writing
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People walk and smileTalk to vendors for a whileSelling food and merchandiseAll for a good price As cash does exchange handsThe customers at all the standsPeople walk with bags galoresupporting the local crafters and growers is what it is for So stop by the crafter and farmers markets and share to show the local businesses…
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Pip: Born To Write — where the blog is the warm-up lap and the novel is the finish line nobody can quite see yet. Mara: That's the territory Chris Chonos is covering lately — the mechanics of building a writing practice, the standalone fiction scenes that practice produces, and the personal reflections that sit underneath…
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As I said before I do a lot of free writing and today I wrote 521 words. I do these in fast spurts to keep the mind active. I collect these pieces to add to the story I am writing. I feel good about this writing exercise and can tell that ideas are starting to…
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To keep the brain exercised I do some free writing each day…at least 250 words and this morning I did some this morning to generate ideas for the book I’m working on. I thought I might include this in my blog…it is part of my process. Silas- His Adventure Begins The anger built up inside…
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Pip: Born To Write — where the flying cars are fictional, the tattoos are personal, and the book is finally, actually, maybe happening this time. Mara: Chris Chonos has been busy this week across a range of personal territory — writing blocks and book plans, a reflection on unfinished reads, and a handful of prompts…
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Though I have not done any writing in the last week there has been work in the background. I have started a new plan to work on an actual book from scratch. I have been doing research and am beginning work on one of the scenes today. I have a plan which is more than…
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What we see that no one else can, it is ours to hold dear to our heart. Always reaching and striving, not letting fear keep Us from what we desire most. Work and sweat ours alone with failure and success determining our fate, but either way we try and keep pushing through reaching for the…
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Pip: Born To Write — where daily prompts meet flash fiction, and occasionally Benjamin Franklin shows up to remind you what century we’re in. Mara: chris chonos has been busy this week — we’re covering personal wisdom and hard-won advice, resilience in the face of real storms, the reading life that shapes a writer, and…
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Last night I finally got an app to track my books and be able to organize them so I don’t buy double or triple of what I already have, and you know what I found a book I had three of and 4 more that I have doubles of. I guess that a donation is…
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Thunder claps in the distance but drawing nearSirens whine inspiring fearTake shelter to protect the ones you loveThe danger swirls from far aboveA rumble of a train coming down the tracksTrees and buildings creating a terrifying crackOnly minutes seem to pass awayThen you can see the suns sweet raysThe storm clouds seem clear and passAll…