Friday Fives: Freaky Friday

/ April 15, 2011

Freaky Friday was a book and multiple movies where a daughter and mom swap places. Hilarity and Hijinks ensure. This was one of my favorite books as a kid. So when Paper Hangover dropped this week’s Friday Fives topic, all I could think was “I’m titling this bitch as ‘Freaky Friday’.” This is kind of hard for me since I

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Zombies Ahead! Be Alert!

Ag2218/ April 14, 2011

Zombie Thursdays is a weekly feature with guest blogger, Miranda. You can read more about her here. It’s that time of the year again– the weather is getting warmer, flowers are blooming, and… road construction has started back up again. I don’t know about you all, but I hate construction. Before I moved to Chicago, I was frequently making the

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Scars of Yesterday

/ April 13, 2011

Every Wednesday, YA Highway asks their readership a simple question to answer on your blog. Once you answer, you link your blog in the comments for other readers to hop on board. This is Road Trip Wednesday. Today’s question: What is the story of your best scar? While I think about what scars I have and whether there’s a story

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Task-Setting for Writers, Part IV: The Power of “No.”

/ April 12, 2011

Welcome to the final installment of Task-Setting for Writers. If you missed a week, you can read the previous three weeks here. By now it’s been established that we’re here because we need help getting everything done that we want to get done. Case in point, this week I spread myself too thin: date night with Hubby, the final meeting

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Space is Important

/ April 11, 2011

Welcome to a new week, Lurkdom! Unfortunately, I don’t have a thought-out blog post in mind for today*. What this means for you is that I might just ramble stream-of-consciousness style**. I’ve been thinking a lot about the different forms of writing space. Not just where I can park my butt, but the space in my brain and also on

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