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Friday’s Five

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Joan Stradling, Author

1. National Novel Writing Month is over (well, at midnight tonight). It was a complete bust for me this year. With all the family drama going on, I didn’t manage to get remotely close to 50,000 words. Oh well. I … Continue reading →

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Thursday Things

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Joan Stradling, Author

1. Today is the start of National Novel Writing Month (aka NaNo or NaNoWriMo). I do plan to participate, but I’m not sure I’ll get much writing done today. 2. I have all three kids home today due to various … Continue reading →

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Four on Friday

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Joan Stradling, Author

1. The kids have been sick most of the week. This means I haven’t been able to do much writing wise. But two of the three went back to school today, and I’m out in my shed ready to get … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Tidbits

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Joan Stradling, Author

1. I finished my revisions, came up with a new title, and sent off the full MG manuscript to the editor and the agent who requested it. Now I wait to hear back. I also queried a few other agents. … Continue reading →

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Fixing-up Friday

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Joan Stradling, Author

As many of you know, we’ve been fixing up the shed in preparation to turn it into a craft/writing room for me. Yesterday was a glorious day for the electrician came and fixed the old wiring (it wasn’t right) and … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Thursday

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Joan Stradling, Author

It’s been hard to think lately. It’s not that I can’t, but it seems like every time I have a quiet moment and start thinking, a song pops into my head. This usually doesn’t happen to me since I don’t … Continue reading →

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Friday Flood

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Joan Stradling, Author

Well, it’s not quite flooding yet, but it has been raining all morning. This put a halt to the field trip to the county fair for which I was to chaperone (for K’s class). K and the rest of the … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Times

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Joan Stradling, Author

Things have been so crazy here (what else is new)! We’ve travelled every weekend for the last month to visit family and attend various family gatherings. I’m exhausted! This weekend was the most exhausting yet. We visited my parents in … Continue reading →

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Words on Wednesday

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Joan Stradling, Author

1. I haven’t gotten much writing done the last couple of days. Mostly due to sickness. I caught a cold or some such virus from my adorable niece on Saturday. My brother and sister-in-law warned me their baby was sick, … Continue reading →

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Words on Wednesday

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Joan Stradling, Author

It’s K’s 11th birthday today. She got her presents yesterday since they came in the mail and she just couldn’t wait until today—she wanted to play with them and knew she’d have to go to school this morning and not … Continue reading →

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