Tag: life
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Preparing to Say Good-Bye
Saying good-bye is nature’s cruel joke, and now I’m preparing to say good-bye to my best friend and my writing companion of the past 13 years. Chance “Mazel Tov” Lopatin, also known as Mr. Man. For those of you who have been following my blog for years, you may remember Chance from the viral Freshly Pressed post,…
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A Special Thank-You to my Teachers
In the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy, I want to take a serious moment and publicly recognize some important people in my life: My teachers. I can’t bear to talk about the sweet innocent lives lost—the babies, and their protectors who died trying to save them. So I want to focus on something positive.…
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Weight Watchers for Your Writing? Oh Yes …
For the first time in my life, I’m struggling with a weight problem. Not a bad one, but it’s enough. I don’t mean to get all mushy on you; trust me, there’s a writing lesson here. First of all, I’m sorry I missed a blog post last week. I suffered an Internet outage, and then life…
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Inspire Yourself with these 6 Themes
I’ve been on a creative binge lately. And for the New Year, I want to help inspire you, too! I’ve been reading books and writing stories about some of the deepest, most profound themes I know. You know, those deep, dark ideas that give a story its umph. That inspire us to reconsider our own…