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Journal Treasures / Walking the Farm

January 31, 2011 by Margaret Duarte

Journal Treasures / Walking the Farm

Here’s a selection taken from my journal, titled “Walking the Farm,” a sharing, so you know how at least one writer’s mind works. I’m currently reading a book called Epitaph for a Peach, Four Seasons on my Family Farm, by David Mas Masumoto.  He has shown me that it’s possible to write beautifully and informatively about farm life. Inspired by […]

Filed Under: For Readers, For Writers, Life on the Farm, Lifestyle Tagged With: David Mas Masumoto, Epitaph for a Peach, family farm

Memory and Tears / Bereavement

January 28, 2011 by Margaret Duarte

Memory and Tears / Bereavement

Here’s guest blogger Dorothy Ann Skarles with a post on bereavement. Memory and Tears The question asked today in the bereavement group is to encourage talking. The moderator does not want anyone to keep their feelings hidden within themselves. Saying, ‘I’m fine’ when you are not, is taking a risk of coming down with a […]

Filed Under: For Readers, For Writers, Lifestyle Tagged With: Bereavement, Dorothy Skarles, Memory and Tears

Share Your RSS Feed on Your Blogger Blog

January 26, 2011 by Margaret Duarte

Share Your RSS Feed on Your Blogger Blog

Here’s how to shareyour RSS feed on your Blogger blog. There’s plenty of information about how to add an RSS feed to a blog (thereby including the most recent content and articles that are published outside of your blog into your blog), but it took me awhile to find out how to share my blog posts (via my RSS feed) outside of Blogger. Here’s […]

Filed Under: Blogging, For Readers, For Writers, Website News Tagged With: RSS feed, sharing blogs, URL

Write A Better Novel / Bill Henderson

January 25, 2011 by Margaret Duarte

Write A Better Novel / Bill Henderson

When I come across a blog site that stands out from the crowd, I’ll pass it along, as a thanks to the author for creating it and as a gift to you for stopping by. You may not always be interested in the site’s specialty, but I’m sure you’ll agree it was at least worth a […]

Filed Under: Book Talk, For Writers Tagged With: Bill Henderson, Don't Tell, Show, Write A Better Novel

The Day I met Arnold Schwarzenegger

January 24, 2011 by Margaret Duarte

The Day I met Arnold Schwarzenegger

For a quick-write in my Advanced Fiction Workshop class through UC Davis Extension, I was asked to write a paragraph using one long sentence. Yep, you got it.  I was asked to write one big run-on sentence. I just so happened to have met Arnold Schwarzenegger that day, so decided to use that event for inspiration. […]

Filed Under: For Readers, For Writers Tagged With: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Quick Write, run-on sentence

Create A Memoir / Humor and Research

January 21, 2011 by Margaret Duarte

Create A Memoir / Humor and Research

Dorothy Ann Skarles, my critique partner and a guest-blogger here at Enter the Between, is back with some questions to help generate ideas for your story/memoir. With a little research, she says, this could also be a good article for a magazine or local newspaper. Welcome Dorothy. Humor and Research Today, taking a side road […]

Filed Under: Book Talk, For Writers Tagged With: Dorothy Ann Skarles, Enchanted Hunt, Learning to Write the Easy Way, Memoir/Memory, Scent of Diamonds

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