And then there are things that I would rather not remember....
October is Domestic Violence Awareness month. This is part one of a three part vignette that is an account of my experiences.It is bitter cold and dark, and I am running. I have to get away. I have to...
View ArticleFlexing your writing muscles
Like athletes, writers must train. We all have tips, tricks, and resources to get our creativity flowing.I have a few favorite resources that I like to go to to inspire me. One is a book, "Journal...
View ArticleBeyond the looking glass - Domestic Violence Awareness Month
October is Domestic Violence Awareness month. This is part two of a three part vignette that is an account of my experiences. You can read part one by clicking here.It is morning. The light outside is...
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An almost Wordless Wednesday writing prompt
Copyright 2011, Marie PatchenThe Road Not TakenTwo roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it...
View ArticleKyra's Gambit - A fantasy fiction short story
I wrote this short story when I was in high school, and later, after several revisions, submitted it for publication to several well known fantasy magazines. Thus, I received my first ever rejection...
View ArticleMirror, mirror - Domestic Violence Awareness Month
October is Domestic Violence Awareness month. This is part three of a three part vignette that is an account of my experiences. You can read part one by clicking here, and part two by clicking here. I...
View ArticleWriting a novel in 30 days (otherwise known as NaNoWriMo Madness)
For those of you in the know, the title of this post speaks for itself, and you are either laughing at me or nodding your head in sympathy because you are planning on spending the month of November...
View ArticlePlotter or Pantser? Discovering your NaNoWriMo style
It all boils down to one question - are you a plotter, or a pantser?With just five more days until National Novel Writing Month begins, there is a lot of buzz going on about how people are preparing to...
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Greetings from NaNoWriMo - Surviving the first week successfully
Well, here we all are, for better or for worse, attempting to complete Day 3 of National Novel Writing Month. If you are on schedule, you've got no less than 5,001 words completed, and you've even dug...
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Hey! I'm a crafty bitch!
If you follow me on Twitter, you've no doubt seen me mention Craftapalooza and not much else on many a weekend lately. The fact that I've been a mostly unemployed college student this year has...
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Tweaking Blogger - Adding a StumbleUpon button
I'm going to preface this blog by saying that I think that the basic social media sharing options on Blogger are great, but they are a far cry from covering all of the options available for sharing...
View ArticleMynx’s Fabulously Simple Holiday Cheese Ball Recipe
Last Saturday, some fabulous bloggers brought you the 12 Blogs of Christmas. I've had a lot of requests for the recipe of the cheese ball that I shared at Amberr Meadow's 12 Blogs of Christmas: Tasty...
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Killer Christmas Fudge
Heaven in a panAt Crafty Bitch Headquarters, it wouldn't be Christmas without the fudge. The awesome, killer, Hershey's chocolatey fudge that mom has made every year for as long as I can remember....
View ArticleMy Library Love Affair (aka why I'm becoming a librarian)
Would you like to hear about the time I killed a man in cold blood and got away with it? Or, I could tell you about the time that someone killed me and I was trapped between this world and the...
View ArticleTommyknockers - What every writer wishes they had
Insomnia.It creeps up on you and doesn't let you go. One minute you're so tired that you can't keep your eyes open, and the next minute your brain is on overdrive and you're still so tired that you...
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Six resolutions to revolutionize your writing (and your blog) for 2012
I'm not one to make New Year's resolutions. The only resolution I've ever successfully kept is not to make resolutions in the first place. That way, I never disappoint myself. But, if you want to do...
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My Journey to the Bestseller List: A Guest Post by Renée Pawlish
I have been a writer for almost twenty years. By writer, I mean someone who has penned numerous stories and novels, but never had anything published. In 2006 I got tired of hearing from agents that my...
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12 Steps to Becoming a Better Writer (and Blogger) - Introducing the Mynx...
Writing and blogging is an addiction.Admit it - if you write or blog - you are addicted to it. It's your drug of choice, and you'd probably give up breathing before you put away your pen and paper or...
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The ABC's of Writing: A Guest Post From Leif G.S. Notae
Greetings and hello from the land of tomorrow!*looks off camera, clearly confused*What? You want me to say what now? You sure this isn’t the sci-fi and beer drinkers biannual Spock and Ale convention?...
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12 Steps For Fostering Your Creativity: Weekend Workshop 1
SARK isn't exactly a Muse, but she puts mine to shame.When I was a teenager, I found this poster by SARK in a Toronto mall and immediately fell in love. I took it home, gave it a place of honor on my...
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I Am a Writer: A Guest Post by Alexander Diakonis
Alex DiakonisI am a writer. After all the years I have tried different things: soldier; linguist; cyclist; barista and more, it feels good to say that I have finally accepted what and who I really...
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Working in the World of Words By Melanie Saxton
Melanie SaxtonI remember as a little girl how those brightly colored refrigerator magnets beckoned, tempting me to figure out the alphabet. Sure, I loved dolls and stuffed animals as well, but always...
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12 Blogs of Christmas Redux - Cartoon Classics
Welcome to the 12 Blogs of Christmas! Last year, some of my favorite bloggers and I got together to bring you 12 blogs filled with holiday magic and cheer. We enjoyed them so much that we decided to...
View ArticleOnce Upon a Time On The Internet
Few things bother me more these days than the grim reality that is social media.Once upon a time it was a fun escape into virtual anonymity where people expressed themselves genuinely and from the...
View ArticleWe Can't Get There From Here
A couple of months back I posted my first blog in a long ass time. It came from a place of frustration, anger, hope, and timid optimism that maybe, just maybe, it might be possible to reclaim our...
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