Category: judgments
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Mardi Gras and Southern Gothic
It’s that time of year, again. Mardi Gras. The day (season) of indulgence. Last January, I blogged about it on a personal level–check it out here. Today, I’d like to take a minute to tie Mardi Gras with my Southern Gothic series. I found this explanation of Southern Gothic Literature online last year on a…
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It Happened, Again
Writing is tough. I spend hours writing a page or two, which will have to be edited and reworded in the future. Writing is exhilarating. The feeling of freedom when my hands are almost moving as quick as my brain is fleeting, but so worth working toward. The “fast draft” that I completed last month…
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Profiling Characters
I finished another round of revisions on FORTITUDE. Yes, I thought I was done last fall, but nope, still had room to improve—and still do, I’m sure! Each time I edit, I get a clearer picture of the characters: who they are, what they stand for, what roll to they play to each other. Even…
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Speak Loudly
When I asked for ideas for a hundredth blog post, a friend thought I should have my hundredth on New Year’s Day. Sounds like a good plan, even though it means seriously kicking up my blogging habits. After all, I’ve been at it four years this month and only have ninety-three—now ninety-four—to my name. But,…
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Mommies and Politics
It appears there’s been a flare-up in the war between SAHM and working moms. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/ann-romney-calls-stay-home-mom-controversy-early/story?id=16150121 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/under-god/post/ann-romney-stay-at-home-mom-debate-mormons-react/2012/04/13/gIQAJIBmFT_blog.html And my favorite out of the recent stories: http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-ann-romney-20120413,0,7757482.story I’ve been a working mom but more often a stay-at-home mom. I now consider myself a work-from-home mommy, though I haven’t sold/published anything for more than a year…
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