1 :: 2 ~ 3 Notta Mistakes for Newbie Writers

Newbie Writers make mistakes when launching their careers. Here are 3 Notta Mistakes that writer M.A. Lee managed to stumble into when she launched in 2015.

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5:37 / Fall into Poetry / Clown Faire September 11, 2024
Story-songs, like last episode’s “Read my Mind” by Gordon Lightfoot, leave a mark in our memories. Very little is needed to return them to the foreground of our mind. That’s also the case with this episode’s story-song, another ballad, this time for Broadway, written by the fantastic Stephen Sondheim, a great in American stagecraft. I […]
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5:36 / Fall into Poetry / Read my Mind September 4, 2024
Every writer is after memorable writing, whatever will strengthen our words and ideas so they haunt our audience. We want our audience to return again and again to our writing, either to recapture that original impact or to puzzle out a question that wasn’t answered. Capture our audience, and they stay with our writing to […]
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5:35 / Word Count Challenge / Check-In # 4 / Surviving that Horrible Week August 28, 2024
Hi, everyone. Welcome to the fourth check-in for the Word Count Challenge with the theme of Surviving that Horrible Week for Writing. I thought I was smart, earlier in this year, when I scheduled a Wednesday to Tuesday trip. The hectic weekend driving would be avoided. When most people would be arriving or leaving, I […]
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5:34 / Word Count Challenge / 3rd Check-in / Challenging Problems August 21, 2024
Hello, everyone. It’s the 3rd Check-in for the Word Count Challenge here in August, and we’re discovering problems. I continue to meet my goal of 500 new words daily, no matter the interruptions. I’ve had to write fiction and nonfiction to achieve 500 new words, and other writing tasks are still occurring, all in a […]
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5:33 / Word Count Challenge / Check In 2 / Managing August 14, 2024
Hi, Everyone. It’s the second check-in for the Word Count Challenge here in August. How have you done? Leave a comment about your goals and successes. I’ve managed to meet my goal of 500 words daily, no matter the interruptions, and they were many. Things tugged at me every day of the past week. The […]
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5:32 / Word Count Challenge / Old Challenge vs. New Challenge August 7, 2024
Old Challenge vs. New Challenge ~ that’s the theme for this week’s episode. We say goodbye to the Summer Writing Challenge, which tracked all the pesky jobs that writers have to do in addition to the writing, and we welcome in the August Word Count Challenge, which is the kind of challenge that writers want […]
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5:31 / Summer Writing Challenge / Check In 9 / Winding Down by Winding Up July 31, 2024
Hi, all. It’s the last full week of the Summer Writing Challenge. We’ll have one last day to report in our first August episode. This week, though, finishes out our challenge. Did I succeed? Did I fail? What can I do better? What changes can I make to be more successful in the future? Let’s […]
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5:30 / Summer Writing Challenge / 8th Check-in / A Miscellany of Jobs July 24, 2024
Hi, all! It’s our 8th check-in for the Summer Writing Challenge. A little over a week to go to the end of July BUT not the end of the Summer Writing Challenge. I’ve struggled and I’ve soared in this past week. It’s all a matter of juggling the bad with the good to keep a […]
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5:29 / Summer Writing Challenge / 7th check In / What's Up, Doc? July 17, 2024
Hi, all. Time for Check-In #7 of our Summer Writing Challenge with the theme of “What’s Up, Doc?” The challenge this week was to steady up and recover from last week’s losses. Luckily, most of my weekly activities are on hiatus in July although my personal commitment remain strong. A Special BONUS this episode: 9 […]
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5:28 / Summer Writing Challenge / 6th Check-In / Land of the Lost July 10, 2024
Hi, All! Welcome from the Land of the Lost ~ Lost Days, Lost Time, Lost Plans, Lost Chances. That’s me this past week, and I’m still dealing with the aftermath. I’m also scouting the area to find out who infected me. Yes, in a week when I knew I would lose three days before it […]
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