Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
-Henry Ward Beecher #quote

New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-10 - New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-03 New post: Twitter... http://ht.ly/1859Z0

New post: Killing Two Birds With One Stone: NAIWE Challenge Serendipity http://ht.ly/183zLP

It's almost 7pm. So much for quitting work early (one of my summer goals). Time for an omelet and a good book. #Writegoal went well today.

New post! Advice for Friends of Caregivers - Caregivers face daily challenges, but friends who are understanding and... http://ht.ly/181Hte

New post: Serendipity and the NAIWE Summer Challenge - Serendipity intervenes to provide a new project that fulfills... http://ht.ly/181JgX

A serendipitous thing happened on my way to the NAIWE Get it Done Summer Challenge for Writers and Editors- http://ht.ly/27FFG

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If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
Albert Einstein #quote

RT @YESUmob The natural law of growth teaches us spiritual things. A grain of wheat in the wrong environment will never grow.

I told myself to take a vacation in June. Got a short-notice writing assignment. No vacation. July? Ditto already.Gd thing I love to write.

New post: Review: Smart Women Know Their Why by Sheri McConnell http://ht.ly/17X21a

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful,
ready always to apprehend...the sudden flash of poetry.
-GBachelard

Knowing your “Big WHY” is the key to unlocking peace, prosperity and purpose: http://ping.fm/VIfAW

"The Elegance of the Hedgehog" by Muriel Barbery was my birthday gift to myself. It was a wonderful read. Recommended!

New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-26 - New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-19 RT @TheWritersDen... http://ht.ly/17TOB0

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. I quit such odious subjects as soon as I can. - Jane Austen

Tempted to slack off for summer? Learn something new instead: join us for the #NAIWE Get It Done Summer Challenge! http://ht.ly/22Ym7 #write

If you have teens going into high school, you may be interested in the online Upper Level homeschool classes: http://tinyurl.com/upperleve

New post! Carnival of Homeschooling: The Beach Reading Edition http://ht.ly/17Qybf

Join #NAIWE for an interview with the StoryBlue Software for Writers creator! Today at 1:30 pm EDT on The Freelance Life. http://ht.ly/21Mvw

RT @everydayedu: Just posted the Beach Reading Edition of the Carnival of Homeschooling. Lots of great #homeschool posts! http://ht.ly/21Lwb

No amount of energy will take the place of thought. A strenuous life with its eyes shut is a kind of wild insanity. -Henry Van Dyke #quote

New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-19 - RT @TheWritersDen: Good as it is to inherit a library, it is bette... http://ht.ly/17O9gm

If you have teens going into high school, you may be interested in the online Upper Level homeschool classes: http://tinyurl.com/upperleve

New post! Three Things to Consider When Making Curriculum Decisions http://ht.ly/17KLTe

Writers and editors: I'm planning to get more done this summer with NAIWE's Get It Done Summer Challenge. Join me? http://ht.ly/1YYUT

What I like in a good author is not what he says, but what he whispers. -Logan Pearsall Smith #quote

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RT @TheWritersDen: Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one. ༺༻ Augustine Birrell

Get It Done Challenge tasks: Read 3 books; do one project; create an additional stream of income. Join us! http://ht.ly/1Wub5 #write #edit

The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. ~Sylvia Plath #quote

And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. SPlath #quote

NAIWE News- NAIWE's 2010 Summer Challenge: Get It Done! - Summer has started, and we know it can be an off-season fo... http://ht.ly/17GkhK

"You teach best what you most need to learn." -- Richard David Bach #quote

If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing. Ben Franklin #quote

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The aim of good prose words is to mean what they say. The aim of good poetical words is to mean what they do not say. -GK Chesterton #quote

Join #NAIWE for The Seven Things Every Author MUST Understand About Publishing- online today- 3:30pm EDT. #write
http://ht.ly/1SIsz

New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-29 - New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-22 Winding up a gre... http://ht.ly/17y0zo

NAIWE News- The Seven Things Every Author MUST Understand About Publishing http://ht.ly/17xpre

I love the way StoryBlue lets me drag & drop scenes from one chapter to another. Super-easy to use so far. http://storyblue.com/ #write

“Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events.
Small minds discuss people.” –Eleanor Roosevelt #quote

New post! Caregiving for Homeschool Families: Don't Go Into It Lightly http://ht.ly/17vNPk

New post: Great Rules of Writing, Possibly by William Safire http://ht.ly/17vPIn

Children's authors- set up virtual visits with K12 classrooms & libraries through Skype an Author. http://ht.ly/1Q8st #scbwi #kidlit #write

NAIWE News- How to Get More Editing Options for Your WordPress Blog http://ht.ly/17uYbA

How to find the editing toolbar in your WordPress website. #NAIWE members- this will help you work with your member site! http://ht.ly/1PLvc

RT @jumpouttheboat: RT @4KidLit: "The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." - Walter Bagehot #amwriting #scbwi

New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-22 - Winding up a great #Enoch conference. Much work & committment to ... http://ht.ly/17sR4y

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture.
Just get people to stop reading them.
- Ray Bradbury #quote

The writer experiences everything twice; once in reality & once in that mirror which waits always before or behind. Catherine Bowen #quote

NAIWE teleclass- Write a non-fiction proposal w/Mary DeMuth - Join us at 3:30 pm EDT today & ask questions http://ht.ly/1NdyX

New post! The Power of Copying a Text - Charlotte Mason recommended copywork as part of the language arts curriculu... http://ht.ly/17pY7L

New post: How to Read a Writing Magazine - A pristine copy of a writing magazine will do you no good unless you lea... http://ht.ly/17q0bg

I've been away from my desk so long that even #hootsuite didn't recognize me! I'm happy to be back. What's your #writegoal this week?

New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-15 - New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-08 New post: Twitte... http://ow.ly/17o1IW

It is not enough to write so that you can be understood;
you must write so clearly that you cannot be misunderstood.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

A warm welcome to new NAIWE members! You're joining just in time for Mary DeMuth's class on how to #write great proposals http://ht.ly/1KcUj

NAIWE News- Write Non-Fiction Proposals that Grab an Editor: Learn How with Mary DeMuth http://ow.ly/17lfaP

New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-08 - New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-01 I'm wrapping up ... http://ow.ly/17ji9c

I ws bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth & reason...bearding* evry authority whch stood in their way. TJefferson

NAIWE News- Three Myths of Publishing with Jerry Simmons - Join us at 3:30 pm EDT on The Freelance Life & ask questions http://ow.ly/17fXQo

New post: Malice Domestic 2010: A Post-Mortem - Review of Malice Domestic 2010, including a list of Agatha Award wi... http://ow.ly/17gJ53

New post at Words Into Books: Malice Domestic 2010: A Post-Mortem http://ping.fm/KHNn9

NAIWE News- Three Myths of Publishing with Jerry Simmons - NAIWE Publishing Expert Jerry D. Simmons will be on The ... http://ow.ly/17fXQo

New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-01 - I'm wrapping up for today it was productive despite hammering, sa... http://ow.ly/17eOgz

"There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are." -W. Somerset Maugham #quote

Early registration night at #MaliceDomestic. Getting ready to curl up with one of the 11 books from my fab swag bag. Fun!

New post! Homeschool Through High School Workshop Replays - Several of you have asked about replays from the Homesc... http://ow.ly/17cUVj

NAIWE News- NAIWE Members Receive Discount for DIY Author's Conference at BEA http://ow.ly/17cUVf

New post: Emyl Jenkins: I'll Miss You - It's always a shock to pick up a newspaper and find a friend's face looking... http://ow.ly/17cXbp

Here's an interesting overview of the career outlook for authors, writers, & editors from the Occ. Outlook Handbook. http://ht.ly/1DLuw

New post: NaPiBoWriWee- Another Crazy Challenge - National Picture Book Writing Week, the brainchild of author Paul... http://ow.ly/17ceVR

Last week for Nat. Asso. of Independent Writers & Editors site surveyhttp://naiwe.com. What do you want to see? http://ow.ly/1tmvk

It is not enough to write so that you can be understood;
you must write so clearly that you cannot be misunderstood.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. TMorrison #quote

New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-24 - Sunday worship, family time, a good book, a notebook to catch ide... http://ow.ly/17ahFH

New post! Grammar Made Easy- New Question Answered-Gerunds & Verb Phrases http://ow.ly/178oe3

New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-17 - New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-10 New post: Twitte... http://ow.ly/178odZ

NAIWE News- Publishing Expert Jerry D. Simmons is New NAIWE Resource http://ow.ly/178odV

New post: I Walk the Line (with apologies to Johnny Cash) - Literary and commercial writing have elements in common... http://ow.ly/178rbV

One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to hv the rt ones form themselves into the proper pattern at the rt moment.
HCrane

Integrity: Do what you have promised, in the way that you promised, in the time you have promised.

Survey still up- We're adding to Nat. Asso. of Ind. Writers & Editors sitehttp://naiwe.com. What do you want to see? http://ow.ly/1tmvk

I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions. -James Michener #quote

Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today. -Herman Wouk

Next Lucky Freelancer 7-Week Intensive coaching session starts next week. It's like a mini-MBA for writers & editors! http://ow.ly/1z3j6

NAIWE member writers & editors- Remember that one of your benefits is the ability to ask our CPA a tax question! http://ow.ly/1yCSs

RT @everydayedu: New newsletter! How to raise boys, new articles on herb gardening, weight, etc." - http://grsnip.com/RoXs

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork. -Peter De Vries #quote

Got details for spring session of Lucky Freelancer coaching posted, then wandered into tax stuff. One's fun; one's not! http://ow.ly/1xxVB

If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster. -Isaac Asimov #quote

"I've been thinking Hobbes --" "On a weekend?" "Well, it wasn't on purpose..." Calvin & Hobbes #quote

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New post: Lucky Freelancer 7-Week Intensive Scheduled - Do you have a project you need to finish? Perhaps it's a bo... http://ow.ly/171QbZ

The wastebasket is a writer's best friend. ~Isaac Bashevis Singer

New post! Hey Mom, Listen to this Great Performance: How to Raise a Boy, Part 3 http://ow.ly/170zEI

Survey- We're adding to the Nat. Asso. of Independent Writers & Editors sitehttp://naiwe.com. What do you want to see? http://ow.ly/1tmvk

RT @Billy_Cox: Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain cool and unruffled under all circumstances. TJefferson