Category Archives: womens literature

Action: You’ll Never Accomplish Your Goals Without It

Posted by Joanne Huspek

I’ll admit, I’ve been in a bit of a slump. There are a lot of things going on my life right now. Kids. Parent. Work. Outside influences. More outside influences. Even more outside influences. I’m normally a pretty upbeat person, … Continue reading →

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What To Do When The Writing Dries Up

Posted by Joanne Huspek

This summer has been brutal. Exceedingly so. If you’d like to read about it, go here, otherwise save yourself some misery and continue on. I have a confession to make: because of what was going on up there, I haven’t … 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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Thanking Those Who Have Helped Along the Way

Posted by Joanne Huspek

A shot of my Acknowledgments Page, FINDING CADENCE As a writer, there are some forms of writing that I enjoy more than others. For example, I relish writing scathing letters to editors and politicians, angry rants to restaurants that have … Continue reading →

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I Can’t Help But To Write What I Know

Posted by Joanne Huspek

I had written a blog post a month or so back (I’d look for it and link it, but it’s Monday and I’m busy and besides that I’m totally lazy) where I had admitted (more or less) that my novels … Continue reading →

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The Indie-Trad Argument, From My Perspective, or Yes, I’m Self-Publishing

Posted by Joanne Huspek

The cover for my new book. If you want to be thoroughly entertained and crave a shower of fireworks on the Internet, one might be better served to stay away from the political realm and follow authors and agents embroiled … Continue reading →

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