Category Archives: VIRTUALLY YOURS

Writing, Editing, and Twelve Days to the San Francisco Writers Conference

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For some reason, I felt that 2013 was a banner year in my writing endeavors. Never mind that it took me the entire year to re-work and re-edit my first manuscript…even though that was a major undertaking full of major … Continue reading →

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And Now For the (Semi) Good News…

Posted by Joanne Huspek

As you know, I’m lucky enough to have a permanent editor, i.e. my Editor for Life. He’s a nice guy, is personable, does good work. Seems to even care about me. 🙂 I also take online classes (currently taking a … Continue reading →

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I Dream, Therefore I Write

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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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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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Review Watching: Dangerous Waters, Don’t Go Near

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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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Real Life Imitates Art, and Then Some

Posted by Joanne Huspek

My first self-published book, Virtually Yours, is a tale of Internet relationships. The online moms’ group featured in the novel is loosely based upon an online group I’ve belonged to since the mid-90’s. We’d met each other in an AOL … Continue reading →

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