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Writing: It may be a day late but I hope you enjoy this Halloween themed story. I wrote it 3 April 2011, when my writing career was starting. A Glimpse Through a Window It started with a glimpse out of the corner of her eye. A movement passing the opened window but...

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My main concentration over the past week and into this week has been my ghost writing project. Fueled with 'technical jargon' from my client, I have been incorporating it into the story. The characters are taking shape and after this evening, I will send the revisions...

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Writing: Writing has been spasmodic this past week but I have accomplished several 'to do' items on my list. I have increased the word count on my YA novella, which now has the new title of Creature Hunt on Planet Toaria. The word count stands at 24,491 as of today. I...

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Writing: As most of you know I take advantage of any opportunity to write. On Monday, I wrote several chapter summaries and two whole chapters for my ghost writing project. Great you say - however my location was rather usual - in the waiting area of Canadian Tire -...

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Writing: My writing has been rather a 'mixed bag' this week - continuing with my YA novella, creating the next issue of the newsletter for the Arts & Culture Council, and work on the ghost writing project, as well as preparation for my speech/presentation on...

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Writing: I attended Word on the Street on Saturday in Lethbridge with my publisher, Dream Write Publishing. We arrived rather too early to set up as the organizers were only just putting out the tables and chairs at the time we were informed we could set up. However,...

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Writing: As many of you know I love prompts, as they inspire and refresh the Muse. At my last writing meeting our prompt was: you find a box underneath your seat on a train. This was my response. Box of Resource My ankle struck a sharp edge and I let out a cry....

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Writing: I did manage to increase the word count on my new YA novella to just over 18,000 and will further increase it tonight as I have a couple of hours in the library prior to a Board meeting. The story took a surprising turn so I am following it, wondering where...

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Writing: As this past weekend was a long weekend here in Alberta I made good use of the time to mock-up my display for Words in the Park. As I now have five books to promote I had to decide on how best to give each one a 'showcase spot' without making my tables too...

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