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Today’s Playlist, “Attack of the Cover Songs”
I’m on Fire by AWOLNATION (Bruce Springsteen cover) Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want by Deftones (The Smiths cover) Feeling Good by Muse (Nina Simone ...
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New Work in Progress…
Currently working on my new novel. Super excited about this one. Funny. Edgy. Sexy. Endearing . . . It’s gonna be boss. ...
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Falling in Love with the Agents You’re Researching.
Many books on publishing will advise writers to research agents before choosing to query them. As far as I’m concerned, this isn’t just advise–it’s a straight up RULE. A seasoned ...
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Little by Little. . .
Excerpt from novel #2. Elizabeth reflects on her father’s love. “My father has never hugged me. I’m almost twenty-three and my father has never hugged me. He’s touched me. ...
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COMING SOON to jansaenz.com: Designer bookmarks!
Coming in 2015! DESIGNER BOOKMARKS Now available on Etsy.com www.BadGirlBookmarks.com www.etsy.com/shop/BadGirlBookmarks www.jansaenz.com ...
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Today’s Playlist, “West Texas Highways”
Wolf Like Me by TV on the Radio The Teeth by Hanni El Khatib Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones Every Other Freckle by Alt-J Old Money by ...
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Today’s Playlist, “If I Were Fifteen Years Younger”
She Looks So Perfect by 5 Seconds of Summer Dancing With Myself by Blink-182 (Billy Idol Cover) Kids by Sleigh Bells The A Team by Ed Sheeran Yeah ...
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My Winter Season Obsessions
TURBANS Maybe it’s my ongoing refusal to fix (or actually brush) my hair, but I’m becoming increasingly obsessed with turbans. Anytime I see a girl wearing one in ...
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Dismantling Your Library; Dismantling Yourself.
We’re moving. To most, this is new news. Originally, we were on a 2-year plan to vacate our home of the last 7 years, but that plan got scrapped. Quickly. Now ...
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Today’s Playlist, “Random Gems”
Out of the Black by Royal Blood No Type by Rae Sremmurd I Call It Art by The Kills Haunt You by The Pack a.d. Jealous Guy by ...
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WooHoo! Check it out!
CLICK HERE to check out my guest blog Breaking the Formula: 6 Tips for Writing Great Sex Scenes. Thanks WriteOnSisters.com! You Rock! ...
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Today’s Playlist, “Please Kill Me”
In honor of this AWESOME book, I’ve constructed a short playlist from some of its contributors. Enjoy! Gloria: In Excelsis Deo by Patti Smith I Wanna Be Your Dog ...
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Today’s Playlist, “Questions”
Where is My Mind? by Pixies R U Mine? by The Arctic Monkeys How Soon Is Now? by The Smiths Is this it by The Strokes Do You ...
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How Writing Turned Me Into a Full-Time “Wait”ress
I know how to wait. In fact, I’m quite good at it. I have the patience of a prom night boner. Holding in all that pent-up anticipation. Excitement. ...
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Tonight’s Playlist (Jack White songs with a number in the title).
Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes (Elephant) Sixteen Saltines by Jack White (Blunderbuss) Freedom at 21 by Jack White (Blunderbuss) Three Women by Jack White (Lazaretto) Just One ...
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1st Novel Baby Weight: 4 Ways to Avoid “Writer’s Ass”
Attention fellow writers! I’ve got a little secret I’m going to let you in on, something most of the books on writing failed to tell you. Something you ...
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Today’s Playlist.
It’s a rap day… ‘Till I Collapse by Eminem feat. Nate Dogg 99 Problems by JAY-Z So What’Cha Want by Beastie Boys Let Me Blow Ya Mind by ...
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“SOS! Send Words and Sandwiches”: 6 Helpful Suggestions for Overcoming Writer’s Block
You’re at your computer. You’re staring at a blank screen that you have promised 1000 words to before the day is up. And NOTHING is happening. Not even so ...
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Taking back the power when there’s no time to write.
I keep waiting for things to slow down so I can finally sit and start writing a new book. So far, this plan of action is shit. Summer is crazy. ...
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Choosing the Right Sophomore Novel.
With the journey of my first novel coming to a close, I enter into the wonderful world of QUERIES and SUBMISSIONS. (Mmmm, smell that? That’s the smell of my ...
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Publishing is exposure, but not always the good kind.
Ever realize that your most desirable wishes come with your most dreaded fears? Take money, for example. Everyone wants money. We all wanna hit the jackpot. But if my husband burst in ...
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Tonight’s Playlist.
I should soooooo be sleeping right. Instead, I’m writing. I’m going to regret this tomorrow morning when the kids wake me up by nibbling at my fingertips. “What’s for breakfast?” Satellite ...
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Playlists
Tonight’s Playlist.
House of Gold by Twenty One Pilots Everyday by Fiona Apple & Jon Brion The Only Exception by Paramore Bus Ride by Rocco DeLuca and The Burden You ...
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Playlists
Today’s Playlist.
Roller Coaster by Blink 182 Mony Mony by Billy Idol So Alive by Love and Rockets Got the Life by Korn Lazaretto by Jack White I Wanna Get ...
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Grieving the completion of a novel.
Another night in the office, sitting in front of the laptop while the house sleeps. I stare down at my 84,000 words and counting. …and I want it ...
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Playlists
Tonight’s Playlist.
Hello Operator by The White Stripes Death by Diamonds and Pearls by Band of Skulls Time is Running Out by Muse Andy, You’re a Star by The Killers ...
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Writing.
The Ghost of Anxiety.
Like a deaf man sensing an alarm clock shrieking from behind the drywall of his studio apartment, I am unconcernedly perturbed. In denial of a racing heartbeat. It’s ...
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Tonight’s Playlist. (“Radio” songs.)
Radio by Lana del Rey Radio Song by Jet Radioactive by Imagine Dragons Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles Raid on the Radio by General Elektriks ...
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Today’s Playlist.
Sing by Ed Sheeran Laura by Scissor Sisters Yeah Yeah Yeah by New Politics Such Great Heights by The Postal Service Believe by The Bravery In The Meantime ...
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Obsessions
My 2014 Obsessions (so far)
Summer is coming. Time to reflect and pay homage to 2014 (so far). Below is a list of this-and-thats I’ve been obsessing over for the last five months. Enjoy. The 2014 ...
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Photographs.
Cover Girl.
One of my pics made the cover of Houston Resale this month, with more pics inside. Check it out! http://www.resalehouston.com/resale-houston-magazine-april-2014-issue/ ...
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Playlists
Today’s Playlist.
Santa Monica by Everclear Electric Avenue by Eddy Grant Pot Kettle Black by Tilly and the Wall Sexx Laws by Beck Pork & Beans by Weezer ...
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Is this REALLY fiction? A writer’s insecurity.
The inside of my writer’s belly is tight with uncertainty. Unnerved with the thought that maybe, in the pursuit to write for my own pleasure, I risk placing others in the crossfire-particular the ...
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Playlists
Tonight’s Playlist.
Crown on the Ground by Sleigh Bells Come Alive by Hanni El Khatib Words (album mix) by Kate Miller-Heidke A Dustland Fairytale by The Killers No Suprises by Radiohead ...
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Photographs.
Whoa! That’s awesome.
Completely HONORED to have taken that picture for such an incredible facility (and for the incredible woman in the photograph!). Finding out your kid has Autism is completely ...
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Writing. Momming. And Tuesday Guilt.
Yesterday was Tuesday. 3 things happen on Tuesdays: French class, Cub Scouts, and Writers Group. Yesterday, I chose to go to my writers group over my son’s Cub Scout Pack ...
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Playlists
Today’s Playlist.
Dog Days Are Over by Florence + The Machine Don’t Bring Me Down by Electric Light Orchestra The Middle by Jimmy Eat World Wild Horses by The Rolling ...
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This could get ugly.
Professionally, I don’t know what I’m doing. And I don’t have thick skin like the rest of ‘um. I get anxious in the midst of criticism. I get ...
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I need things. To write.
Like many writers, I have a list of “must haves” in order to set my creative writing skills into full motion. Props, if you will. I’m constantly trying ...
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Tonight’s Playlist.
Broadripple is Burning (Daytrotters Session version) by Margot and the Nuclear So & So’s Beetlebum by Blur Ramona by Guster Pyro by Kings of Leon Face to Face by ...
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Insecurity check.
Here’s the thing. I don’t know if I’m a good writer. Scratch that. I know I’m a good writer. I just don’t know if I’m a STRONG writer- ...
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You Better Work
So. Last night I wrote out a weekly BLOCK SCHEDULE. You know, to keep me on task and balance work and family and home and seasonal Girl Scout ...
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Today’s Playlist.
I Know What I Am by Band of Skulls Can’t Pretend by Tom Odell Play Your Part (pt. 1) by Girl Talk Ca Plane Pour Moi by Plastic Bertand Plateau (MTV ...
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A Tap on the Shoulder.
Trust paid off tonight. In the amount of 1500 words. Good words. And just that small little crack, that fraction of rebirth in the staleness that has overshadowed ...
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Such a great reading/writing workout. Thank you @kathyfish! This fast flash weekend has been intense and so much fun.
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