Monday, July 12, 2010

Motivational Monday!

Here are some good news items from last week to jumpstart the good stuff for this week:

Literary agent Rachelle Gardner posted How to Become a Better Writer:  11 Completely Non-Writing-Related Ideas.  My favorite is "Be Creative Any Way You Can" - this includes building something with Legos!  In the comments section of that post, someone mentioned that these were good ideas not only for writing, but also for life.  I couldn't agree more!  Go check them out for a positive boost.

Stacy Post won a Versatile Blogger Award.  Congratulations, Stacy!

As for myself, I found out that Referential Magazine accepted my story, "Rooted in the Past" for publication!  And, since I will then have two stories up over there, I'll get my own Contributor's page.  Yeh!  I'll do a post when the story is up and ready for reading. 

Have a good week, everyone!  Let's keep up the momentum!

6 comments:

  1. Thanks for the nod, Madeline! Congrats on another acceptance at Referential! Can't wait to read it!

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  2. You're welcome, Stacy. And thanks for the congrats about my story. :)

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  3. Yeah, I ditto that congrats, Madeline!

    And thanks for that link to Rachelle's post. Honestly, I do all that stuff. I watch TV, eat (that's my hobby) and try new things (Twitter counts as two, right?). Seriously, I should be one heckuva writer by now! :-)

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  4. Ha! You and me both! :)

    Thanks for the congrats!

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  5. Madeline,
    I am so proud of you. You are doing your thing!
    I aspire to be as prolific as you.
    And Cathy, I'm glad Twitter counts! LOL
    Arlene Walker

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  6. Arlene, that was so sweet - thank you!

    I'm not nearly as prolific as I'd like but I've learned I've got to go at my own pace, do it my way. I need to compare myself to myself and that's it. Comparing myself and my work to others is a slippery slope...

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