Having Someone Close to You Read Your Novel Draft
Photo by Ron Lach on Pexels Today’s post will be short. I’m very close to finishing my final self-revision of my novel before I start...
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LaCalaveraCat
Jun 52 min read
Creative Benefits of Running
Photo by Philip Ackermann on Pexels For my new health regimen, I try to stick to a schedule of running every other day. Every day, I try...
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LaCalaveraCat
Jun 42 min read
Salem, Massachusetts, Springtime Haunt
Photo source: Merlina McGovern The sun was shining hot and high in the sky. The gentle lap of water along the shore of the harbor was...
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LaCalaveraCat
Jun 32 min read
Getting Ready to Query a Literary Agent
Photo by Viktor Talashuk on Pexels So, I have now written my first book. I have done a first-pass major revision where I have filled in...
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LaCalaveraCat
May 293 min read
Write What You Know
Photo by Los Muertos Crew on Pexels I spent a lot of time on the first draft of the novel I’m working on stymied because I was wondering...
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LaCalaveraCat
May 282 min read
Crew Lessons
Photo by Patrick Case on Pexels Perhaps, when I have more energy, I’ll write more about the terrible business of children’s sports....
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LaCalaveraCat
May 222 min read
What is Your Favorite Season, and Why Is It Autumn?
Image source: Calendarr screenshot of https://www.calendarr.com/ It hit about 88 degrees today in Arlington, MA. Hot and humid and an...
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LaCalaveraCat
May 213 min read
The Powerful Maturity of Taylor Swift
Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels I’ve been listening to Taylor Swift’s “Guilty as Sin” off her latest album, Tortured Poets...
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LaCalaveraCat
May 202 min read
Fixing Plot Holes Like a Boss
Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels This weekend, I spent a fair amount of time on my novel revisions. I’m about two-thirds of the way...
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LaCalaveraCat
May 152 min read
The Importance of Community
Photo by Leah Newhouse on Pexels Town lists might seem like a gaggle of gossips. There are whole meme accounts (my favorite is Best of...
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LaCalaveraCat
May 142 min read
Panic at the Editing Party
Photo by Miguel Á. Padriñán on Pexels Yesterday, I felt a terrified panic that would have been right at home in a slasher flick. I’d been...
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LaCalaveraCat
May 133 min read
So Far Away on Mother's Day
Photo and art source: Merlina McGovern Sometimes I wonder about life journeys being passed down through the generations. This past...
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LaCalaveraCat
May 83 min read
The Massive Distance Between Short and Long Stories
Photo by Dave Mohammed on Pexels Yesterday I spent my morning revising a horror short story. In the afternoon, I switched over to my...
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LaCalaveraCat
May 72 min read
Writing with Friends
Photo by Monstera Production on Pexels I’m sitting in my home office and staring at this blank white digital screen. I’ve got Taylor...
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LaCalaveraCat
May 64 min read
Cookbook Recommendation: Milk Street Noodles
Image Source: Merlina McGovern Dinner time for our small family of three is pretty much fend-for-yourself time. This isn’t a habit I...
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LaCalaveraCat
May 13 min read
Finding a Grave
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels Memory is a funny thing. When I was writing a post this week about memory, I had forgotten a date. It was a...
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LaCalaveraCat
Apr 304 min read
Ten Minutes to Relaxation
Photo by Prasanth Inturi on Pexels I’m looking at the calendar, and yup, it’s the end of the month. It’s almost like clockwork at this...
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LaCalaveraCat
Apr 293 min read
How Do We Remember Our Past?
Photo by Merlina McGovern This isn’t some larger question about our collective past. Although I’m interested in history, I’m not a...
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LaCalaveraCat
Apr 242 min read
Submitting Your Short Stories
Photo by RF._.studio on Pexels I have a short story that I really believe in. It’s informed by a painful trauma in my past, and, for me,...
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LaCalaveraCat
Apr 232 min read
Picking the Right Point of View for My Novel
Photo by Maksim Goncharenok on Pexels I made sure to be clear in this post’s title that today’s blog post will be about my experience...
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