Now is the time on Crooked Road when we share blog statistics. Read on for links to the most popular posts of the month and a list of intriguing search terms that led readers down this Crooked Road. Read More
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September by the Numbers
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Make it a Double
Unlike drinking, writing is something people expect you to do alone. When I started paying attention to author bios and acknowledgment pages, I saw many authors credit their writing groups with helping them finish the book. “Whatever,” I thought, “That is totally not my style.” But then I went to the Iceland Writers Retreat. Read More
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Form of … a Refrigerator
It sounds good to call what I do “freelance.” But it really means that when there’s no work there’s no money. Today started out like any other day. There was no work, so the urge was to pose as a normal housewife. If I’m not bringing home bacon, I might as well clean out the fridge. I thought, “Since the refrigerator is almost empty, I should wipe down the shelves.” I was going to the worst place in the world and I didn’t even know it yet … the horror. The horror.
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August by the Numbers
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It’s that time of the month again, folks – time for blog statistics! Read on for links to the most popular posts of the month and a list of intriguing search terms that led readers down this Crooked Road. Read More
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A New Hope
When I was a kid, I loved the beginning of the school year. At first I believed that I was about to be initiated in the orders of the learned. Even in later years when the anticipation of great knowledge was reduced to the lowest common denominator of cafeteria food and lonely recesses, the dropping temperature and falling leaves of early September that heralded a new school year filled me with anticipation. Read More