Category Archives: Writing

Springing

Posted on March 20, 2013 by hawleywood40

Happy first day of spring! I’ve been on vacation for the last week-and-a-half. I took a short beach trip to my aunt and uncle’s with my mom and a good friend. Other than that, I’ve been editing, reading, resting and generally … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Editing

Posted on March 16, 2013 by hawleywood40

Most of my blog’s regular readers fall into two categories. Many are writers who have “been there, done that” when it comes to editing a book. Others are friends and family who are probably as interested in the editing process as I am in best practices … Continue reading →

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Gettin’ Dirty

Posted on March 4, 2013 by hawleywood40

I’ve been overcome with a desire to play in the dirt. I want to sit in the grass with morning dew soaking my butt. I want to weed my gardens. I wasn’t much of a gardener until I hit my … Continue reading →

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Dumpster Diving

Posted on February 20, 2013 by hawleywood40

At work the other day, I saw a heartbreaking bit of bathroom-stall graffiti. I work on the college campus that spit me out with a bachelor’s degree almost 20 years ago. On the way back from a meeting, I cut through a … Continue reading →

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When A Writer Watches the Superbowl …

Posted on February 8, 2013 by hawleywood40

I’ve been a writer long enough to accept the weird brain-quirks that come with the territory. I have grown used to the constant chatter in my brain. When the well of weirdness runs dry, I actually get a little disconcerted. … Continue reading →

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Step Away From The Book

Posted on January 31, 2013 by hawleywood40

I’ve spent January working on a big project for The Day Job, watching the playoffs, rejoicing that the third season of Shameless is underway, learning to cook a few new things, visiting the library, discovering “The Following” and “Continuum,” writing and reading blogs, … Continue reading →

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Why I Chose to Seek a Literary Agent

Posted on January 23, 2013 by hawleywood40

“I have finished the first draft of my novel.” Almost a month has passed since I earned the right to say those words, and they still make me warm and fuzzy, even on an in-the-teens-out-there-cold kind of morning like this … Continue reading →

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A New-To-Me Kind of Writer’s Block

Posted on January 12, 2013 by hawleywood40

Do you have one of those people in your life who shares way too much about their bodily functions? The family member who tells you about her horrible case of the “green poops” over dinner or friend who gives you … Continue reading →

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Looking Back and Rolling Forward

Posted on January 5, 2013 by hawleywood40

It has been so long since I’ve last written that unless you are among those who keep up with my blathering on Facebook, you probably thought I’d given into the woes of a frenzied day-jobbing writer and drowned myself in … Continue reading →

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You Know You’ve Been Away Too Long …

Posted on October 25, 2012 by hawleywood40

… when you log into WordPress and you have to take a moment to reacquaint yourself with managing your blog. I can’t stay long. I’m still in the phase where I have to smack myself with a ruler if I … Continue reading →

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