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The Proper Setting

   I’m heading to a writing retreat this weekend and I’m hauling half of my office along with me. I trust that I’ll get some good writing work done, spend quality time with writing friends, eat good food…

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Keeping It Real

       American Idol is over for the year and that cute little paint salesman won. I won’t hear Randy Jackson say “Yo, dog, that’s keepin’ it real” for another nine months or so. But when it comes…

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OCW Spring Conference in Eugene and a Big Decision

     I came home Saturday evening from the one day writing conference in Eugene in my usual post-conference state of exhilaration and exhaustion. I love those days when I rub elbows with people who are “in the…

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Eyes and Heart Wide Open

       I’m a writer. Three years ago I wasn’t a writer. Something happened, in fact a whole bunch of things happened and my little bud of a dream to be published is now a reality. I’ve been published…

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What Makes You Happy?

Over at The Prosperous Writer Christina Katz is exploring the qualities of a prosperous writer and this week’s quality is happiness. What makes you happy? For me it can be any number of “good things” in my…

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