Podcast is on iTunes! This is the link to go to the show on iTunes So now you can subscribe to the show, get regular updates when a new show comes out, and please DO leave a rating, or review. Writer Groupie is also posted here on the blog on Tuesdays and Thursdays, so subscribe to the blog/site as well! Coming next Tuesday, the fabulous Jodi Vaughn, author of Veiled Secrets, and her latest holiday boxed set, Candy Cane Kisses and Candy Canes and Tractor Chains will be on the show with me and it is

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