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Let Me Tell You a Story #26: The Power of Asking for Help | elena johansen
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Writer, storyteller, and hopeless romantic. Let Me Tell You a Story #26: The Power of Asking for Help. July 20, 2016. July 19, 2016. I went to the library yesterday, after receiving a notification I had a book waiting for me. (I’ve been on hold for. A Court of Mist and Fury. Since just before its release two months ago.). I took my writing journal along, because I hadn’t done an observational entry in the library yet, but I ended up writing about how nervous I was to be there. Most didn’t recommend...
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Writing Homework #8: Watch a Movie | elena johansen
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Writer, storyteller, and hopeless romantic. Writing Homework #8: Watch a Movie. January 4, 2017. January 1, 2017. It sounds crazy, right? Watching movies isn’t homework unless you’re a film student. But here’s my inspiration for this assignment. And it was quite a good movie, though it was a bit odd to see all these “old” rock stars looking so young–it was released in 1998, so I’m used to Billy Connolly with a. More gray in his hair than he had here. Need to get caught up on your assignments? This is suc...
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Reading Challenges 2017: More Books, More Freedom | elena johansen
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Writer, storyteller, and hopeless romantic. Reading Challenges 2017: More Books, More Freedom. January 2, 2017. January 1, 2017. I’m aiming for 150 books in 2017, two more than I read in 2016. Not that strenuous! The reasoning behind the magic number of 150 is a different challenge: Mount TBR 2017. I participated (joining waaaay late) in 2016 and set myself the lowest challenge level, Pike’s Peak, a mere 12 books. This year, suit me up, because I’m going to Mount Olympus (Mars) with 150 books! Finally, t...
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ISWG Post #05 – at Milliways with a pen
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At Milliways with a pen. The writer's desk at the end of the universe. A to Z challenge. Wednesday Words of Wisdom. Be a Guest Blogger. JANUARY QUESTION: What writing rule do you wish you’d never heard? Oh there are a couple. Some are just on the list because I’m a slightly obsessive person and knowing these rules makes me pretty annoying when reading over someone else’s work. But I have to say that the rule I genuinely wish I’d never heard is. Separate paragraph. (Not sure if this is real advice or ...
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Reading Challenges 2017: More Books, More Freedom | elena johansen
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Writer, storyteller, and hopeless romantic. Reading Challenges 2017: More Books, More Freedom. January 2, 2017. January 1, 2017. I’m aiming for 150 books in 2017, two more than I read in 2016. Not that strenuous! The reasoning behind the magic number of 150 is a different challenge: Mount TBR 2017. I participated (joining waaaay late) in 2016 and set myself the lowest challenge level, Pike’s Peak, a mere 12 books. This year, suit me up, because I’m going to Mount Olympus (Mars) with 150 books! Finally, t...
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Three Reading Challenges, 93 Books | elena johansen
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Writer, storyteller, and hopeless romantic. Three Reading Challenges, 93 Books. January 1, 2016. January 1, 2016. Welcome to 2016, everyone! Bookworms know what that means–reading challenge time! In 2015, I tried to read more widely, and to some extent, I did, making my first forays into recent YA with mixed results, and trying some new authors as part of #readwomen in December. This year, I want to go further. The PopSugar Reading Challenge. And the ReadsTheBooks 2016 Reading Challenge. I’ve alrea...
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The End of the Year Wrap-Up: 2016! | elena johansen
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Writer, storyteller, and hopeless romantic. The End of the Year Wrap-Up: 2016! December 30, 2016. December 25, 2016. This has been a roller-coaster of a year for me personally as well as the world at large. In January, I began my three reading challenges. With great vigor and enthusiasm, leading to my Friday book-review posts. I was also slogging through a spat of creative exhaustion. Trying to finish the first draft of. What We Need to Rebuild. What We Need to Decide. Since the release of. That’s ...
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Writing Homework #8: Watch a Movie | elena johansen
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Writer, storyteller, and hopeless romantic. Writing Homework #8: Watch a Movie. January 4, 2017. January 1, 2017. It sounds crazy, right? Watching movies isn’t homework unless you’re a film student. But here’s my inspiration for this assignment. And it was quite a good movie, though it was a bit odd to see all these “old” rock stars looking so young–it was released in 1998, so I’m used to Billy Connolly with a. More gray in his hair than he had here. Need to get caught up on your assignments? This is suc...
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Write More 2017: The 365K/365 Day Challenge | elena johansen
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Writer, storyteller, and hopeless romantic. Write More 2017: The 365K/365 Day Challenge. January 9, 2017. January 8, 2017. Yes, that’s right, in 2017 my goal is to write at least one thousand words a day. It can be on any project, it can be rewriting/editing–thank heavens, or I wouldn’t be able to participate–and according to the official rules, it can even be journaling or blog posts. It just has to be personal creative writing of some sort. With NaNo behind me, I don’t imagine I’ll hit many...Fill in y...
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Let Me Tell You a Story #21: Creative Exhaustion | elena johansen
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Writer, storyteller, and hopeless romantic. Let Me Tell You a Story #21: Creative Exhaustion. January 27, 2016. It had to happen eventually. I sailed through NaNoWriMo last year. Which took me most of the way through the first draft of the sequel to. What We Need to Survive. I wrapped it up by mid-December and took two weeks completely off writing, then started the first draft of book #3 over my post-Christmas vacation. But now I’ve run out of outline! It has downsides, too, in as much as. My outline for...
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