Curious case of the cursed MS

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As much as I love my RWA Golden Heart® finaling MS, “Beauty and the Ballplayer,” I’m beginning to think it’s cursed. Longtime readers of this blog will remember that I somehow lost the last 50

I’m famous?

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Okay, not really famous … but my name is listed in the latest issue of RWA’s Romance Writers Report. That’s right. I got the issue that lists all the Golden Heart® and Rita® finalists. There

Getting ready

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Although not much writing got done this week, I’ve been busy doing all the other little things that need to be done before I leave for New York in — gulp — less than a

It’s a disease

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My computer was giving me fits Saturday night, so I spent the time I should have been writing today cleaning out my car. What can I say? Procrastination is a disease. 😉 I’m fighting a

39 days?

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Just saw a blog post on the Ruby Slippered Sisterhood pointing out that RWA Nationals is only 39 days away. Eeek. Guess I’d better get back to my revisions, eh? And fast! I also need

Return of Mr. Happy?

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While I was checking my blog stats Tuesday morning, I saw a tidbit that made me laugh out loud: Someone found my blog by using the search term “Mr. Happy story ideas.” Since that’s the

Staring down revisions

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You already know I spent my vacation procrastinating. This is what I was avoiding doing: Each one of these colored squares represents a scene in my Golden Heart®-finaling manuscript, “Beauty and the Ballplayer.” The yellow

Best-laid plans

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I believe it was Robert Burns who coined the saying about the best-laid plans of mice and men often going awry. John Steinbeck borrowed part of it for his “Of Mice and Men.” Not that

Shopping success

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Too bad it’s not this easy to win the lottery. Wait a minute. Did I just say easy? I’d hardly call three shopping trips in search of the perfect awards ceremony dress easy. On two