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- 06: Sunday’s Simple Pleasures (2)
- 04: Brunch and Banter with Backspacers (0)
January 2011 (2)
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- 23: What was I saying? (3)
- 20: Editing for Editors, or… (8)
December 2010 (1)
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- 23: A Jewish Mom’s Christmas Poem (4)
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- 15: Cheers! (4)
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April 2010 (6)
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- 23: Mom meets grill – asparagus love (1)
- 22: Mom meets grill – sweet potato fail (0)
- 21: Mom meets grill – grill meets potatoes (0)
- 20: Mom meets grill – for lunch (1)
- 19: Mom meets Grill (2)
- 02: A Guest Post by Kathryn Kemp-Griffin: Ooh La La (0)
December 2009 (6)
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- 14: Pride without Prejudice (10)
- 08: Unique (3)
- 07: First snow (4)
- 06: You talkin’ to me? (2)
- 04: Character vs. caricature (1)
- 03: So, yea, um, it’s me. Here. On the blog. This one. Uh huh. (4)
November 2009 (2)
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October 2009 (4)
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- 23: Eat, meow and leave (3)
- 18: A story and a silver lining (7)
- 14: A terrific typo (5)
- 12: Confessions of lapsed blogger (6)
September 2009 (10)
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- 24: Signs of a new idea (7)
- 20: A Sunday on subjectivity (1)
- 19: Eat before you write (5)
- 14: Walking Past (7)
- 13: Where is this and what’s inside? (7)
- 11: A new September 11th, an old post (1)
- 09: Thinking in third (5)
- 06: Liberated (3)
- 05: Mark as read (4)
- 03: Mascara and story-telling (5)
August 2009 (9)
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- 29: Flash fiction (5)
- 28: In real life, part 4 (13)
- 26: Snark, with a double eyebrow raise thrown in (8)
- 21: He said, she said (7)
- 19: Reading days (7)
- 17: School schedules (6)
- 14: Ode to a good dog (12)
- 09: TV, mapquest and initials, oh my (4)
- 06: Educational television (4)
July 2009 (9)
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- 30: Sarah’s Key: a balanced, beautiful book (5)
- 28: The more I read, the more I write (9)
- 26: Books and stuff (9)
- 20: Big Brother vs. Kindle (3)
- 14: Really writing (10)
- 13: The whipping post (0)
- 11: Linen (9)
- 07: Summer in the slow lane (7)
- 01: It’s all about me. Who knew? (8)
June 2009 (15)
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- 30: Giving away books? You bet. (2)
- 27: Points of view and a book review (7)
- 25: In real life, part 3 (10)
- 22: A summer schedule (11)
- 18: Where am I? (7)
- 16: Personal feedback is not meant to be taken personally (8)
- 15: How did the settlers do it? (4)
- 15: The character name game (7)
- 14: Would you keep reading? (7)
- 13: Confused about a muse (12)
- 10: An aspiring author’s poem (11)
- 07: In real life, part 2 (14)
- 06: In real life, part 1 (8)
- 05: It’s officially summer (9)
- 03: Wrapping it up (8)
May 2009 (18)
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- 30: Angels and demons…and D.J.s (12)
- 29: I got the book for free. There, I said it. (4)
- 28: A recipe for rejection (11)
- 27: Searching for khaki (8)
- 25: A public service announcement (5)
- 24: Just doing my part (4)
- 23: Always take your Gameboy to Belize (1)
- 22: It’s not a hammock in Mexico, but… (6)
- 21: How publishing is like American Idol (5)
- 18: What do you pack? (16)
- 14: Do you make assumptions? (15)
- 13: Surprise endings (11)
- 09: What do I have to show you? (4)
- 07: Lessons from a dog (5)
- 06: Authors are multi-talented (and funny) (6)
- 05: One of the coolest things about being a writer? (4)
- 04: A brick wall (5)
- 02: Seek and find (3)
April 2009 (18)
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- 30: April showers (9)
- 29: The vocabulary of blogging (12)
- 27: Bippity-boppity-boo? Hardly. (6)
- 24: I’ll take a BLT with some writing on the side (12)
- 21: Reading through the rain (6)
- 20: Happy, schmappy (15)
- 18: What’s in a name? (15)
- 16: Not Jane – The Not Series, Part 3 (7)
- 14: Does it matter how an agent says no? (12)
- 13: Not Jennifer – The Not Series, Part 2 (5)
- 11: Not Erma – The Not Series, Part 1 (8)
- 08: Praise Moses and pass the matzah: A Passover primer (5)
- 07: Passive voice = passé (12)
- 06: Dr. Seuss said it best (7)
- 04: I love me some dancing penguins (5)
- 02: The power of a piece of bologna (13)
- 02: #Agentfail (11)
- 01: Bend when the wind blows (8)
March 2009 (20)
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- 31: Explain the coins (2)
- 30: Just passing through (13)
- 28: My kind of town, sorta (20)
- 27: A contest in three sentences (3)
- 26: Six sentences (8)
- 25: A writer’s dream (or was it a nightmare?) (12)
- 23: When the light goes on (10)
- 22: What’s in your purse? (15)
- 21: The unbearable cuteness of signing (6)
- 18: On arcs and words (9)
- 15: Five answers. Now, what was the question? (11)
- 13: Revelations in revealing (14)
- 11: Virtual revolution (14)
- 08: The best damn Purim story ever (7)
- 07: It’s two, two, two book reviews in one (8)
- 06: Are you a green writer? (11)
- 05: A smashing birthday (15)
- 04: Don’t let ideas go down the drain (7)
- 02: How a writer is like Dr. Doolittle (6)
- 01: Are writers a helpful lot? (18)
February 2009 (16)
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- 27: Booked (8)
- 26: 6 on 45 (16)
- 23: My muse has a mullet and shoulder pads (9)
- 21: Rethinking creativity (8)
- 19: Wading through feedback (26)
- 17: Is ‘fiction novel’ redundant? (13)
- 16: A blogaversary go-green giveaway (and the winner is…) (14)
- 12: Some things always stay the same (12)
- 10: In toto (9)
- 09: Bloganomics (4)
- 07: Erin Brockovich (10)
- 06: Put your hands up, and step awaaaay from the manuscript (7)
- 03: The perfect voice (10)
- 03: The secret to getting published? (11)
- 02: Voice (5)
- 01: Got inspiration? (5)
January 2009 (22)
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- 31: Writing stories (12)
- 29: Links of Love (7)
- 28: Word cocktails: verbiage with a twist (8)
- 25: In real life (16)
- 24: Laughing in the face of Facebook (7)
- 23: The coolest site evah (15)
- 22: The attack of the dialogue tags (19)
- 20: Word worries on inauguration day (19)
- 18: Weaving time (11)
- 16: Don’t bitch, just read (9)
- 15: The editor’s hat (4)
- 14: The secret to doing laundry…now with sound (14)
- 13: I have a bridge I’d like to sell you (6)
- 12: Safety Net (8)
- 11: Yo! (2)
- 10: In living color (10)
- 09: How a book is like a theme party (11)
- 08: Reaping rewards (7)
- 07: Where does the story start? (17)
- 06: Closing the book… (11)
- 05: Backtracking to get back on track (7)
- 01: The perils of planning ahead? You learn stuff. (6)
December 2008 (24)
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- 31: It’s not whiskers on kittens, but it’ll do (4)
- 30: Raising a reader (10)
- 25: A Christmas ramble (7)
- 22: Once and for all! Lat-KAH or Lat-KEY? (13)
- 21: Sucking on grapes (3)
- 20: The Hanukkah, Hanukah, Chanukah story (16)
- 19: The Gingerbread Mensch (10)
- 19: It’s an ice day (6)
- 18: Time for fun with words (9)
- 17: Keeping warm (10)
- 15: Accidental luxuries (16)
- 15: And the winner is… (1)
- 13: Someone said there would be bon-bons. I’m still waiting. (22)
- 12: Landing on your ass (13)
- 11: In honor of going tri (40)
- 10: Becoming a query wizard (7)
- 09: Waiting (17)
- 07: Sweet inspiration (13)
- 05: It’s always about the baked goods (8)
- 04: Everything I never knew I wanted (20)
- 03: Cooking up a query (7)
- 02: How books are like babies (8)
- 01: Second short post on the first (8)
- 01: And the winners are… (4)
November 2008 (24)
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- 30: Beginnings (11)
- 28: In honor of Black Friday: How to break my own rules (22)
- 27: Thanksgiving words (6)
- 26: The kamish bread story (14)
- 25: Holiday time (13)
- 24: I am thankful for (5)
- 23: Like talking to a… (11)
- 22: Exactly what I meant (6)
- 21: Vampires and popcorn at midnight, oh my! (11)
- 20: Where I will be at midnight (4)
- 19: A writer’s brand, from soup to nuts (12)
- 17: The tao of teenagers (8)
- 16: Publishing is a crapshoot. What else is new? (8)
- 15: G’day mate, youse guys are da bomb (14)
- 14: Overflow (5)
- 12: How much should you reveal? (20)
- 10: Brave Writer Award (3)
- 10: My two cents (6)
- 08: I’ll take mine with a twist (7)
- 07: Stealing butter. Please play along. (15)
- 06: LMNOP (8)
- 04: Log off the computer, put down the pen and… (12)
- 03: All good things begin with writing (7)
- 01: No salt needed (7)
October 2008 (17)
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- 30: The twiwrite zone (5)
- 28: In general, do you like things to be specific? (9)
- 25: How many u’s are in you? (8)
- 23: Like sands through the hourglass (8)
- 21: Comic relief (8)
- 20: The zen of punctuation (12)
- 17: Same Thai, different day (6)
- 16: I’m sensing a theme (12)
- 15: The more things change (5)
- 13: What lights your way? (3)
- 11: As if (3)
- 09: Do you write the way you tawk? (10)
- 07: Literary Jenga (5)
- 06: What if? (5)
- 04: Why in the world wide web are you here? (7)
- 03: Bringing back recess (3)
- 01: Why doesn’t ‘buick’ rhyme with ‘quick’ (9)
September 2008 (22)
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- 30: The power of prayer (2)
- 29: In the beginning (10)
- 27: A freudian landslide (1)
- 26: Winter curtains (5)
- 24: Rebel with a keyboard (7)
- 23: A bookmark and a smile (5)
- 21: How time warps our memories (2)
- 20: Nothing scary about this advice (6)
- 19: Do I know you? (2)
- 18: Backstory (4)
- 17: No elves? Really? Who knew? (4)
- 15: Jumbo shrimp (10)
- 13: What’s your troll? (7)
- 12: Writers’ clock (5)
- 11: September 11th (5)
- 10: How to hard boil a book (8)
- 08: I drank the Kool Aid (8)
- 06: Guess what I did today? (5)
- 05: Building an ark (3)
- 04: More on words (3)
- 02: Words, glorious words (4)
- 01: Unpredictable (3)
August 2008 (19)
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- 31: Eat, pray, give me a break (7)
- 30: A fond adieu to the white shoe (1)
- 29: No pain no gain (3)
- 27: Writing contest comes out in the wash (3)
- 26: The shuttle run (5)
- 25: Right on time (5)
- 22: What would you do? (4)
- 21: Booked (2)
- 20: Where ever you go, there you are (0)
- 18: Choosing the right words (7)
- 17: Damn those new ideas (3)
- 16: Now why didn’t I think of that? (2)
- 15: Reading a good book (2)
- 14: Wake-Up Blue (4)
- 13: Writing for the Gold (3)
- 12: She’s quite a character! (4)
- 11: In my own little corner, in my own little chair (3)
- 10: Regular time (0)
- 09: Homecoming (1)
