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2018: The List and the Lessons

Posted on December 29, 2018 by SharonJoss

At the end of every year, I like to look back at the books I’ve read and share some of my favorite reads, and while I’m at it, also offer up the top lessons I’ve learned as a writer in … Continue reading →

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Reboot

Posted on January 26, 2015 by SharonJoss

I’m baaack (well, getting there). Been down and out for a while. Two weeks ago one of my sisters came for a visit, and the day after she left I got blindsided by a nasty case of bronchitis. I don’t … Continue reading →

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Counting the Days – Writing to a Schedule

Posted on June 25, 2014 by SharonJoss

Hard to believe the year is already half over. At the beginning of 2014, I committed myself to a production schedule for the first time. I made myself a 30-day, 60-day, and 360-day list of GOALS I felt I could … Continue reading →

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Good Writing Weather

Posted on February 7, 2014 by SharonJoss

It’s snowing outside, and it snowed yesterday too.  I shoveled at least four inches of snow off the driveway this morning, and we’re expecting anywhere from another 2-5 inches overnight.  When I lived in upstate New York, I would have … Continue reading →

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Here Comes the Sun

Posted on December 20, 2013 by SharonJoss

Happy Solstice! Saturday is the shortest day of the year.  In the ‘old’ days (the really old days), people celebrated the end of darkness and return of the light.  From now until June, good ol’ Sol will shine its light … Continue reading →

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Time In, Time Out

Posted on June 4, 2013 by SharonJoss

  May was a very busy month.  I spent eight days at a Print On Demand (POD) workshop, another four days in Missoula at MISCON for a writer’s conference, and my sister came for a brief visit last weekend.  I’ve … Continue reading →

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Fumes as Fuel

Posted on November 6, 2011 by SharonJoss

Okay, as you can tell by the digital badge on the right side of the blog here, I’m NaNoWriMo-ing this month.  NaNoWriMo is the abbreviated term for National Novel Writing Month, a challenge for writers to write every day, with … Continue reading →

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