Tag: writing
member name: Beverly M.
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July 05, 2008 02:41 PM EDT --
The family is gone. The house is lonely. Too quiet. Too quiet. We had a wonderful week. I miss them. I miss them. Ready to see them again. Have lots of pictures. Maybe we'll make the trek to visit . . .
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September 14, 2007 10:39 PM EDT --
I do a hummingbird watch for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept. and have several feeders in my yard. Yesterday, a hummer was feeding at the one attached to the window (the one I watch the . . .
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October 12, 2007 09:50 PM EDT --
The cool mornings and evenings. The leaves turning orange and yellow and red. The clear skies with streaks of cirrus clouds up high.
The Muse Online Conference is almost over. I've had fun, meeting . . .
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November 23, 2007 01:19 PM EST --
Are those not two of the most beautiful words in the English language? Well, I suppose it depends on what has ended. In this case, I typed those two words at the end of page 177 of Life on Hold, my . . .
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December 01, 2007 10:50 AM EST --
I kept reminding myself not to say "um" every sentence. I thought I did pretty good, until I listened to the radio interview last Thursday. I didn't say "um" every sentence. (Good). . . .
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December 29, 2007 03:33 PM EST --
I do not make New Year's Resolutions because I seldom keep them. But my thoughts and goals for 2008 are as follows, not in any particular order:
PEACE: Though . . .
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November 12, 2007 09:26 AM EST --
Hi, everyone. I am excited to introduce you to a woman whose career includes being a speaker, corporate trainer, humor columnist, association executive, radio and television personality, stand-up comic, . . .
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December 03, 2007 05:24 PM EST --
And hello to all of you. I just finished reading The Choice by Nicholas Sparks. A good one.
I'm also reading a picture book to review. I never planned to review books, but lately I've done . . .
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March 06, 2008 09:28 AM EST --
Then:
When I was a teen, we sent bought or homemade thank you cards for gifts received. We mailed birthday, Valentine, Easter, and Christmas cards to friends and family. We signed them with our name . . .
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September 24, 2008 09:46 PM EDT --
The first draft does not have to be perfect.
The first draft can have misspelled words.
The first draft can have no periods or commas or capital letters.
The first draft can be jumbled, with . . .
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March 29, 2008 05:06 PM EDT --
Three "no thanks" to three different manuscripts this week. What do you do when you run out of publishers to submit to? I think I'll file them then someday, when I'm gone and forgotten, . . .
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April 06, 2007 09:43 AM EDT --
Not necessarily in this order.
1. Meeting people from all over the world. I live in a small town, 15 miles from the town where I was born. I've never traveled to Europe or Asia, Australia or Hawaii. . . .
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May 02, 2007 03:10 PM EDT --
My husband spent four days in the hospital last week. He's home now, recovering slowly. But as a Type A personality, I'm still stressed. So in order to look at the lighter side, I came up with . . .
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