New Zealand and Japan EarthQuake Victims

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Dear Lord,
Please grant comfort to Our Brothers and Sisters in need. Please see to the needs of the hungry and be merciful to the hurting. God Bless the souls of the missing and the deceased. Lord Hear our prayers in Jesus's name we pray.
Amen

Going Through the Old Files ....

  Hi ! I hope you all are doing great and feeling inspired and doing lots and lots of writing!
My Uncle is also doing some writing. He's been entering some short story writing contests. He's been sending me links so I can enter as well. I've been so wrapped up working on the edits for my novels that I couldn't wrap my mind around a story idea for the Short Story contest. So I thought I'd pull out the old files with writing ideas and see what I have started. This task has turned into a "walk down memory lane!" I have so many pieces of paper and want to read them all! Now instead of entering the short story contests, I've been cleaning house on my old files. It is also helping to refresh my memory on some of the old short stories I'd written for a Creative Writing Class. So far I've only come across one that I think has some potential. There are two in particular that I'm looking for but haven't found ..., yet!
     It's tough for me ..., one task seems to lead to another ..., and another ..., I started out editing my novel, got side-tracked by Uncle to short story contests, began to sort through old writing ...., decided to clean out the files to make room for new writing ..., came across clips from newspaper articles I'd written and began to organize them in a binder ....,  Do you see where I'm going with this?  And that is why I did NOT get anything submitted in 2010! After I write this post I plan to refocus my energy and GET SOMETHING ACCOMPLISHED!  Soooooooo....How's everyone else coming along on your quest to submit in 2011?
Keep smiling and Keep writing!        : )

 

Old Stuff!

Today I was cleaning out a closet in my parents home. I came across an old black tote bag with yellow handles. I remember a time when I'd used that tote bag to carry old copies of Writer's Digest Magazine that I hadn't had a chance to read. I pulled it out of the closet and unzipped the bag. To my surprise, instead of finding the old magazine issues, I found a copy of my Children's Book and a folder. In that folder were old story ideas, beginnings of stories and some assignments from a Creative Writing Class I'd taken quite a few years back.
I am excited to find this folder. I plan to get comfy in my favorite chair and go through the folder of goodies. There may be something in there that will spark my imagination and get me writing a new story! 
  I'm hoping I'll still come across those old copies of Writer's Digest Magazine because I always learn something new from them. Good Magazine to subscribe to as well as a great website! Take a look at writersdigest.com  when you have the chance!    Keep Smiling and Keep Writing!  : )  

So.....I'm thinking.......

I think I'm going to take a break from my novel edits for a few days and enter a couple of short story contests I've seen out here. Sometimes I think it's good to clear your head of what you're working on and wrap your mind around something else. When you're through you can go back to your current work with a fresh  open mind.
Keep Smiling!  : )

Keep On Writing!

Sometimes times get rough and you feel deflated.......take a day to sulk and feel bad if you need it and then.....get back to it!

It will all be worth it when someone reads what you have to say and likes it!!!
Keep Writing !   : )

Aurgh! I didn't make it ! ! !

The Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest stopped accepting entries in the General Fiction category. I read that at 11:22pm after working for the last 3 days and nights until the wee hours of the morning getting my final edits complete. I'd been checking back and forth because I knew they'd only accept the first 5,000 entries. I was about 10 minutes away from entering when I saw they'd "closed" it. They haven't closed the "Young Adult" entries yet, but my young adult novel is only 26,000 words and they have a 50,000 minimum word count.
I am extremely disappointed. I know they'll be more contests but for tonight............I'm crushed!

I'm working on writing contest entry!

I'm putting my blogging lessons on the back burner for just a couple of days. I'm working very hard editing a novel I wrote. It's called  "Couldn't Love That Dog More!"
I am preparing it to enter into a Writing Contest. The deadline is February 6th.  Please forgive me if I don't post as I should. I'll be back on track in a few days.

Keep Writing!   Wish Me Luck!          : )