Tag Archives: Writing

Sarah Palin; Heaven’s Gift to Lazy Bloggers

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Marion

By “lazy bloggers,” I do not mean the pure and powerful blogosphere voices like Shannyn Moore or AK Muckraker aka Jeanne Devon of themudflats.net; or the guy who writes the Immoral Minority. These tireless and courageous bloggers introduced America to … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriMo Starts in 6 Weeks!

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Marion

It’s that time again. Soon we’ll hear the screams of football fans—oh, we’re hearing that already—the susurrus of gentle autumn rains, the rustle of fallen leaves, and the frantic clicking of hundreds of thousands of keyboards, as the NaNoWriMo community … Continue reading →

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Suspending Disbelief

Posted on September 13, 2009 by Marion

I first heard the expression “a willing suspension of disbelief” at a science fiction convention. I was in my twenties. I didn’t get it. The words rolled around in my head but I couldn’t parse them. It took me awhile … Continue reading →

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Procrastination

Posted on August 22, 2009 by Marion

When you’re thrashing around in the dark water of an early draft with both hands clenched around the neck of a serpentine swirl of recalcitrant prose—in other words, deep in rewrite—suddenly doing things like blogging, or checking Facebook, seem terribly … Continue reading →

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The Art of the Blog

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Marion

The last day of the Mendocino Coast Writers Conference, Denise Wakeman gave a presentation on the use of social networking tools for marketing. This presentation was held Sunday morning, and many participants had already gotten on the road, but at … Continue reading →

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My Kingdom for a Point of View

Posted on July 10, 2009 by Marion

The other day I was someplace I had to wait for awhile, and I didn’t have a car book, so I bought a book at a drug store. (Note to self: Never let this happen again!) It was a terrible … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriMo

Posted on November 6, 2008 by Marion

            Can you write a 175-page novel in 30 days?  NaNoWriMo thinks you can.  You, and about 100,000 other people.             NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month, 11/1 through 11/30, each year.  The website is nanowrimo.org. This is one … Continue reading →

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Lost in the Dark

Posted on October 25, 2008 by Marion

            “–Come on, Riddick.  Don’t you want to rejoin the human race?”             “–Truthfully, I wouldn’t know how.” Radha Mitchell and Vin Deisel (Fry and Riddick) Pitch Black               So a couple of months ago this guy in … Continue reading →

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