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Icing on the Cake – More on Editing

Posted by Joanne Huspek

This post pertains to mostly NaNoWriMo works, but I guess it could apply to any first draft. My mantra is “I’m writing as fast as I can!” and during November NaNoWriMo attempts where almost all my first drafts originate, that’s … Continue reading →

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A Long Awaited Howdy

Posted by Joanne Huspek

No, I have not fallen off the edge of the earth. No, I haven’t become sick and/or died. No, I haven’t given up creative pursuits. Yes, I have been busy with Real Life and what I call my own private … Continue reading →

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And Now, Back to Reality

Posted by Joanne Huspek

It was yet another successful San Francisco Writers Conference! I was able to take in many helpful workshops, met old friends, made new ones, saw my editor, who gave me insight on what I was doing (sometimes I write and … Continue reading →

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And Now, For a Little (or a Lot of) Editing

Posted by Joanne Huspek

The upside to never throwing any writing away? You will always have something to edit. I didn’t participate in NaNoWriMo this year, but I didn’t have to. I have at least four (FOUR!) novels on my external drive in various … Continue reading →

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Introducing “Shorts”

Posted by Joanne Huspek

Warning: Shameless self-promotion It only took three weeks of monkeying around with the layout of Shorts (the worst part of self-publishing, if you ask me!). Word of advice to poets: it’s likely your layout will not survive the digital age. … Continue reading →

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When THIS Writer Does Something Else

Posted by Joanne Huspek

Summer is underway, so it’s almost time to get back to serious writing. I’m fond of calling myself a procrastinator, a slouch, a lazy ass, etc., etc. with regard to my sporadic writing schedule. Some periods of time find me … Continue reading →

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Sometimes a Writer Has to Live

Posted by Joanne Huspek

Wow, this has been some year. Sickness, death, destruction. Problems, big and small. Sometimes I feel like I’m my own firehouse. I’m putting out fires left and right. I’m rescuing cats out of trees and running my own EMS station, … Continue reading →

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