Julie Frayn

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In defense of NaNoWriMo

October 28, 2015

I know, I know, I know. Another damn blog post about National Novel Writing Month you ask? Enough already! It’s all been said. All been written. It’s like blogging a dead horse. Tough noogies. I LOVE NANOWRIMO! There. I’m out… Not that anyone didn’t already know that about me. Hell, three of my four published […]

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The next big thing!

December 22, 2012

Welcome to the hop! The Next Big Thing Blog Hop that is. Here you have the chance to find new authors and discover new and upcoming books, and maybe learn a bit about what I do for fun. Welcome to S.L. Wallace who tagged me for this event. She is the author of the Reliance on […]

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Query me this

September 19, 2012

Writing a novel was easy in comparison to the query. That baby may be the death of me. When writing a novel you aren’t limited by word counts or pages. You can say what you need, be verbose and have ten line run-on sentences, write pages of exposition and introspection and detailed settings and just […]

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Camp is my bitch

September 13, 2012

Well, I got to the end of Camp NaNoWriMo and met all of my goals. And of course, met the big goal, the one I didn’t think I could meet during a normal month, let alone the month after receiving soul crushing news. By getting to the end of camp and making the goal of […]

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Samburger and Flies

August 28, 2012

This is a fiction piece (the first I’ve shared on my blog) that recently came in third (out of 300!) in the Writer’s Digest Write it Your Way contest. Entries were to be 1200 words or less and have a summer theme. Enjoy! But don’t read while eating… Samburger and Flies The sun came off […]

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Writing is… a warm puppy?

May 17, 2012

There are days I wonder why I write. Why I torture myself sitting in front of this screen, pouring my heart and soul onto a virtual page. Why, on those days where the rest of my life takes priority, the guilt of not writing is so consuming. My friend Sean Farley wrote on his Boulder […]

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If you believe in peanut butter – and chocolate!

April 11, 2012

There is a common thread in blog posts I’ve read this week. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Why? Hell if I know. But hey, why not join in on the yummy fun? These delightful saucers of deliciousness are imprinted in my memories for as far back as I can remember. From the often corny ‘70s ads […]

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Inbloguration

January 18, 2012

Well here I am. This is my inaugural blog post. Are you riveted yet? What does a chick write in her first blog entry? Since my family and friends will likely be the only readers of these initial thoughts – you know, until a million people find me and, inexplicably, want to follow along – […]

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