Working on my first YA novel. Mediocre stepmom. Lover of the oxford comma. ASL Interpreter. #writer #professor #phd #stepmom #writingcommunity (Maag: like dog)
Minnesota, USA
Joined January 2019
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'Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.' Spanish proverb #truth
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Writing can often feel like an isolating profession, but the great news is finding critique partners and writing groups is free and good for the soul.
How do you find other writers for professional and personal growth?
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritingSquad
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“Writing isn’t about using big words to impress. It’s about using simple words in an impressive way.”
– Sierra Bailey
#WritingCommunity #writing
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The only reason I’m the one writing is because my characters can’t work the laptop 😂
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If you’ve only got nice things to say about your parenting experience, try not saying anything at all.
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I wonder how many characters we never meet because their book was not realized/abandoned somewhere during the process/never picked up.
Keep writing. Somewhere out there someone is waiting to meet your characters.
#writerthoughts #WritingCommunity
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Use of beta readers is widespread, but surprisingly little has been written about how writers actually use them and how they help—or if they do. Author Barbara Linn Probst does a little research to find out. buff.ly/2Y8JD7s
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#FBF
Save the rejection letters that encourage you, even if they say no. Everything is fuel.
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Please #WritingCommunity, be kind to yourself and your readers. There is so much writing advice out there that is simple, short, plausible--and wrong! Don't turn around and replace all instances of a word in your manuscript just because X said so. Promise? Please?
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You never know how long your words will stay in someone's mind, even long after you've forgotten you spoke them.
#quoteoftheday #WordsMatter
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#writerscommunity can you tell me what the most difficult scene was for you to write? And did you expect it to be so difficult before you started? #amwriting
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Can we have more accurate acronyms to use instead of LOL or LMAO?
KC = Kinda Chuckled
DLBS = Didn't Laugh But Smiled
LOMN = Laughed Out My Nose
SAB = Smirked A Bit
LOTI = Laughed On The Inside
FBNLF = Funny But Not LOL Funny
LOOP = Laughed Out Of Pity
SLAP = Snorted Like A Pig
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Good morning #WritingCommunity! Writing is hard. You’re all doing hard work and should take pride in that.
For anyone with writer’s block, sometimes a change in scenery can help. Try taking your notebook to the park or your kid’s swim class.
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If you ever feel like you're wasting your time, remember that there are people out there who iron their toddlers clothes.
#parenting