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NaNoWriMo – Sometimes It’s About How You DON’T Work

By the time we were halfway through November, I had already figured out I wasn’t going to make my NaNoWriMo goal. I’d paved my road to hell with plans of staying up late, getting up early, and...

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Cyber Monday and Storytelling

Last week I wrote about gratitude in honor of the warmth of Thanksgiving. Now, with turkey eaten and football watched, we’re several days into the traditional season of consumerism. Many of us stayed...

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NaNoWriMo – How’d You Do?

It’s the first Monday of December, and all over the world, the participants of NaNoWriMo are either (a) celebrating their huge accomplishments, (b) explaining at length why they fell short of their...

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What to Get your Favorite Writer for the Holidays

If you have a writer in your life — and really, who doesn’t? — you may be wondering what to get for him or her this holiday season. Naturally, I have some helpful suggestions, sure to bring a smile to...

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Anyone Else Suffering from Social Media Exhaustion?

I was cruising my social media universe the other day – it seems all I’ve been able to manage in 2013 is a little cruising – when I came across something that sort of disturbed me. I won’t link to it...

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Only a Writer or Therapist Would Find the Junk Drawer Significant

“I knew you’d come back for me.” Luckily for me, I’m both (or at least have been both in the recent past). I was cleaning out our junk drawer the other day – because we’re getting ready to move, not...

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What would you take to the basement?

Technically, tornado season in my home state of Georgia runs from March until June. If you’ve ever lived in the Southeast, you know the reality feels more like January to October. It seems that...

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Front Matter is moving to mjpullen.com!

Hello, writer friends! Me in 1979, thinking of the topic for my very first blog… Just a quick post to let you know that this blog will be moving to my new, improved and GORGEOUS website...

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It’s Kind of Funny…

No sooner do I move this blog elsewhere than suddenly a bunch of new folks follow me here! It’s not that I don’t love you. I do! So much. It’s just that I’m not going to be posting much here anymore....

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Starting Out as a Writer: 5 Things You Should Know

I did a guest post today called “Starting Out As A Writer – 5 Things You Should Know” on the What’s on the Bookshelf blog. I thought I would re-post part of it here for my writer followers who are...

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My Writing Process

mjpullen:A little jealous of Chris’ Bulletin Board, I have to say! Originally posted on Chris Negron: Thanks to Emily Carpenter, my long-time writing and critique partner, for tagging me to take my...

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My Writing Process = Chaos!

mjpullen:My awesome friend and writer Tracy’s writing process blog. Enjoy! Originally posted on tracycembor: This post is part of a blog tour series in which writers answer a set of four questions...

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