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Write-a-thon, Day 33: Someone left a train out in the rain
Robert Louis Stevenson drew a map of an island and was inspired to write Treasure Island. J.R.R. Tolkien wrote about a Hobbit and from there drew a map of Middle-Earth. Many writers start writing after being captivated by a drawing or a photo. Others cut pictures out of magazines to help…
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Write-a-thon, Day 32: My family and other animals
I put an hour and a half of today into the Write-a-thon, though I had to use most of my lunch hour to do it. It was the most interesting part of my work day, that’s for sure! “Visions are worth fighting for. Why spend your life making someone else’s…
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Write-a-thon, Day 31: Faster than a bullet that has yet to leave the barrel
There are 11 days left to go in the Write-a-thon and though I wrote again today I have to admit that my original goal of hitting 50,000 words by August 2 was just a wee bit optimistic. I’ll be lucky if I get to 30,000. I do wish I wrote…
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Write-a-thon, Day 30: Do ya think I’m texty?
The biggest challenge for me when returning to my regular life following a vacation that includes my family is food. I just spent a week ingesting 22,000 calories per day, including anything that swims and whatever comes out of an ice cream scoop. Basically, someone stepped on my foot, I…
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Write-a-thon, Day 29: It’s the end of the vacation as we know it (and I feel fine)
Finally found a boat I can afford! I’m back from Cape Cod with plans to build either a lighthouse or a windmill in the backyard. We had a wonderful, though emotional, trip, with many indelible moments; for example, the store on the New Bedford waterfront that advertised the four basic…
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