Archive for the ‘Karen’ Category

A Lonely Profession

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007 Posted in Karen | 4 Comments »

This post was originally posted on Write Stuff on March 31, 2006 by Karen. ______________________________ Writing, at its best, is a lonely life. Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness, but I doubt if they improve his writing. He grows in public ...

NaNoWriMo Wrap Up

Saturday, December 1st, 2007 Posted in Karen, NaNoWriMo | 4 Comments »

Wow. Just wow. November is over. O.V.E.R. I ask you one thing: where did it go?! I'm sure everyone is glad this month is over. NaNoWriMo participants can take a breather and relax, non-NaNoWriMo participants can look forward to us finally ...

Descriptive Writing

Monday, November 26th, 2007 Posted in Karen, Resources | 2 Comments »

Janie is feeling a bit under the weather today (get well soon, Janie!), so I thought I would once again publish one of the hundreds of Writer's Digest valuable writing tips. From the Fundamentals Of Life Stories Writing Workshop: In ...

Video Post: NaNoWriMo Update / Announcement

Sunday, October 21st, 2007 Posted in Karen, NaNoWriMo | 6 Comments »

*UPDATE: Janie just pointed out that the video wasn't showing up in Firefox and other browsers. Shame on me for not cross checking! That's what I get for assuming. *sigh* I'm sorry for the inconvenience. Here's a direct link to the video if you're so inclined ...

Writing Tidbits Around the ‘Sphere

Thursday, October 18th, 2007 Posted in Karen, Resources | 1 Comment »

Andrea was unable to post today, so I thought I would offer a smorgasbord of writing tidbits from around the blog'o'sphere to help you through your Thursday. Beginning with some upcoming writing contests:                   __________________________________  And character advice from Isabel Wolff Characters I ...

Thirteen Common Errors in English Usage

Thursday, September 6th, 2007 Posted in Karen, Resources | 35 Comments »

Andrea is sick today so I thought I would take advantage of it being Thursday and throw Write Stuff in the Thursday Thirteen game. (Get well soon, Andrea!) Welcome Stumble Upon Users: Stick around! We have a ton of other interesting entries ...

The Dawn of a New Day

Sunday, July 29th, 2007 Posted in Blog-A-Thon 2007, Karen | 2 Comments »

The sun is up. People are crawling out of their beds. It's the beginning of a new day, and the end of the 2007 Blog-a-thon. Me? I'm surprisingly alert considering I've only gotten three hours of sleep. This was the first ...

Good Writer Traits

Sunday, July 29th, 2007 Posted in Blog-A-Thon 2007, Karen | 1 Comment »

1) a passion for words I've had a passion for words for as long as I can remember. There's something infinitely satisfying about stringing a bunch of random words/phrases/thoughts together and making something interesting out of it. 2) a deep interest in ...