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As we jump feet first into the holiday season, the many tasks and traditions often interrupt our writing commitments. Writing Tip for Today: Here are tips to help you keep writing during the busy holiday season. BIC Still Works If you’ve set yourself a writing schedule, the holidays can disrupt your good intentions. […]
Yesterday, my granddaughter brought home from preschool a potted petunia. She’d glued purple glitter on the pot’s sides, glitter that left a trail everywhere. When I asked her why her mommy got a flower, the five-year-old’s eyebrows scrunched up and she shrugged. “For Mother’s Day, I guess.” I was relieved. I hate Mother’s Day. Is […]
Writing When Holidays Hit In the writing biz, they say editors and agents take a vacation from Thanksgiving until New Year’s Day. Even for writers, if a deadline isn’t looming, the holidays can take a bite out of word count. Last post, we talked about writing when crises arise. Now let’s turn to writing when […]
Linda Clare and Miss Crankypants will be back to their usual hi-jinx next week. Meanwhile, have a wonderful holiday and don’t forget to squeeze in some writing time. Thank you for reading Writer’s Tips and Miss CP–and may your writing find fantastic success (whatever that means to you) in 2014! KEEP WRITING, everyone!
Just say no Here we are at the most irritating time of year. Miss CP needs to vent a spleen about Holidays in America (and Other Disasters). Dr. Scholl’s must make a mint off folks like Miss CP, who have not been able to sit down for three months. There’s just too much to do!Of […]
Miss Crankypants wants you to take a deep breath. That’s right, calm and relaxed. For you are about to enter the time of year when all good people’s not-so-good relatives barge right into your sanity.It’s the HOLIDAYS!Just yesterday, Miss CP and a few friends were discussing seasonal plans and the obligatory relatives that ruin every good intention. […]
I’ve always been a bit frustrated by holidays. I’ve joked that a writer has only a few teensy windows in which to query, submit or otherwise commune with the publishing world. With all the holidays, you get a few days after Christmas, a short opportunity in the spring before Easter, and a brief bit after Labor Day in […]