Category Archives: The Writing Life

New Blogging Venture – Heroes and Heartbreakers

It’s been an exhausting month! I have a brand new Valentine this year: my amazing daughter, born mid-January. Now that everyone is acclimating to life together, I’m slowly returning to freelance work. And just in time for Valentine’s Day, I’m … Continue reading

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I Meant to Write: Balancing Creative and Professional Writing

Last year I signed up for NaNoWriMo and pounded out twenty thousand words for an absolutely terrible novel during the month of November. (For the uninitiated, NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month. You sign up to write 50,000 words during … Continue reading

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Managing Productivity Killers

Whew! Where did the summer go? I’d love to be able to report that I’ve enjoyed a relaxing summer off or that I’ve been up to my eyeballs in lucrative work, but sadly, those would be lies. Blog posting has … Continue reading

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ALA Conference Follow-Up, Plus Happy Fourth!

I am back! Actually, I have *been* back since Tuesday, but had a great deal of catching up to do. The ALA 2010 Annual Conference was about as huge and overwhelming as I had expected it to be. I’m sure … Continue reading

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Mediabistro’s Flacks’n'Hacks Party at Antarctica

On Tuesday, I abandoned my computer to attend Mediabistro’s Flacks’n’Hacks networking party (shocking, I know). I’m so glad I did, because I met some really wonderful and interesting women who were in town for the annual Book Expo. Sadly, I … Continue reading

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