I’m in love, thanks to Chris, of The Simple and the Ordinary. Let me introduce my new favorite band/singer, Five for Fighting, which features the talents of singer, pianist, guitarist and activist John Ondrasik. John has this wonderful charitable video website, inspired by his song World, called What Kind of World Do You Want? Basically,…
Check out the final count for Nathan Bransford’s Surprisingly Essential First Page Challenge. All I can say, is he is one brave man. Good luck to Nathan, Holly (his co-judge) and all the contestants. © 2007 – 2010 HipWriterMama – All Rights Reserved. © 2007 – 2010 Vivian Lee Mahoney – All Rights Reserved.
Are any of you familiar with 30 Minute Meals? You’re supposed to be able to make a delicious meal from start to finish in 30 minutes. This show ticks me off. Now that my husband is aware of this concept, he seems to think that I should be able to cook perfect dinners in 30…
Look at Nathan Bransford’s new contest. The Surprisingly Essential First Page Challenge. Deadline is Wednesday at 5:00pm Pacific Time. This Challenge has been up for only a few hours and there are already 52 comments…of which most are first page entries. At this rate, odds are there’ll be over 600 entries by Wednesday. Maybe even…
You know the SCWBI Writer’s Retreat one day program I applied to? Mark Peter Hughes, author of I am the Wallpaper and Lemonade Mouth will be one of the presenters. I hadn’t read any of his books, and thought it would be a good idea to check them out. For research purposes, you know. And,…
I mailed out a check yesterday for my first writing retreat. Since the weekend was booked, I applied for one of the day programs. Hope there are still openings! It’s funny. As much as I’ve been writing, the act of signing up for the writing program made me feel like a writer with serious intentions….
about today’s writing. Edited to add: If you feel like me, or even if you don’t and just want to gain some writing momentum, go and read Liz and Sara’s posts on writing using sports metaphors. These are great! © 2007 – 2010 HipWriterMama – All Rights Reserved. © 2007 – 2010 Vivian…
Chris from The Simple and the Ordinary tagged me for a book meme that is so easy and fun. Here are the rules:1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).2. Open the book to page 123.3. Find the fifth sentence.4. Post the next three sentences.5. Tag five people. I picked up a…
“There are some books which refuse to be written. They stand their ground year after year and will not be persuaded. It isn’t because the book is not there and worth being written — it is only because the right form of the story does not present itself. There is only one right form for…
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