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Wondering if there’s an audience for your book?

When I open the Modern Truck Drivers Facebook page and see over 1000 friend requests waiting, I feel prettty sure I have an audience for the photo essay book  of modern drivers.

Now, with the new novel nearing completion- a mystery series featuring a sassy female trucker.. well, I am all smiles on this day in Georgia.

Especially when I clicked on this video sent by a new Facebook buddy. You gotta love it.

 

Terry Wooley sings Big Boy’s Toy

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Habits of Famous Writers

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Stephen King

“There are certain things I do if I sit down to write,” he said. “I have a glass of water or a cup of tea. There’s a certain time I sit down, from 8:00 to 8:30, somewhere within that half hour every morning,” he explained. “I have my vitamin pill and my music, sit in the same seat, and the papers are all arranged in the same places. The cumulative purpose of doing these things the same way every day seems to be a way of saying to the mind, you’re going to be dreaming soon.

“It’s not

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Notes from the Universe

If I have not shared this before, I should have.

My friend Kari turned me onto TUT ( totally unique thoughts) a while ago:

It’s free to sign up and they will send you “Daily reminders of life’s magic and your divinity.”

Here’s mine for today.

Here’s the thing, Linda. Admission into time and space requires a belief in limits: a belief that both time and space are real; that you can therefore have and have-not; that love can be lost or found; and that you are what your physical senses show you and no more. These illusions immediately lead …

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Why I love this show.

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More than anything else, I believe in myself.

That’s pretty much a successful life in a nutshell, isn’t it?

And a good way to share some excellent news that I have been sitting on for over a week.

I won a scholarship to a prestigious summer writers workshop in NY – I’ve been assigned to the amazing AMY HEMPEL for the small group work, and will be able to study with many of my other fav writers, like Matthew Klam, Melissa Bank, Meg Wolitzer, here’s the whole list–


Alan Alda
Melissa Bank
Billy Collins
E.L. Doctorow
Christopher Durang
Jules Feiffer
Ursula Hegi
Amy Hempel
Kaylie Jones
Matthew Klam

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If someone said they loved you when …

…you introduced them to something new, aren’t you obligated to share it ( the new thing- not the love, people) with the world?

Today I give you this- TA-DA -a way to watch brand new movies in the comfort of your own home, for free.
And because I am so not into that unconditional love crap, whatcha got for me?…

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