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Coffee Prompt Monday
1. The jar of peanut butter’s attacking again. 2. Allergy shots for something unusual. 3. Water drinking competition. Every Monday I’ll...
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Apr 27, 20151 min read
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Boy’s bday cake and a binge-watching weekend.
My boyfriend’s birthday was on Friday and we had his party on Saturday. Since he’s a photographer, I wanted to make this camera cake for...
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Apr 26, 20152 min read
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Zombie Quarantine – I’m sick but still workin’ it, cuz writers don’t quit.
I’ve had a cold this week, pretty bad the past two days, and thus, have been basically useless.  Even stayed home from work.  And...
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Apr 24, 20154 min read
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Coffee Prompt Monday
1. Poker game goes horribly wrong. 2. The coffee tastes weak today, why? 3. Lizard loose in the office. Every Monday I’ll give you a...
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Apr 20, 20151 min read
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WritersLife Wednesday – CampNano Problems
I’m doing CampNano and so far, it’s not going great.  My word goal was 65K, then I bumped it down to 50K, and I’m about 9K behind where...
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Apr 15, 20153 min read
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Coffee Prompt Monday
1. People pirating bananas. 2. The trees are attacking! 3. Guns that shoot marshmallows. Every Monday I’ll give you a wacky prompt or...
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Apr 13, 20151 min read
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WritersLife Wednesday – Write Small: 5 ways to make your reader care
This is cut and pasted from here: http://writerswrite.co.za/write-small-five-ways-to-make-your-reader-care  I don’t take credit for it,...
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Apr 8, 20152 min read
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Coffee Prompt Monday
1. Job Interview with an animal. 2. Smuggling water into someplace in an alcohol bottle. 3. Mysterious medical condition makes one of...
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Apr 6, 20151 min read
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Plotter or Pantster – It’s a Sliding Scale
Welcome to today’s edition of Lecture Amie.  Read the sign and remember, you’re parked in the Gibbons lot 😉 It’s decided, I can not be a...
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Apr 3, 20155 min read
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Camp Nano Starts Today! – Plot: The Hero’s Journey
Camp Nano starts today and thousands of us are rearing up to write, write, write! Whooooooooo! My word goal is 65K (Yes, I know i’m...
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Apr 1, 20151 min read
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Coffee Prompt Monday
1. MC’s sick, but this is no common cold. 2. The dinos, griffins and unicorns play date is not going well. 3. Person has a mysterious...
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Mar 30, 20151 min read
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When You’re Bored, Where Does Your Imagination Go? That’s Your Next Story.
One week till CampNano and I simply must start a new story. CampNano starts April 1st and, much like Nanowrimo in November, it’s a race...
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Mar 27, 20153 min read
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WritersLife Wednesday – Jim Butcher’s Pep Talk From Nano
CampNano starts in one week!!! Head explodes and I suck it up and prep anyway 🙂 Here’s a Pep Talk from one of my favorite authors, a...
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Mar 25, 20153 min read
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Coffee Prompt Monday
1. First date, what’s the worst that could happen? 2. A hippo’s in a tutu and it’s pissed. 3. Your worst fear flies in your face. Every...
amiegibbons15
Mar 23, 20151 min read
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Writer Inspiration Sunday
Quotes to make Monday a bit more bearable 🙂 Happy Writing It is perfectly okay to write garbage—as long as you edit brilliantly. – C....
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Mar 22, 20151 min read
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WriterLife Wednesday – Step Two, The Mini-Synopsis Assignment
I posted Step One of Dr. Amie’s Plot Fixer Elixir – The Blurb and now, I’ve finally done my own assignment.  My drunken cat plot of a...
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Mar 18, 20152 min read
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TRADEMARK TUESDAYS – INTRO TO COPYRIGHT LAW
This is my legal series about IP law (named Trademark Tuesdays because that sounds better 🙂  As always, this is to be taken as...
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Mar 17, 20153 min read
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Coffee Prompt Monday
Case of the Mondays?  Try these writers prompts to swing you into the week. 1. Have a Dr. prescribe her patient coffee (couldn’t help it,...
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Mar 16, 20151 min read
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Quotes on Writing – Writers’ Inspiration Sunday
Quotes to kick off your week and get you through the dreaded Monday. “When I sit down to write a book, I do not say to myself, ‘I am...
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Mar 15, 20151 min read
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Friday the 13th Story Excerpt
It’s baaaaaaaaack.  Friday the Thirteenth is here to torment you by stealing your luck all over again, and this time, it’s personal…...
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Mar 13, 20154 min read
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