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Author: Normandie

Thoughts

The Unfinished Work of Elizabeth D.: A Review

14 September 201214 September 2012By Normandie

Have you ever noticed that some friendships require work? You really like her, but sometimes your smile seems fixed, because she’s just so complicated. Her

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Clearing the Decks

8 September 20128 September 2012By Normandie

Before we take off on a cruise, we tie down dinghies, stow the sunshade, clear and secure lines, and set up jacklines if we’re heading

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Repost of “No More Sock Puppets, Please”

3 September 20123 September 2012By Normandie

A fun blogging friend, Mel Sherratt, first directed me to this post. David Hewson and his fellow writers have called for a stop to writing/blogging/critiquing

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What are we telling young women (and men)?

30 August 201230 August 2012By Normandie

Susannah Friis wrote a wonderful blog post today. She’s angry, and I’m standing with her. I recently reposted a picture on Facebook. In one line,

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In Medias Res: Where to start your story

21 August 201221 August 2012By Normandie

Linda Apple, writer and fellow Hartline client, first pointed me to Kristen Lamb’s blog. Now I’m pointing you in her direction. Amid all the hype

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Traditional versus Self-publishing: Why the Furor?

9 August 201210 August 2012By Normandie

Traditionally published (many times over) author Sue Grafton created a furor in an interview on August 7 in which she disparaged self-publishing and called self-pubbed

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A Show-off Sky

23 July 201223 July 2012By Normandie

We wandered outside yesterday to check on my little boat and look at what we saw:         As you can guess, we

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Twitterpated by Twitter?

20 July 2012By Normandie

As I’ve said before, I love reading what other folk have to say. But when two blogs show up in my Inbox with conflicting advice,

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New Website–Yippee!

19 July 2012By Normandie

Reeling from sticker shock a few days ago when a lovely web designer sent me a quote for design and maintenance of a website, I

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Do-Overs

21 June 201222 July 2012By Normandie

  Here’s a challenge. Would someone please design an edit function so authors of online comments can get a free pass for a do-over? The

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