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Apr

Me and Mom

Since my father passed March third, I’ve been making a weekly trip to Raleigh to help Mom with everything from estate finances to dragging her trash and recycle bins to the curb. Before my father’s death, I’d always made an effort to go see the

19 CommentsApril 15, 2015by Donna Everhart

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Apr

Yellow Dust

Here in North Carolina, spring is busting out all over and it looks like every kind of grass, flower, and weed shot up almost overnight. The trees are budding out and dropping a variety of “tags” and other debris in competition with the flowers and

8 CommentsApril 10, 2015by Donna Everhart

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Apr

Self-Imposed Writing Challenge

Just for the fun of it, I recently took an online typing test to see just how fast I could get my fingers to work. I’ve never done this before and I’ve never cared about the “official” number because it doesn’t really matter to anyone.

51 CommentsApril 2, 2015by Donna Everhart

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Mar

What The Heck Is This?

When I finished my last project I realized I was in a bit of a dilemma. Based on what I’d read, it wasn’t an unusual spot to be in. My dilemma was, what genre did my book fit in? I hadn’t written a mystery because

7 CommentsMarch 26, 2015by Donna Everhart

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Mar

Chuck’s Challenge

Chuck Wendig challenged his readers this week with a one hundred word flash fiction contest. Well shoot. I just happen to have a few of those from the Shark’s very own one hundred word contests. How convenient. And besides, Chuck threw down a double dog

14 CommentsMarch 21, 2015by Donna Everhart

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Mar

Practice Makes Perfect?

How many times have you heard, “practice makes perfect?” Recently an article written by a teacher who taught an MFA creative writing program caused a lot of backlash. Chuck Wendig’s blog post alerted me to the uproar otherwise I would have never heard of the

10 CommentsMarch 17, 2015by Donna Everhart

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Mar

What I Said

My father passed away March 3rd. I spoke at his funeral Monday. This is what I said. This is the sort of life changing event that knocks the breath right out of you, doesn’t it? We hear about an illness and never seem to comprehend

22 CommentsMarch 12, 2015by Donna Everhart

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Feb

A Story Worth Telling

Blank. Vacant. Meaningless. Those three words describe the current situation with my latest WIP. This will be the fourth book I’ve written – if I ever get it done. I felt like this with the last one too, and I did finish it, so yay,

18 CommentsFebruary 27, 2015by Donna Everhart

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Feb

Breaking The Rules

Recently I finished a book by Tim Johnston called DESCENT. I loved the book, but the reason I wanted to blog about it is related to the way he wrote it versus an actual review of the story. I’ve heard over and over, from reading

8 CommentsFebruary 20, 2015by Donna Everhart

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Feb

How Can I Write?

It’s been a little crazy around here. I told my daughter at the end of January that I felt book-ended by crises, and once I said that, it only got more crazy. That’s what I get for opening my big mouth. I don’t talk much

15 CommentsFebruary 14, 2015by Donna Everhart