Category Archives: Finding Cadence

I Dream, Therefore I Write

Posted by Joanne Huspek

One of the bad things about getting old(er) is that it seems I don’t dream quite as often as I used to. I used to have so many dreams, so vivid in place and time and persons, that I kept … Continue reading →

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Gearing Up for NaNoWriMo

Posted by Joanne Huspek

Can you believe we’re already into the second week of October? With the current edit, I’ve been neglecting this blog (The original deadline for edit completion was the end of February. Then the end of July. Then the end of … Continue reading →

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What a Writer Needs

Posted by Joanne Huspek

I’m in Las Vegas. Before you think, “Oh, she’s there for gambling and debauchery,” think again. I’m not all that fond of Sin City. It’s the desert, a way too hot desert. There are lots of things to see and … Continue reading →

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Editing: The Cut the Dead Wood Out Edition

Posted by Joanne Huspek

Anyone who knows me (and probably a lot of people who don’t) and who has been listening to me bitch over the last month and a half has probably known that I’ve been armpit deep into a major edit. Writers, … Continue reading →

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Social Media and the Time Management (What Time?) of the Antisocial Writer

Posted by Joanne Huspek

This is about selling, this is about social media, and of course, time management. Even though I’m a writer, and writers are notoriously introverted, it doesn’t mean we’re anti-social. Well, it does. It’s the nature of the beast. We sit … Continue reading →

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The (High) Price of Art

Posted by Joanne Huspek

I spent Friday and Saturday in the Michigan Silversmith Guild booth at the Ann Arbor Art Fair, where I drank lots of water in stifling hot and humidity and hoped to sell a bunch of my creations. (As luck would … Continue reading →

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Review Watching: Dangerous Waters, Don’t Go Near

Posted by Joanne Huspek

I keep my Twitter-feed open while I work at my day job. You never know what might pop up. Most Tweets are mundane (like my own regarding my craving for horseradish), some are hilarious (Texts from Last Night, or my … Continue reading →

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