Susan Haven
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It\’s not \”a bag lady\’s tale\”, it\’s the \”Hand-bag Lady\’s tale\”. Kinda my tribute to Margaret Atwood on the way. I wonder what Ms. Atwood would do with my material. I\’m thinking my main character needs lots of lunatics in her life, so she might be a waitress. At an Applebee\’s kind of place. Managed…
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I think that\’s looking like the title of my NaNoWriMo novel. Of course that could change, but I\’m liking the idea now. My first idea was something I\’ve already worked on a bit, like a couple of pages of really bad writing. Really bad, the main character bored even me. If I don\’t want to…
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Everything I learned about writing a novel, I learned from running marathons. If you go out too fast, you’ll be exhausted at the end. Others around you may go out too fast. Ignore them. Sometimes, you have to go at it alone. There may not be anyone on the roadside cheering you on. You can…
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It\’s almost October. Which means I need to finish the book I\’m currently working on by October 15. Why? So I have two weeks off to plan, plot and, rest (I know, it doesn\’t start with pl- but this is a blog, not a Sunday Sermon) for National Novel Writing Month. I\’m most likely going…
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A new school year has started. Without children around, I have had to come up with new and creative ideas to keep from writing. Alas, it hasn\’t worked and so I have actually been working on getting the book done and the queries ready to go out to some carefully researched agents. It\’s a hard…
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Ok, here\’s the deal. Shaun Groves has a blog. He has nearly three hundred readers, but never over. It\’s kind of like a wall he\’d like to break through. So, he\’s asking fellow bloggers to post his site, and he\’ll give a copy of his new album to who ever sends the most new visitors.…
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\”Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don\’t give up.\” – Anne Lamott Yesterday was a bit on the dark side. My hair turned out too dark. I got a…
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Tomorrow, the History channel is having Great Raid day. All the great rescues in preparation for the opening Friday of The Great Raid. I can hardly wait. I am trying to get my writing of this done tonight, so I can compare notes during the program. Unfortunately, I\’ve spent more time doing timelines, rude essays…
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My novel, all four hundred and seventy three pages, is sitting in a box on the writing table in my office. I’ve written, revised, and rewritten it for over two years now. It’s time for it to go out into the world and find a home. Maybe a nice place in New York where it…
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Just when you thought it was safe and I couldn\’t possibly find another quiz… Here it is, the grandaddy of them all… You are Schroeder! Which Peanuts Character are You? brought to you by Quizilla
