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Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 2 Mar

It's been a long good day here in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The current temperature is 31 F. My day started at 2 AM. I've been on the computer the entire time. I'm working on a handwritten manuscript that I had partially typed into...

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"Toby Ate My Manuscript!"

celticeagle @celticeagle (189838) • Boise, Idaho 31 Jan 25

We all probably know the comical excuse given to who knows how many teachers down through the years. "My dog ate my homework!" In the spring of 1936, John Steinbeck was enjoying the commercial success of his 1935 novel...

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I Have It

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 2 Oct 23

My manuscript, that is. She ran out of the paperclips I gave her. I bought a plastic lightbulb paperclip holder a few years ago. So, when she proofreads one of my manuscripts, I give her that too. So, I have my work cut out for...

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Beware Beta Reader, Here it Comes

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 29 Apr 23

It took a lot of arguing with my printer this morning to get it done, but finally managed to print a copy of the manuscript for Setting Friday Free and delivered it to my primary beta reader. She's already started perusing...

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5 April - What I'm Thankful for Today

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 5 Apr 23

Today worked like clockwork. It was all in harmony from the moment I got up this morning at 4 AM. Earlier than yesterday. I'm thankful for how well today worked together. I had wonderful sleep because it rained all night and rain...

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Writing a Short Story

Eli The Guard @DevMrSamEleazar (14164) • Philippines 3 Sep 22

Hello mylot! so it is 6am in our time and yesterday my dad sent me a link of writing a short horror story that is applicable for students so I am (In) so I thought it was easy but realizes it is really not. first (Writing Tagalog)...

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December 2 - What I'm Thankful for Today

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 2 Dec 21

It's been another good day. With as late as I got home yesterday, I didn't think I would get to the YWCA today. I woke at 2 AM. I'm thankful for the good workout I got in the pool and fitness center this morning. I'm thankful I...

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It's Official...I'm in the Contest

Jordan Lader @JordanLader (7405) • Sparta, Tennessee 28 Jun 21

So I made the decision to enter an official writing contest. I made my husband hit the submit button because I was so nervous. I still am. While in Maryland, visiting family and friends...I got an email. They received my...

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Making Changes

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 2 Oct 19

I am ready to publish. That's the next step. However, I didn't push that button and won't until I've read through the manuscript one more time. As you can see from the collage above, I made some changes and that is the full...

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It's Started

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 1 Oct 19

I've started the publishing process and I can answer questions people asked about it. In the past year, KDP Direct merged with CreateSpace under the KDP Direct banner. One of the questions asked was would I need to reformat my...

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Do not want to publish an author's book with many typos

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (52133) • Staten Island, New York 13 May 19

I am publishing a book for someone and it clearly needs proofing as I've spotted typos and other errors. I offered to do it (at $2/page, which seems to be below average) but the person doesn't wanna spend the amount of money I...

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Wrote sixteen limericks in less than a week

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (52133) • Staten Island, New York 15 Apr 19

Sometimes limericks don't come to you but sometimes they come in batches all of a sudden. Like you write one and then more come to you one after the other... I wrote seven limericks today, one last night, four on the 13th, and...

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My Dog Ate My Work

celticeagle @celticeagle (189838) • Boise, Idaho 6 Feb 19

Since many of us are writers of one type or another I thought I would share this story with you: John Steinbeck's setter pup, Toby, ate the first draft of his "Of Mice and Men". We all know how much work goes into a manuscript....

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Wrote three limericks today

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (52133) • Staten Island, New York 16 Jan 19

I was chatting with a friend on Facebook and I told him that I am not in the mood to be online so will log off. He told me to go write some poems... I wasn't planning on writing anything and didn't even have anything I wanted to...

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Done For Today

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 12 Dec 18

I finished two chapters again today. Six chapters in three days. I'm glad it's going so well. I'm slow at times. It took three-quarters of the manuscript to figure out the biggest problem I faced and how to recognize it going...

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could be PLAGIARISM.

ingrid @ridingbet (66854) • Philippines 7 Dec 18

I read and checked the manuscript given by a group of students that I handled in medical ward because they will present liver cirrhosis on Monday. A friend request was sent to me by a member of the group to inform me that they...

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At Home in Packer's Country - 14 September

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 14 Sep 18

It's been a good day starting at 2:30 and in the pool at 5, then a small shopping trip to Wal-Mart, and home for the rest of the day. With notifications finished, I spent the next several hours working on Thread of Evidence....

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On Top of the World

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 10 Sep 18

You know how one small thing can change your whole life? I had one of those life-changing moments this morning. The editor I met with last week for lunch, gave me feedback on the chapter I sent her, and it's truly amazing what a...

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Need to Vent

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 8 Feb 18

I've been working most of the day on Scarred. Some of you may know I accidentally deleted my manuscript from my hard drive, and found the copy the editors I fired, sent back to me. I was on Facebook a few minutes ago and saw a...

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Is It Okay To Feel Encouraged Yet?

RK Finnell @irishidid (8687) • United States 13 Dec 17

I expect to have an edited manuscript returned to me on Friday. I have a cover artist lined up and will start the process of having my book published. It had been a long hard road just for one simple book of short stories. The...

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