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My Writing Diary

Fiction or Bust

by Heather Kephart February 11, 2010 My Writing Diary
google is the crusher of dreams

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I’ve been avoiding my blog, plain and simple. Afraid of it, really. It can, you see, be a time-sucker, magic-buster and dasher of dreams.
I now have a goal of writing a novel and am determined to stay focused. But when I discuss my goals they have a way of rolling down [...]

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Slow Down, but Keep on Moving

by Heather Kephart January 29, 2010 Domestic Goddessing
Slow and steady

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I’ve been a stay at home Mom for three years now, but when I worked in financial services, multitasking with a sense of urgency was the golden standard. There weren’t enough hours in the day to accomplish what needed to be done, and an ever-present school of wishes nibbled at [...]

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It’s hard out here for a pimp

by Heather Kephart January 26, 2010 My Writing Diary
From Rockymountainhigh

If you’re a blogger and you want people to actually read your blog, and you probably do, or maybe you don’t, or maybe you do and say you don’t or vice-versa, blogging is not enough.
Our blog posts by themselves are but a sneeze on the upturned noggin of Cyberslovokia. If you want to turn the [...]

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Texas, Heather. Heather, Texas.

by Heather Kephart January 15, 2010 Introspection
Another Cold Winter Day

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I’m writing to get over the hump. I’ve never before written in this state, this town, or this room. I don’t associate my present surroundings with writing. I don’t associate my present surroundings with anything. It’s all new and unfamiliar. Grey, cold, and confusing.
I lost it the other day. Freaked out [...]

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I can’t see

by Heather Kephart January 12, 2010 Introspection
CITY OF BLINDING LIGHTS...

Re-post: Originally posted August 12, 2009.

Image by d ha rm e sh via Flickr

Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
And he’s quick with a joke or to light up your smoke
But there’s someplace that he’d rather be
He says, Bill I believe this is killing me
As the [...]

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Moving to Dallas, Texas!

by Heather Kephart November 17, 2009 Family
dallas

Dallas, there goes your neighborhood. Raise your fences and hide your sheep, cause here come the Kepharts!
Dennis and I found out on Friday that he was offered a position at the Dallas, Texas branch of his current employer. We’re very excited and looking forward to the adventure, but this news leaves us with mixed emotions.
I’ve [...]

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Post-Halloween NaNoWriMo Crankfest

by Heather Kephart November 1, 2009 Family
Dennis, Dennie, Joe and Brian Friday night at Red Robin for Brian

Yesterday was a blast. I haven’t enjoyed Halloween this much in years. Mid-day I was stressing like I said I wouldn’t, chasing perfection, trying to do my kids right, gearing up to totally freak out, and then it happened. I saw the look on my son’s face: pure joy.
It was one of those a-ha moments. [...]

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NaNoWriMo

by Heather Kephart October 26, 2009 My Writing Diary
dawn

“Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door.”
~ Emily Dickinson
We’re closing in on November, better known to those of my ilk as “National Novel Writing Month” or NaNoWriMo.
Taken from “What is NaNoWriMo?“:
National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to [...]

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Writing Down the Bones

by Heather Kephart October 21, 2009 My Writing Diary
Helpful writing exercise?

Did you ever put a jingle on a jangle?
How about a dingle on a dangle?
On the advice of Natalie Goldberg’s Writing Down the Bones, and other writing books through which I am currently skimming, I perform a daily writing exercise that involves me grabbing a notebook and a pen, sitting down, preferably with earplugs in, [...]

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Imagination

by Heather Kephart October 17, 2009 My Writing Diary
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I don’t want to live in a world where Vampires aren’t sexy.
Similarly, I want my sharks to be toothless and coy, my grizzlies loyal and cuddly. Is that so much to ask?
I’m discovering that it is possible to craft the world of my dreams that I may live there for hours, if not days at [...]

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