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Keeping time

A wonky hose ate into my writing time this morning. I had to water the garden before the sun came up too high (want to avoid as much evaporation as possible) and it took longer than it should because the new hose we bought wouldn’t accept the sprinkler. But I had gotten up earlier than…
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Up at 6

Setting the alarm for 5am worked. I got up at 6am. Of course, when I actually woke at 5 I felt pretty awake, but my comfort and knowing I hadn’t planned to get til 6 made me hit snooze. Oh well. Before I got down to work on the novel, I remembered I had to…
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Making the time

I’ve been writing my middle-grade novel for about a year and a half, on and off at first. But after attending the SCBWI national conference in Los Angeles last year, I left with a commitment to do better. The difficulty is, when? The days are filled with the work, the evenings with family. The fiance…
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