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Thank You, Dorothy Shoemaker

D.Lynn — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 04:00:00 +0000

Thoughts of gratitude and appreciation upon winning 1^st prize in the Adult Division of the Dorothy Shoemaker Literary Awards Contest.

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Work in Progress

D.Lynn — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 05:00:00 +0000

I commit to working on the progressive realization of this novel daily and publishing something (of the book, about the book, or about my experience with the book) on this website regularly in 2015. I hope you will hold me accountable to doing it.

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My Life: The Short of It

D.Lynn — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 05:00:00 +0000

Credit to Portia Nelson for this format. In 1993, she wrote her “Autobiography in Five Short Chapters”. I needed six chapters to complete mine—I’m more verbose.

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Creative Insomnia

D.Lynn — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 05:00:00 +0000

Occasionally, I half-awaken around 3am and toss-and-turn as my mind churns over creative solutions to my next chapter’s dilemma. Sometimes, the solutions still sound inspired in the morning and sometimes they fall flat.

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Interval Writing

D.Lynn — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 05:00:00 +0000

I’ve read a great deal about the value of Interval Training in exercise and highly recommend it (despite rarely doing it). For instance, if one runs (which I don’t, if I can help it), interval training would involve alternating between short, intense, full-out sprints, and slow, steady recovery jogs in one training session. I’ve realized that the same habits that I’ve applied (or haven’t but should) to exercise also apply to writing.

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