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It's a Journey 4
Yeah, I did learn to type on a typewriter... nostalgia... le sigh. Those were the days when I learned that I preferred editing on a...
By Rebecca Waddell
Nov 6, 20173 min read
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It's a Journey 3
At the suggestion of my grandma, I took an aptitude test for the Children's Literature Institute. If you read It's a Journey 2, you'll...
By Rebecca Waddell
Oct 30, 20172 min read
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COVER REVEAL: TRUE HORIZON BY LAURIE WINTER
Guys, I thought I was excited when I got to reveal the cover of Laurie's first book HOME FIELD, but I am even more excited to get to...
By Rebecca Waddell
Oct 23, 20171 min read
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It's a Journey 2
So, last week I told you I wrote half a book and burned it and wrote an entire novel afterward. Great, you're all caught up now. The...
By Rebecca Waddell
Oct 9, 20172 min read
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It's a Journey 1
Welcome to a new series of blog posts about my writing journey. I'm starting off with how I started writing. Almost seventeen years ago,...
By Rebecca Waddell
Oct 2, 20171 min read
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Quotable
Honestly, you should really never sit down on a track anyway, it's just not a good plan. People think you fell and can't get up and...
By Rebecca Waddell
Sep 18, 20171 min read
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Covered in Dust
Covered in Dust Covered in dust We all turned gray Painted with smoke and ash We were all the same Covered in the soil And the...
By Rebecca Waddell
Sep 11, 20171 min read
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Casual Praise
Thinking about the things that have been the most encouraging and uplifting as I travel down this crazy writer's life with it's rejection...
By Rebecca Waddell
Sep 5, 20171 min read
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The Writing Parent
Okay, I'm writing Middle Grade about a character who has just started middle school and gotten a phone. Not at all coincidental, my...
By Rebecca Waddell
Aug 28, 20172 min read
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USING FEAR
Fear is a huge emotion that we deal with far too often in real life. Of course, I'm a writer, so everything is fair game when it comes to...
By Rebecca Waddell
Aug 14, 20171 min read
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THE SECRETS OF MOTHS
I wrote a creepy camp story for #SummerOfScreams!!! Here is the link to THE SECRETS OF MOTHS. Also, I may never write this genre again...
By Rebecca Waddell
Aug 10, 20171 min read
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Pushing the Limits
Today, I'm not really talking about scaling mountains to do yoga, I've done exactly one of those and it wasn't yoga. But, I'm here to...
By Rebecca Waddell
Aug 7, 20171 min read
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WRITING FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE
Writing from a different perspective can be hard, but mainly it's just a shift in expectations. I once wrote a picture book from the...
By Rebecca Waddell
Jul 31, 20172 min read
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CORNERED AUTHOR FEATURING LAURIE WINTER
Today I'm super excited to have cornered LAURIE WINTER, author of the recently released HOME FIELD, book 1 in her WARRIORS OF THE HEART...
By Rebecca Waddell
Jul 24, 20174 min read
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Authorly Confession
So, I'm following this guy's lead. It's time to lay on the floor and rest this week when it comes to my blog. But, fear not, it's because...
Rebecca Waddell
Jul 17, 20171 min read
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Reflection on a River
I wrote this while standing on the bridge over this portion of the Merced River last week. I'm struck by watching the water rush by in...
By Rebecca Waddell
Jul 3, 20171 min read
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Writerly Confessions
Sometimes I write stories just because they crack me up. I write because I am driven to tell stories. Compelled from inside. I've told...
By Rebecca Waddell
Jun 26, 20171 min read
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CORNERED AUTHOR FEATURING TRACY TOWNSEND
This month, I have the pleasure of cornering TRACY TOWNSEND, author of the forthcoming book THE NINE. Tracy was gracious enough to put up...
By Rebecca Waddell
Jun 19, 20174 min read
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Writer's Block
It's happened to all writers at some point, we're writing along and the next thing we know, the main character has climbed up a tree and...
By Rebecca Waddell
Jun 12, 20172 min read
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The Pain of Change
Okay, I think I've used this picture before, but I took and I love it, lol. Anyway, this picture freeze a moment in time that will stay...
By Rebecca Waddell
Jun 5, 20171 min read
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