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A New Chapter: Dear Reese

By NataliePosted on January 19, 2025January 19, 2025
  • Happiness
  • Writing

Recently I’ve been sharing excerpts from my letters to my daughter, Reese. In the new year, and post adoption finalization last month, I’ve been inspired […]

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Where I wrote more than a haiku

By NataliePosted on October 22, 2024
  • Poetry
  • Writing

New experiment Writing 30 over lunch With new coworkers With Love, Natalie

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NaNo Stats

By NataliePosted on November 30, 2023November 30, 2023
  • Writing

I technically finished NaNoWriMo on Monday, but I had a goal to write every day in November as part of the challenge so today was […]

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Winner, Winner

By NataliePosted on November 27, 2023November 27, 2023
  • Writing

50,000 words in the books! There was confetti. And a certificate. And a video and an email with celebratory gifs. It feels nice—my first NaNoWriMo. […]

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NaNoWriMo, Day 22

By NataliePosted on November 22, 2023November 22, 2023
  • Writing

Eight days to go but 80% of the way there! I just crossed the 40K word count milestone. It has gotten . . . harder—the […]

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Historical Slang Dictionary

By NataliePosted on November 17, 2023November 17, 2023
  • Writing

One random writing reference I encountered in my research about the 1950s . . . this slang dictionary website: https://www.alphadictionary.com/slang/ You can search for keywords […]

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Writing Badges

By NataliePosted on November 14, 2023November 14, 2023
  • Writing

To no one’s surprise, I am heavily influenced by competition and gamification. NaNoWriMo’s dashboard gives you badges for different milestones and challenges. For example, today […]

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NaNoWriMo: Weekly Search History

By NataliePosted on November 13, 2023November 13, 2023
  • Writing

Thirteen days into NaNoWriMo. Here is an updated list of recent writing-related Google searches, all made in the last week. What a ride through my […]

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NaNoWriMo, Week One

By NataliePosted on November 7, 2023November 7, 2023
  • Writing

I’m one week into NaNoWriMo! Three more weeks to go. The last couple of days have been much harder than that glorious weekend writing sessions. […]

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Tarot as a Writing Exercise

By NataliePosted on November 6, 2023November 6, 2023
  • Writing

I was trying to think about my deuteragonist’s character arc and motivations tonight. We don’t get his direct perspective in the story and I need […]

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