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Thoughts

The Green-Eyed Monster: Sharing from Writers in the Storm

11 March 201611 March 2016By Normandie

Ever feel that little snake of jealousy slither into your consciousness? I think it’s something we all have to deal with again and again and

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Thoughts women's fiction

Patience and the Writing Life

29 October 201429 October 2014By Normandie

Writers know all about waiting. ALL about it. We write a story and submit it. We accumulate rejections. Finally, our agent sells a story and

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Awards Media Sailing out of Darkness Sale Thoughts women's fiction

HAVING FUN AGAIN–ASPEN GOLD FINALIST!

19 July 201419 July 2014By Normandie

Y’all know how much fun contests are. Well, this has been a delightful week for my books. Today, I learned that Sailing out of Darkness

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Southern fiction Thoughts

When Words Hide

6 December 20136 December 2013By Normandie

I talk about words skittering off the page over at Southern Writers Magazine today. I hope you’ll visit and let me know how you find

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cruising by sailboat Thoughts writing on a sailboat

New York City: Babies, Boats, and Books

28 September 20138 January 2014By Normandie

I know you’ll forgive me for the blog silence when I explain that I’ve been just a little busy. Some of you will have seen

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Thoughts writing on a sailboat

Onward and Upward: New Roles and New Hats

10 April 2013By Normandie

I’ve had a lovely time as Executive Editor of Wayside Press, the general market imprint of Written World Communications, but it’s time to hang up

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Thoughts

Traditional versus Self-publishing: Why the Furor?

9 August 201210 August 2012By Normandie

Traditionally published (many times over) author Sue Grafton created a furor in an interview on August 7 in which she disparaged self-publishing and called self-pubbed

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Thoughts

New Website–Yippee!

19 July 2012By Normandie

Reeling from sticker shock a few days ago when a lovely web designer sent me a quote for design and maintenance of a website, I

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Thoughts

In A Crowded Room

18 June 201223 July 2012By Normandie

  A long time ago, in pre-Internet / pre-social media days, my eyes were still young and too often turned inward.   (Fine, sometimes they

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writing on a sailboat

New Writing Blog, Lost Friends

15 June 2012By admin

It appears that, when I upgraded Writing on Board from WordPress.com to WordPress.org, I made both blog-post pictures and people vanish into cyberspace. If, by

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