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Writer’s Bloc or more procrastination?
Well, I'm back. I know, I've said that before. But hopefully, I'll get back on track and once a week faithfully stay the course. Last Clichés: Easy as Pie – Not difficult; requiring little or no effort of expertise. Analogy = to eating pie rather than making it,...
New Computers…
Hello Everyone! Well, I have a new computer with Windows 7 and Word 2007! Not sure it's a good thing or bad thing. More about that later, but first.. Last Cliches: First Things First - Most important task should have priority. Dates from 19th Cent. Means may well...
Procrastinate…
Hello Everyone! I'm back from my hiatus. Let's hope anyway. Think I'm finally caught up on my writing group membership work. Now I can get back to Writing! I Hope!!!! First things first, let's look at the last cliches: Go Like the Wind-- or run like the wind = Very...
The dreaded synopsis…
Hope everyone had a great week and you are writing like the wind. Past Cliches: Stark Raving Mad - Insane; "completely, wildly crazy" -graphic description of manic behavior. Versions appeared since 16th Cent. Jonathan Swift's Polite Conversation, (1738). More...
More Writing Time…
Hello Everyone! I know I've used the cliche time flies...but it does! I've been so busy with Redwood Writers Membership, that it's already time to write on my blog and I haven't even written on my own stories this week! Still have been thinking about them, though....
Finding Time to Write
Hello Everyone! Missed Friday again, but I was away. Cliches from June 7th: Clean As A Whistle - Thoroughly or neatly done, pure, unsoiled. William Carr wrote in The Dialect of Craven (1828) this phrase meaning "wholly" or "entirely". Also, W.S. Mayo in Kaloolah,...
Agent’s Day…
Hello everyone! Late Again in part to buy a new computer and getting used to it. Last clichés: Slow But Sure--Plodding but reliable. Dates early 17th century. Idea old as Aesop's fable re tortoise and hare. Found in John Marston's 1606 play, The Fawn. The Hard Way --...
Writing Clubs
Hello everyone! Well, I was so busy with my new position for the Redwood Writers Branch of the California Writers Club, I forgot to blog last week. I'm membership chair for the branch and it is renewal time. Busy! Last Post Cliches: Time Flies - time moves swiftly...
Pitches ….
Hi everyone! Can't believe a week has passed already. Time flies when you're having fun! First things First--last week's Cliches: There You Go - has multiple meanings: you're right, you've done well, asked for, answer, etc. Dates from first half of 1800s. A different...
More about Queries..
Hi everyone! Hope you're writing, writing and writing some more! Last Cliches: Like it was going out of style -- describing something being done with extreme urgency, last chance to do it. Date from about 1970. Do Tell -- Is that really so? Expresses disbelief or...
