Tag: Writing
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The Year I Stopped Looking Back and Started Living RV Life
You know you’re on the right track when you become uninterested in looking back. – anonymous Some years make you cling to the rear-view mirror, desperate to understand the bumps you hit. Other years? They make you tuck it up, fog the glass, and drive on. This year was the kind that tried to shake…
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Confessions of a C-Rated Black Tank

Our Eye-Opening RV Tank Flush with Kleen Tank Of all the things we’ve picked up on the road so far, one lesson towers above the rest: keeping your tanks clean (and avoiding the dreaded “poop pyramid”) is non-negotiable. We thought we were ready for whatever might flush out of our RV tanks… until Connie from…
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Diary of a Bad Writer: An Uncluttered Road

A dear friend went on vacation. She packed her bags, fueled up her car, and hit the road. She shared her adventure on her blog glitzyadventure.com, and of course, I’ve had to read it. In one of her posts she closes the dialogue with this statement: Our road is presently uncluttered. Kathy Leigh – My…
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On Writing by Stephen King

You’re probably wondering why, so soon after my review of Elevation, I would review yet another Stephen King book – and for that matter, one published 20 years ago. That’s simple – it’s Stephen King, man! Another reason is this: in all of the inspirational writer’s how-to’s or memoir-like this is how I do it…
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Diary of a Bad Writer: Focus

“I only write when I am inspired. Fortunately, I am inspired at 9 o’clock every morning.” William Faulkner Stereotype: Writers are Procrastinators. Even now as I sit before my computer, I find myself distracted. It isn’t the allure of social media or the call of email that pulls my focus. Instead, it is research. Yep,…
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Diary of a Bad Writer: Progress

Progress. At this moment Progress eludes me. I have several bits and pieces of a variety of random thoughts, yet no singular progress gained. Ray Bradbury is one of my all-time favorite authors. His quote speaks so deeply to where I am at this moment in my writing life.