How thoughtful! Another writing challenge and it starts on my birthday! I shouldn’t have, but I hope I like it!
You may wonder why, if I enjoy writing so much, do I need to append at someone else’s prompting. Think of me at my desk and note the view I have of the kitchen floor and clothing strewn across stacks of kid’s schoolwork. Got the picture? Daily household tasks if avoided are rewarded with dust bunnies that leave droppings, or a laundry pile that could receive R38 on an insulation scale. Sadly I am often more motivated to tidy up than to revise a manuscript draft, again. Funny how I can procrastinate by tackling chores!
So when I am home, not driving a kid somewhere, volunteering, or digging weeds for cash, I need to exercise good discipline to write. One way to keep me writing is to join in on a challenge. The reward is in the ‘keeping’.
And it’s one more thing to keep me busy while I’m busy.
Happy Birthday and I like challenges….hope it keeps ya on the straight and narrow!
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Thanks Joanna. Gonna procratsinate a little more and go play badminton first!
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Happy birthday, Julie! I hope you have a beautiful and productive day — and I’m not talking about the housework.
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Thanks Kirsten, I’ll do my best!
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Happy Bithday,Julie!!! Love the cupcake. Enjoy your challenge.
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Didn’t even read the rules yet, but what the heck! Thanks!
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Happy b-day. Good luck with the challenge.
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Thanks Rena, may help with my next crit-submission!
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Have a wonderful birthday and make sure you EAT a cupcake as beautiful as the one you drew!!!
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Silly to start a healthy-eating-spree aka a diet this week, so I may have to ‘revise today’s draft’!
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Happy Birthday Julie! Have wondered if you have had a chance to start Kristin’s book and what you think. Since my husband had not read it I bought the book tape and we listened to it driving to Florida. My husband loved it!
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Unfortunately my days have been less quiet than I would like. My daughter’s HS graduation is over, but the aftermath is more than I anticipated. I have not even finished preparing for the first meeting of the kid-lit-crit group I started! It is my birthday, and I should be sitting in the garden with that book, but alas, I am working…I will let you know what I think after the first chapter – seems less daunting to update!
Thanks for thinking of me! Julie
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You and I must be connected. I just wrote a review of a PPB and scrolled down and saw your review pop up last month at the bottom of my page. Will publish is on a down day in August.
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Kindred spirits!
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Happy Birthday! Cool cupcake! I will eat it for you! You could mail it to me! 😉 I would like to know the rules for this!
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Thanks Erik – Just click on the icon image in the post or in the sidebar to link to the challenge.
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Hope you had a great birthday. I love challenges. Good luck with it.
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Thanks Stacey
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