Latest Blog Posts for A Page of My Own

• A Page of My Own is Moving
  on Oct 13, 2010 in Blogging
  I’m going to be transferring this blog to a WordPress.org site in the next couple of days. So, please forgive me if you find things out of whack a bit! Should be up and running fully by Monday. Walker...
• Dissecting the Literary Pitch and How Mine Went Awry
  on Oct 11, 2010 in A Writer's Journey birthing pains literary pitch perseverance
  As noted last week, I went to my first writer’s conference on Friday.  I’m assuming you don’t really want to hear about the conference and what people looked like and how many were attending. You want to know about my five minutes...
• My First Writer’s Conference
  on Oct 8, 2010 in A Writer's Journey writer's conference
  I’m off today to the writer’s conference, it’s my first. I’ve attended numerous conferences over the years; but this one is totally different for me. I’m pretty excited. And, a little nervous, that should rev up as it ge...
• Wednesday Words
  on Oct 5, 2010 in Musings
  Over at Jillsy Girl’s blog we’re playing word games. Each Wednesday we are to take the chosen word and do a post around it. Photos, songs, words-anything the writer chooses to express her thoughts on the word. For today the word is circle...
• How I Almost Lost it at Barnes and Noble
  on Oct 3, 2010 in A Writer's Journey Books midlife dating the dog eat dog world of publishing Writing
  I”m doing research in preparation for my 5 minutes with a literary agent. Part of that involved searching the internet for titles of books on the topic of online dating and midlife women who were dating. I need to see what others are writing on...
• Weekend Plans? Getting a Literary Agent
  on Sep 30, 2010 in A Writer's Journey Memoir self-promotion literary agent making the pitch
  We’ve had rain all week long, literally. After a dry and record-setting hot summer the rain has been a welcome relief-tedious, but necessary. I’m working in a friend’s retail shop this week.  It’s fun and a diversion from the...
• Banned Books Week
  on Sep 29, 2010 in Books Banned Books Week censorship
  Since 1982 more than a thousand books have been challenged in the United States, according to the American Library Association. Every year libraries, bookstores and schools recognize Banned Book Week in an attempt to counter such censorship, and cele...
• It’s In the Details
  on Sep 26, 2010 in Freelance Writing bidding freelance jobs time management
  As a relatively new freelance writer I’m creating a career from scratch.  I don’t (yet) have the reputation to demand high wages or turn down jobs that seem like drudgery.  And, out of every experience there is something to be learned;...
• Day Sixty Five
  on Sep 23, 2010 in Freelance Writing business plan life lessons
  It has been sixty five days since I missed a step and fell, breaking two bones in my left foot, spraining both ankles and probably tearing my rotator cuff (undiagnosed but still problematic today). I was walking out of a meeting, still engaged in con...
• Wednesday Words
  on Sep 22, 2010 in words wordplay
  Thanks to a friend for sharing these. My apologies for not providing a direct link, can’t find the article. There are a few I absolutely love: Pokemon-Rastafarian proctologist,  #5- Bozone is perfect.  They’re all great and show what th...

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