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Category: Thoughts

Thoughts

Rewriting and then rewriting again

3 May 2010By Normandie

Why is it that the phrase I thought so perfect — so apropos! — leaps suddenly off the page as miserably imperfect? I’ve either got

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To be read aloud and thoughtfully

16 April 2010By Normandie

      Here is some lovely writing that I found in One More River by John Galsworthy (Charles Scribner’s Sons, NY,1970, pp 264-265): …By love was

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On the subject of reading

15 April 2010By Normandie

When my 82-year-old mother visits Sea Venture, she comes laden with a stash of books that she passes on to me. I remember How Starbucks

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Local Knowledge Continued

14 March 2010By Normandie

A former critique partner wrote recently that she owed me a review. Thrilled, I sent her my latest manuscript and told her to read for

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Local Knowledge

3 March 2010By Normandie

  Can you see why we love Carteret County? That’s our harbor, with part of the flotilla ready to go! I just received comments from

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I apologize again

24 February 2010By admin

For all those who got spammed with 30+ emails from this account, I apologize. Again. It seems that when I went in — with a

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Facebook Update

15 February 2010By admin

Okay. All right. I concede. It’s victory to those who pushed me to join Facebook. Even with all of the hassles, the stolen blog, the

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Another One Down

15 February 2010By Normandie

Another manuscript out of my hands and into my agent’s. Of course, he may not like it, but that’s negative thinking, so I’d rather not

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Spam Postings

11 February 2010By admin

I want to apologize to any of you who received spam postings from this blog. I recently signed up with Facebook on the advice of

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Rewriting

3 February 2010By Normandie

I don’t know about you, but I think writing a piece, letting it lie dormant, and then going back with fresh eyes is a great

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