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Perspectives on Writing

Perspectives on Writing

http://www.lindajomartin.com

Linda Jo Martin is a writer living in Happy Camp, a small town in the Klamath National Forest in Northern California. She write novels, short stories, articles, and commentary. The blog has articles explaining her thoughts about writing.

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  • Christmas! How to Give When You’re Broke

    Posted on Saturday November 14th, 2009 at 01:28 in charity, gift giving, christmas, content writing

    Inspiration hit today when I suddenly had to write a lens titled Christmas on a Tight Budget. The ideas kept coming and I finished the project in just a few hours. I’m sure there won’t be a lot of sales from the lens - after all, it is sp...

  • One Hundred Words

    Posted on Thursday November 12th, 2009 at 07:18 in writing, nano notations

    Is it hard to write one hundred words? I think most of us wouldn’t have any trouble with that. One hundred words - that’s an easy task. What does one hundred words look like? Here’s a snippet from my work in progress. It has exactly...

  • Loving Your Writing to Life

    Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 22:17 in writing, novels, characterization, nano notations

    A lot has been written about how difficult and tedious writing can be. But what of love? If you sit in your chair thinking negative thoughts about how hard it is to get any words on the page, is that going to be better than actually enjoying your wri...

  • Reaching Toward Goals

    Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 02:10 in inspiration, goals, nano notations

    If you don’t have a goal you can’t reach for it. I’m sure most of you have decided to write a certain number of words daily. If not, you might want to give that a try. Are you reaching your goals? Do you have what it takes? Sometime...

  • Tearing Down the Illusions

    Posted on Sunday November 1st, 2009 at 23:12 in inspiration, writing, brainstorming, momentum, plotting, word wars, nano notations

    So, did you think it was going to be easy? I expect by now you’ve had time to sit down at your keyboard and type out a few lines. Go-getters are already 10,000 words into this. Many others have made it to 2000 words. Others are self-flagellatin...

  • The Day Before NaNo . . .

    Posted on Saturday October 31st, 2009 at 05:38 in inspiration, characters, theme, description, plot, nano notations

    I’m not going to take time to write one of those ‘Night Before Christmas’ parodies — no, I’m way too busy today wondering if I’m really ready to start writing that novel tonight. Do I know my character well enough?...

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