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If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk? (Dr. Laurence J. Peter) I’ve shared this quote a couple of times before here on my blog, One Writer’s Journal, but it keeps coming to mind since my desk can get cluttered in a very short amount of time. There are just …
It’s been a busy October for me, but that happens. And that’s good, but sometimes I need to remember the quote I once read about being busy from Henry David Thoreau. “It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?” Ants are certainly forever busy, but they do get what …
“Be direct, simple, brief, vigorous, and lucid.” – H.W. Fowler (1858-1933) I’ve been eyebrow deep in words this week as I finish up word by word, sentence by sentence edits on my spring release, In the Shadow of the River. Eyebrow deep sounds more accurate than knee deep in the case of editing. Of course, I have already edited the …
Seeing the artwork for the cover of a new book is always a highlight. I’ve already shared this new cover for In the Shadow of the River in my newsletter. I’ve shared it on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. So if you are on my email list or see me out there on some social media sites, you’ve probably already seen …
I met an editing deadline yesterday. Actually I was almost two weeks early, but that other deadline for my Shaker 5 book is looming out there so I wanted to get the edits done as fast as possible. That way I can get going again on the Shaker book. I reread what I’ve already written or most of it today. …
I’m off to a booksigning at noon at the Grand Opening of a Sam’s Club in a neighboring town. People will be there looking for bargains, but we’ll see if they’re looking for bargains in reading. Most of the people I meet looking for bargains in reading tell me they’ve been shopping at yard sales. I had a lady the …
Got my edits done for The Blessed. Just sent it off to the editor and got back one of those instant “out of the office” replies. But I got it sent in and that’s the big thing for me with everything else going on with my mom. I told my editor I did some of the edits in the middle …