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Blog Etiquette

May 1, 2013

I wrote this post a while ago, and as I reread it in anticipation of posting it, I sensed an …

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Apparently, I Like Anthropomorphism

April 15, 2013

I worked as a secretary for several months before I got a new coworker.  Janette shared the lobby area with …

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The Desperate Housewives of Literature: A New Blog Series

April 12, 2013

A few years back, when it was still on television, Desperate Housewives was one of my favorite shows.  (I know, …

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Writing While Wet

March 29, 2013

My best ideas come in the shower.  I will be in the middle of scrubbing suds into my hair, with …

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So Worried about Being Judged

March 7, 2013

There’s something raw about blogging and social media.  These technological advances make it possible for us to connect our private …

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What I Read in the Emergency Room

February 21, 2013

I think my husband and I are being punished for eating too much Hamburger Helper and Hot Pockets during our …

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A Finished Room of My Own

January 4, 2013

One year ago today, I started this blog.  I did so at the urging of Michele Kort, senior editor at …

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Breaking Up With Blogger

October 22, 2012

You’ve just started blogging, and a few months in, a blogger you’ve never heard of nominates you for one of …

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I’d Rather Write Nonfiction

September 13, 2012

Do any of you have the same dream I once did, to become a published author?  To write the next …

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How to (Properly) Compose an Email

July 6, 2012

Warning:  I wrote this in anger.  I had just received an email from a girl twelve years my junior who …

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