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Twitter Treasures from Friday, 6/2/2017

Good Monday morning, all. I hope you had a wonderful weekend and that you were able to either lounge around like a slug for 48 hours or accomplish everything you wanted to accomplish. Here are links to tweets shared on Friday, June 2, 2017. Arts and crafts, anyone? Get out your old magazines, some scissors… Continue reading Twitter Treasures from Friday, 6/2/2017

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Thursdays Tweets – 6/1/2017

Good Wednesday morning, everyone. It's June 1st and I'm wondering where the first half of the year went. Has it flown by for everyone, or is it just me? Before you know it, we'll be talking back-to-school and seeing Christmas ads. Before we get that far, here are links for Thursday's tweets on my @DancingOnCoals… Continue reading Thursdays Tweets – 6/1/2017

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Wednesday’s Twitter Wisdom — 05/31/2017

Twitter wisdom from Wednesday, May 31. It was a rough day on the Internet for me. Not sure if my computer was giving me problems, or if it was my home network, or a storm brewing to the west, but it was a day full of starts and stops for me. Hope yours was better!… Continue reading Wednesday’s Twitter Wisdom — 05/31/2017

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Friday’s (and Saturday’s) Twitter Wisdom — 05/26-27/2017

It's been a while since I tweeted on my @DancingOnCoals account, but I shared a few links on Friday and Saturday, so here's a recap: From The Write Stuff, the only secret to writing a bestseller: Have you ever asked yourself if you should write about something or if it is a bad idea? That’s… Continue reading Friday’s (and Saturday’s) Twitter Wisdom — 05/26-27/2017

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Twitter Wisdom from Friday — 04/07/2017

Just finished up with another editing job and have space open for another client or two if you're interested in getting help with your manuscript. I've been editing my own books and books for other writers for more than two decades. If you're interested, check out my Manuscript Evaluations page for more information. In the… Continue reading Twitter Wisdom from Friday — 04/07/2017

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Thursday’s Twitter Wisdom – 04/06/2017

Good morning. It's Friday already and though I skipped a day due to family stuff, I'm back with Tursday's tweets on writing. 7 Writers weigh in on the question: Is an MFA in Creative Writing Worthwhile? on The Write Life The Write Practice asks Is It Okay To End A Sentence With A Preposition? In an article from… Continue reading Thursday’s Twitter Wisdom – 04/06/2017

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Friday’s Tweets — 03/31/2017

Okay, I'm going to confess. The day almost got completely away from me. One of my former bosses passed away, and I got caught up in looking at his obituary, pricing flowers, and wishing I could hop on a plane back to Utah to be with his family and my old friends. Then, of course,… Continue reading Friday’s Tweets — 03/31/2017

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Thursday’s Tweets — 03/30/2017

I've collected all my writing tweets from Thursday so I can share them with you here. You can also find them by following @SherryLewis on Twitter. From Kobo Writing Life: 5 Tips on How to Make Your Writing Process Feel Like a Game. From Kristen Lamb: The Novel That Isn't a Novel--Do You Really Have a… Continue reading Thursday’s Tweets — 03/30/2017

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Sharing info on the business of writing

"We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master." ~Ernest Hemingway There's no end to the things we can learn about the craft of writing, no matter how many books we may have published, and the industry changes so much, so quickly, just trying to keep up can be a… Continue reading Sharing info on the business of writing

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Have You Fallen Into the Mood Trap?

"One must be pitiless about this matter of 'mood.' In a sense, the writing will create the mood...I have forced myself to begin writing when I've been utterly exhausted, when I've felt my soul as thin as a playing card, when nothing seemed worth enduring for another five minutes...and somehow the activity of writing changes… Continue reading Have You Fallen Into the Mood Trap?