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Author Archives: jenniferlarsonwrites
Read. And Write Conversationally.
Earlier today, I read a post titled “How to Use Words” over on the blog Make a Living Writing. And the writer, Carol Tice, notes that one of the two most important thing that any writer can do is read … Continue reading
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Happy New Year!
Happy 2013 everyone. So while I’m thinking about it, how do you say the new year’s name? Twenty thirteen? Two thousand and thirteen? Both ways sound odd to my ear. Twenty thirteen sounds sort of like a small child who … Continue reading
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Batman, Robin and me
I am the one not wearing a mask and a cape. But I do have on a costume. I am Super Mommy/ Super Writer. I have inkstains (from writing) and calluses (from typing) on my hands, cookie stains on my … Continue reading
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The Business of Being a Writer
Being a writer is not just about writing. That’s one of the first things you learn when you actually become a writer. It’s about a lot of other stuff, too. The stuff that allows you to do the actual writing. … Continue reading
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It’s getting hot in here
Wow. It’s 107 degrees here right now in the Music City…and it was actually a little hotter than that earlier. I’m having flashbacks to what it was like living in the desert, where it stayed above 110 for weeks on … Continue reading
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A transition
“Goodbye, Vicksburg.” Those are the words my grandfather murmured yesterday morning as my father drove him away from the town that’s been his only home since 1946. With those words, he bid a quiet farewell my grandmother’s grave, to the … Continue reading
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Keep Your Eye on the Ball
As a parent, I admit I’m prone to lecturing. It’s mostly benign lecturing, but it’s still lecturing. “It’s important not to talk in class when the teacher doesn’t want you to talk,” I lectured my son a few days ago, … Continue reading
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Taking Flight: One Nurse’s Unusual Passion
Been wondering what I’ve been up to? Other than griping about my lack of Girl Scout cookies*, that is?
On My Honor, I Promise to Buy Your Cookies
For the first time in…actually I don’t know how long…I didn’t buy any Girl Scout cookies this year. Not for lack of trying, mind you. I posted my GS Cookie Buying Policy on Facebook and Twitter, but no one came … Continue reading
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The Winter Blahs
Well, here we are. In January. Normally,it’s cold, it’s gray, it’s gloomy right about now. Except this year. With the exception of, well, today, we’ve had this weird, glorious spate of beautiful sunny early January days. It’s been unseasonably…nice. Now. … Continue reading
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