Category: Writer’s Toolbox
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Chapter One Book Store
Time for a little update on our mission to follow the MT Bookstore Trail. We’re 10 bookstores in! Just under half-way! We took a fantastic trip through Hamilton for a family event, then camping at the ghost town at Bannack, then West Yellowstone and YNP. We grabbed every bookstore we could get along the way.…
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The Unpublished Words Count
My book has been out for four years. Last year was such a crazy one that I don’t even remember noticing my bookiversary. Then, it was such a shock to have made it out of 2020 and into 2021. It was a bit like the end of the waterslide, wasn’t it? When you speed up…
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Showing Up and Embracing Self-Doubt
I’ve recently had to look at being a writer from a new angle. I’ve realized that, for me at least, making the choice to be a writer is not about deciding and then clenching my teeth and holding on tight for my lifetime. Life happens. My writing groove gets interrupted by work, kids, self-doubt, or…
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3 Tips for Working on Multiple Projects at once
Frankly, it would be easier if I was one of those people who could focus on one project; start it, finish it, then move on. My brain doesn’t work that way. I have one project that is my main focus and others that I add to as the ideas flesh out. In the end, this…
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Four tips for capturing ideas on the go
I think I can honestly say that I’ve never really had an idea while sitting at a desk. Well, okay. There have been times when I’ve been in the process of writing and things have developed or changed as I was typing, so I suppose that happened at the desk. But, the point I’m making here…