I realized that I haven’t talked about the cats recently. If they knew this I’m sure there would be more mayhem at Chez Gregoire*. The reason for lack of cat stories I guess is because the focus at The Pie is slowly becoming more writing and writing life oriented. But Alicia, I love hearing about your less-than-normal felines.Aw, thanks. I
So part of the platform building campaign is challenges. Rachael posted the first one on Monday. The challenge? To write a piece of flash fiction that is 200 words or less that begins with the phrase “the door swung open.” Optional parts of the challenge are to make it 200 words exactly and to close out the piece with “the
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 Topic: How do you beat writer’s block? Sometimes I think the ladies at YA Highway read my mind. I’m beginning to burn
It’s Friday. That means it’s time for Paper Hangover’s Friday Fives. Today’s topic? Oh, apps. You little things that can become such a time sink for yours truly*. I don’t really have an addictive personality, but there are certain things that make me forget outside things exist. Take this example: back in dial up only days, The Lou had an
I should probably let you all in on a not-so-secret secret: I’m anti-social. This totally contradicts the amount of time I spend on the Twitters and here, but sometimes that’s how I roll. Anyway. Listing 5 writing communities shouldn’t be too hard. Twitter. This is where I’ve made a lot of my writing connections. The #amediting and #amwriting hashtags are