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Log Lines: Getting Ready for the San Francisco Writers Conference

Posted by Joanne Huspek

This was Barry Eisler at one SFWC. One of the best keynote speakers ever! Now that most of winter is over (such as it is, it’s been 40 degrees and mostly no snow, so I’m not complaining), and the holidays … Continue reading →

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Strategies for NaNoWriMo, From a Writer Without a Clue

Posted by Joanne Huspek

Are we all excited? Tomorrow, November 1, is the first day of NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month. You know, the month where writers around the world sign up with glee, intending to pump out 50,000 words in 30 short … Continue reading →

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Can a Writer Tweak Too Much? Considering the Options

Posted by Joanne Huspek

I have been armpit deep into a major developmental edit for the last eight months. It’s one that has delayed my getting Virtually Yours Forever off the ground and into the query queue for nearly a year. Might be the … Continue reading →

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From A Work In Progress

Posted by Joanne Huspek

Yes, I’m still working on my work(s) in progress. Photo courtesy Creative Commons. I loved the way she smoked cigarettes. Yeah, we know smoking is bad for you. Cancer. Heart attack. Tarry kisses tinged in ash. An expensive addiction. It’s … Continue reading →

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Writing and the Takeaway

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Why do you read? To be transported into another world, another time, another set of circumstances? To be entertained? To be frightened out of your mind or to feel deep emotion? To learn something new? Why do you write? To … Continue reading →

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Falling On Your Ass and the Serendipity of the Creative

Posted by Joanne Huspek

I try to visit the Bay Area a couple of times a year. Besides loving NorCal, I still have a child living in San Francisco, which makes visiting a requisite. The San Francisco Writers Conference is the mandatory February trip, … Continue reading →

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Monday Science Experiment: So I Took a Mid-Day Benadryl…

Posted by Joanne Huspek

I spent this morning outside weeding. I’m so far behind. We went from winter to summer and back again four times in the last six weeks. There’s been no spring in this part of the world, just extremes. I’m an … Continue reading →

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