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And this is what my blogging efficiency looks like.
Thanks to Jennifer for sharing!

And this is what my blogging efficiency looks like.

Thanks to Jennifer for sharing!

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And This Is Why I Feel Crazy – Can You Relate? | Code Name: Mama

On the everyday reality of being a work-at-home writer and mother.

1 day ago
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The Panic of Never

Right there, the title, isn’t it the perfect phrase for a parent and a writer? The panic of never, the panic of never finishing a project, of never starting one, of never again having time to write, or never having the time you need.

I love Rachael’s follow-up suggestions as well:

Some Answers to My Own Question {Plus Some Friday Reads}

Which also includes this rad excerpt by Dean Young from “Selected Recent and New Errors”:

Do you think the dictionary ever says to itself
I’ve got these words that mean completely
different things inside myself
and it’s tearing me apart?
My errors are even bigger than that.

3 weeks ago
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Walking On Egg Shells | The Path Less Taken

On writing authentically instead of pre-censoring our words.

3 weeks ago
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freespeling.com

I could not resist sharing this. Shannon pointed me to this idea of simplifying English spelling. Check it out. I am agog. Which is spelled correctly even though it’s hilarious.

3 months ago
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Diagramly - Draw Diagrams Online

Need to diagram a plot or your thinking process? Free online tool for flow charts and other visual thinking.

(Source: anktangle.com)

3 months ago
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Top 10 FAQs - SCBWI

Frequently asked questions about children’s book publishing from the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators.

4 months ago - 11
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The Writing Life: My "Duh" Moment

On how accomplishing some goal doesn’t change your day-to-day life.

I remember talking to a writer friend who had a series of books published and was under contract for more. He still had a day job. We asked when he might be able to give that up. He laughed. Heartily.

Ah, well. And to us he was living the dream!

4 months ago - 4
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Index a Book Using Word and Excel

Sounds like a decent way to work on an index. I need one for the cloth diapering book and am hoping the actual indexing feature in Word will help me out. But if not, this sounds like the way to go.

6 months ago - 11
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Online Stopwatch

In case you’re curious, this is what I use to time my NaNoProgMo hours.

6 months ago - 6
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