Tag: writing
member name: Gretchen Lee Bourquin
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December 01, 2008 07:26 AM EST --
Well, here it is Monday morning and after five days off of the day job I have to be on a bus in less than an hour. Back to the daily grind. I've made my pumpkin almond soup, which I will be eating . . .
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December 21, 2008 06:23 AM EST --
I woke up this morning at 4 am, turned on the computer, only to discover that it is wicked psycho cold again, -11 degrees Farenheit. It's supposed to creep up to about 5 above later. We'll see. . . .
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January 02, 2009 07:49 AM EST --
After an impromtu early Saturday like day I am off to work for 1 more day, which will most likely feel like some sort of strange Monday/Friday Hybrid. Yesterday, I cleaned like a crazy woman so the apartment . . .
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January 04, 2009 10:08 AM EST --
I woke up at 3 this morning, feeling fairly awake, like I was going to be up for the day, but I fell asleep again at 4:30. I thought I might sleep another half hour, maybe an hour and I woke up and the . . .
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June 19, 2008 11:44 PM EDT --
Tact wasn't her strong suit, but it didn't much matter these days. She did what she wanted and no one stood in her way. If they tried to stop her she threw "it" in their faces. "It" . . .
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November 28, 2008 10:37 AM EST --
Black Friday. Moo Haha.... I was supposed to be out the door to replace my son's glasses frames, but since he would not get out of the shower we now have to wait another hour. You'd think he LIKED . . .
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July 16, 2008 11:54 PM EDT --
I just want to go over what I accomplished in my writing world. On Tuesday night I had my writing habit class at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis. One suggestion that hit home was not write before . . .
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May 03, 2007 07:22 AM EDT --
The jury seems conflicted on this. I put my heart and soul into my novel, carried my characters in the pockets of my brain for years. As my manuscript sits in a file, I miss them. I wrote the novel online-- . . .
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May 02, 2009 12:26 PM EDT --
Early last week as I was working on my new book, Almighty Whispers in Our Souls , the prequel to No Sensible People , I started to get one of those emotional kicks in the stomach from a character I . . .
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June 21, 2008 10:26 AM EDT --
Leonardo strutted into the sunlight. Cameras flashed. Children fed him treats. He was gracious as always, but he looked out in the yard at Jack Donkey in envy. He was already loaded with packages, ready . . .
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July 11, 2008 10:15 AM EDT --
My content on Gather, for the most part falls into one of the following categories:
Poetry
Short Stories
Novel Excerpts
Reviews
Bloggy/Op-ed Stuff
Questions I really want answers . . .
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December 06, 2008 09:40 AM EST --
This week I have been working hard, both at the day job and trying write potentially profiting things. I keep trying to establish myself as a “real writer” and honestly, sometimes I feel a bit like Pinocchio. . . .
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January 10, 2009 11:36 AM EST --
The thing about writing, or the creative process really, is you can't always create what you want in one sitting, and chances are you don't want to. In the new year I've decided that I want . . .
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January 24, 2009 07:28 AM EST --
Since I started my weekly blog several months ago it has been my intention to try to keep things positive as much as possible. I make life observations, relate them to my quest to balance the day job, . . .
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February 17, 2009 09:04 AM EST --
In an effort to diversify and expand my freelance career I am starting to actually use my Associated Content account. I have a recipe currently being reviewed, and the following article is published exclusively . . .
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February 21, 2009 12:46 PM EST --
Yes, I have been elusive in my blogging for a while now, as I've been trying to get a rhythm going with a little more "practical" writing, on eHow and now Associated Content . . .
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March 14, 2009 12:35 PM EDT --
Last week my book club met. We read The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson, which was very good-- although difficult to get through the beginning. The narrator is less than . . .
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January 03, 2009 10:34 AM EST --
Hi everyone. I didn't want to bombard everyone one with group invites, but I created a new group. Consider yourself invited. I'll just post this to a few larger groups, so it will be nice and . . .
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March 07, 2009 11:54 AM EST --
So the weekend is here and I find myself with a large laundry list of things to do. Laundry included among them. I also need to go to the pet store to restock guinea pig supplies. Go to the grocery . . .
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April 18, 2009 12:58 PM EDT --
This coming Monday, I will be heading to Marshall, MN to Southwest Minnesota State University to celebrate the life of one of my writing mentors, Bill Holm who passed away in February. I have spent more . . .
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