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New Beginnings and Established Blessings––Part II

Posted on January 9, 2018 Leave a Comment

We’re discussing the new year and how the number “eight” means new beginnings. Not only that, but January 1st is a new beginning to a new year. The number eighteen is sometimes symbolized as established blessings. Click to Tweet #newbeginnings2018 #amwriting #establishedblessings2018

A Note of Appreciation

Posted on January 28, 2015 Leave a Comment

I just wanted to tell you all how much I appreciate you reading this blog. I really do. You come from over 30 countries besides the U.S. My statistics tell me you like the posts about writing resources. I will continue that. Some of you are my friends and you know me. Some of you […]

Forgiveness is Key

Posted on January 27, 2015 4 Comments

Last week, I talked about what happened at a writer’s conference. You can check out my post HERE. Some of you let me know by comment or email that you think I should “demand” or at least “ask for” an apology from conference organizers. But I’m not going to. Here’s why.

Crossing Over into a New Year—Part 2

Moving Past Loss As we get older, every year it seems, things get harder and sometimes there are things we’d love to hold on to, that we can’t. And things we wish we could get rid of, but we also can’t. I’m not talking about things we have much control over, such as emotional problems […]

Crossing Over into a New Year – Part 1

A Glance At the Past I don’t know about you, but I’m always recharged and hopeful whenever we cross over into a new year. It’s a chance to start fresh, to put the past year behind us, and make hopeful plans for the future. I just know this year is going to be great! What […]

Preparing for Storms-Part 2

Batten Down the Hatches! “Batten down the hatches!” Do we even know what that means? According to the grammar website Grammar Monster (https://www.grammar-monster.com/sayings_proverbs/batten_ down_the_hatches.htm), the following shows different and correct usages for this phrase. Click to read more.