by Nicole | Dec 19, 2011 | Writing
Originally posted 5/4/11 (my 25th birthday!) While writing a script based on his memoir, Blue Like Jazz, author Donald Miller took a good hard look at his life and the story he was living. If only we all had moments like this to make us look at our lives the same...
by Nicole | Dec 16, 2011 | Writing
Originally posted 7/12/2010 – In my childhood, my head was always filled with stories like the Chronicles of Narnia, the BFG, Call of the Wild and so many more. I gobbled up all the horse stories I could find. When I hit the sixth grade, I ran out of books that...
by Nicole | Dec 14, 2011 | Writing
Jon Acuff (author of Quitter) posted a blog about taking the latter half of December and reposting old blogs and giving yourself a bit of a break. When you come back in 2012, you’ll be fresh and ready for new content. It’s good to pre-empt burnout when you...
by Nicole | Dec 6, 2011 | Writing
I think most people take stock at the end of each year and pause for at least a moment to reflect. Where have you been? Where are you going? For me, I set aside some time and decided to make a list and really examine everything that has occurred in 2011. I stared at a...
by Nicole | Dec 5, 2011 | Writing
Today, I fired up the laptop, pulled up my Google Reader and this was the post that greeted me. I needed that post. I needed that reminder. This line from Star Wars is one I quote and refer to a lot. I have it written in my day planner. “Do or do not. There is...
by Nicole | Dec 1, 2011 | Book Reviews, Writing
I recently met with a dear friend who works at a bookstore and she asked me, as a writer, how I like my Kindle. She said their customers ask about e-readers all the time, and since she doesn’t have one, she’s not exactly sure how to answer. Here’s my...
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