Category Archives: DIY

Writing: New Year – Old Year

Posted by Joanne Huspek

Thank goodness 2014 is nearly over! Let’s break out the champagne and usher in the New Year! Okay, so that’s a blood orange mimosa, but you catch my drift. 2014 was a downer, a fallow 365 days of suffering, high … Continue reading →

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Sorrow and Art

Posted by Joanne Huspek

I’ve been Facebook chatting with several people who are experiencing difficulties in their lives right now. Suicides, break-ups, aging parents, adult children with mega-problems. In my previous post, I mentioned that I have difficulty speaking. It’s not that I can’t … Continue reading →

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Why Writing is Better Than Talking

Posted by Joanne Huspek

My good friends know that I’m depressed this winter, partially because of SAD and partly because of family issues. I think of myself as a warrior woman. Machine gun me with nails, I’ll spit them right back at you. Say … Continue reading →

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Why I Am NOT Participating in NaNoWriMo This Year

Posted by Joanne Huspek

Don’t get me wrong; I LOVE NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, which starts November 1 and ends November 30. If you’re a procrastinating writer like me, you need every cattle prod or device out there to kick you into … Continue reading →

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Part Time vs. Full Time Writing, or Why I Must Cut Myself Some Slack

Posted by Joanne Huspek

I recently read a blog post about a woman who finally “retired” from her Real Job and began working full time as a writer. After all, you can’t really say you’re a working writer until you start doing it full … Continue reading →

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The Excavation of Words

Posted by Joanne Huspek

I don’t know how I’ve been struck with the ambition, but I am in the middle of deep cleaning and purging my house, in advance of a monster garage sale I plan on hosting late in August. I’m not a … Continue reading →

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How Writing is Very Much Like Painting and Other Arts, Bad News For a Pantser Like Me

Posted by Joanne Huspek

I am currently in the middle of writing the first draft of my fifth (!)* novel. As with my first effort, Finding Cadence, I’m starting out with a load of vague ideas and a kinda-sorta story line. I have characters, … Continue reading →

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