Category: Musings
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Writing, according to Tim O’Brien
Today I came across this quote about writing and thought it appropriate for what we do and feel as writers every day.
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Spring has come to Chicago!
I walked outside my apartment this morning and was greeted with the glorious knowledge that spring has finally crawled out from under its blanket of snow. I love winter and snow and everything that comes with it, but I am so ready for it to be warm outside. Even now…
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I Am an Adult Now, and Other Odd Things: Liz goes to work!
Day One of my new job! I already love it. I have my own computer and desk and my coffee cup is sitting here nicely beside me as I type (lunch break!). I also got a neat water tumbler and have been diligently drinking water all day (excuse me while I…
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Great news from Chicago-land!
Hello faithful readers and fellow writers! Today is a great day. I just got offered a job as a Content Writer at a marketing company in Chicago! Woo. Now I can do a thing for a living that I went to school for. This is an English major’s dream come…
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NEAT. Issue 7: Winter 2014 – 2015 . . . has arrived!
Hey all! Go check out the new issue of NEAT. up on the website. It’s full of lovely, dirge-ful writing (that’s a word because I say so) and I’m so happy to have been a part in reading and selecting these.
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Hello hello from the great white Midwest
Concerned readers will be happy to know that I am finally back from my hiatus. I am writing to you from a whole new city: Chicago! A lot of packing, an ungodly amount of stress and adrenaline, and a cold-as-shit blizzard of a move-in day later, and I have officially…
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Happy New Year!
I braved the holiday season, I ate a million cookies, and I drank three-fourths of a giant bottle of Yellowtail Moscato on New Year’s. But I’m back! Lots of stuff on my plate for the new year. I don’t have “resolutions,” per se, but I have plenty of goals. “Resolution”…
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NaNoWriMo — What did I do? What didn’t I do?
Well folks here we are almost at the end of November, and I can’t say it’s been a super successful NaNoWriMo for me, mainly because I’m a tad lazy these days. But just because it’s not super successful doesn’t mean it’s not successful at all. I do feel like I was able…
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Had a good conversation this morning and wanted to share . . .
I will post some more updates later, but first I wanted to share this conversation I had (with my friends Beth and Kathryn) this morning about writing, and some thoughts about how writing helps us better understand our own thoughts and feelings. Read more here. >> How do you see your…
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NaNoWriMo is coming . . .
. . . and I still need a plan. I suppose it’s about time for me to set something in stone and (hopefully) keep to it when the time comes. Here are my thoughts. 1. I need to decide what to do about marketing my novel. I have been tossing…
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