Tag: blogging
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No-Cost and Low-Cost Resources to Take Into Your Creative Cave
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It’s that time of year again, my friends: long nights, cold weather, and a desire for cozying up. It’s the perfect time to enter your creative cave. What does that mean? To me, it means following the impulse to go inward at this dark time of year. It means embracing it, and leaning in, and…
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Why You Need a Creative Community
What do you think of when you picture yourself writing a book? If you’re like most people, you think of long solo sessions at your laptop, at home – or possibly in a coffee shop, for variety. The thing is, if you want to write a book but you’re not already doing it, that image…
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Starcat’s Favorites: A Long Weekend
For the past ten years, I’ve worked the Thanksgiving weekend. This year, I have the whole long weekend off! It was good work – I filled in at the public radio station where I’d previously worked full-time for years. It felt good to be able to give the regular hosts a break, and the extra…
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My 25 Random Things Post
One of my favorite bloggers, entrepreneurs and online personalities is Leonie Dawson. She’s creative, irreverent, funny, and tells it like it is. She recently put up this post, which hearkens back to when she first started blogging. She mentioned 2006, and since that’s the very year I started this blog, I figured I’d play along…
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Starcat’s Favorites: A Cozy Nest
I confess – I’m a “glass half full” kind of person. So of course, despite the icky colds going around in my family, I’m looking on the bright side. Which means, for me, plenty of time for reading (I’m really enjoying my former neighbor Lynn Flewelling’s Casket of Souls) and writing and plotting and planning…
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Currently, I Am…
OK, I confess. I’m suffering from a bit of blogger’s block. I have a whole list of blog post ideas, but none of them seem to appeal to me at the moment. So I did what seemed best – googled it. I looked up blog prompt ideas, and immediately gravitated (Virgo that I am) to…
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Lucky 600
So, WordPress tells me that this is my 600th post on this blog! Wow. I started it in 2006, so that means I’ve posted 75 times each year (on average), and 1.5 times per week (again, as an average). That’s pretty neat. I very much enjoy blogging. I started out doing it as a way…
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Starcat’s Favorites: Settle In…
…with a cup of your favorite beverage. Starcat’s Favorites is back! Even through the busy times and the grief, I’ve been reading and gathering links. Reading is my lifelong refuge, my favorite comfort food, my natural state of being. The last time I shared favorites was in late August, so I have a lot of…
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In This Moment…
My sweet soul sister V. over at Gypsy Om put up a writing prompt on her Facebook page, a lovely sky picture with the words “in this moment…” So I spontaneously decided to use it to write a blog post. Here goes. In this moment, I’m thankful for so many things: homemade split pea soup…
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It’s Alright
I’m having a hard time getting back into some of my usual creative outlets, like blogging, since my friend passed away. It’s odd how grief shows up in different ways for each person. The other thing that’s dropped away is my usual talent for planning and scheduling – which may be a good thing, though…