Writing – Page 20 – An Unexpected Life

Second chance Dad

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Clinical hands The first hands to touch me were clinical hands, as you laid in twilight sleep, mother drugged against your wishes by a doctor who “knew better” than you did what was good for you and your newborn daughter. Clinical hands passed me to other clinical hands latex against my exposed and innocent skin.Continue reading “Clinical Hands”

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Writing time

I’ve been reading a lot of quotes lately from writers about finding time to write. The consensus seems to be that “real” writers spend time, significant time, every day, working. You can read books, blogs, magazines, and find thousands of distractions but if writing is your life, you devote yourself to it . That meansContinue reading “Writing time”

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Writer envy

I spend almost no time at all on my writing. I read about writing incessantly, I read in my genre voraciously, and visit my favorite author’s websites obsessively. All time that should be spent – wait for it – WRITING!!! I learned this week that Nora Roberts’ rule for writing is “butt in chair” (orContinue reading “Writer envy”