Wordle to Your Mother

LJ friend and fellow YA author Debra Garfinkle posted a link to Wordle, which makes word art out of a text file.  Like Debra, I seem to be obsessed with the word “Said.” Share

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The Not-So Second Book

Awhile ago, another blogger posted a question about the habit of posting word counters on our blogs. Why do we need/use them? I didn’t answer then. I will now. The counters keep me honest. It’s easy to stop a new project when no one knows I’ve started. Easy to spin my wheels on mid-draft revision and never climb higher on the narrative arc. Easy to…you get the point. When I was...

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