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The Finish Line

June 29, 2016 gaisheagirl

It has been said that one never gets things done because of perfection in nonexistent. If you can never get…

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Posted in: Experiences, God, Life, publishing, Robin F. Gainey, Spirituality, Uncategorized, writing Filed under: authors, Aviation, books, coincidence, editing, Finishing, Flying, France, Georges Guynemer, novels, Perfection, reading, Serendipity, Words, world war I

Nora

June 28, 2012 gaisheagirl

My head in the innards of book publication this week, I emerged this morning to the news of Nora Ephron’s…

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Posted in: books, Death, humor, Life, Love, publishing, Words, writing Filed under: Fifty Shades of Gray, movies, Nora Ephron, reading, Romantic Comedy, When Harry Met Sally

Got Milk?

July 20, 2009 gaisheagirl

  Here’s a creative writing exercise for you.  Or, if you’re too tired to write after a day of summer…

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Posted in: books, humor, Life, publishing, Words, writing Filed under: Creative Writing, Got Milk, Milk, reading, Summer, Tuscan Milk, Writing Exercises

The Rules of Storytelling

June 21, 2009 gaisheagirl

There are many rules for writing.  Some are followed; some are ignored.  And, somehow, it seems in much of today’s…

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Posted in: humor, Life, publishing, Words, writing Filed under: fiction, Mark Twain, reading, Rules for Writing, Storytelling, Twain's Top Ten, Writing Rules

Mothers, Daughters

May 10, 2009 gaisheagirl

I’ve been both a mother and a daughter and I’ve had both a mother and a daughter (actually two of…

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Posted in: Life, Words, writing Filed under: Because I Love Her, books, Daughters, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Joyce Maynard, Karen Joy Fowler, Mother's Day, Mothers, reading, Susan Wiggs

Quotation of the Day

March 2, 2009 gaisheagirl

I am in final preparation for “The Query”.  I have written what I feel is a stellar letter soliciting the kindness…

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Posted in: Life, publishing, Words, writing Filed under: books, editing, Query Letters, quotations, reading, Somerset Maugham

Good Reads

February 26, 2009 gaisheagirl

My daughter recently introduced me to a great website: GoodReads.  It is a terrific place to share your comments about…

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Posted in: Life, publishing, Words, writing Filed under: books, GoodReads, reading, Sharing

Guilty?

January 20, 2009 gaisheagirl

The top ten most irritating phrases, according to researchers at Oxford University:   1 – At the end of the…

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Posted in: books, humor, publishing, rejection, writing Filed under: Common Usage, Language, Oxford, reading, Words

Why, Women?

December 16, 2008 gaisheagirl

Run, don’t walk, to your local corner bookstore and buy The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan. If you need a…

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Posted in: books, Death, God, humor, writing Filed under: Cancer, Family Life, Kelly Corrigan, Life, reading, The Middle Place, Women, women's fiction

Proofreading

November 11, 2008 gaisheagirl 2d Comments

Proofreading can be drudge work, particularly to the jaded, tired eye of the writer who has written, read and reread…

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Posted in: publishing, rejection, writing Filed under: editing, humor, Proofreading, reading, The Impotence of Proofreading, Videos

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