Shawndrarussell

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• SUPER Sharing Sundays: Writer's Digest Conference Love

  

  I am going to link to some of the best posts, resources, and writers I was exposed to this weekend at the Writer's Digest Conference (#wdc12). Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Soul Saturdays: No Fear Is Strong Message at Writer's Digest Conference

  

  I am at the Writer's Digest conference this weekend, and one phrase keeps being said in various ways in all the different sessions: DO THE THING THAT SCARES YOU... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Fiction Fridays: New York City Settings

  

  I am in New York City for the Writer's Digest Conference, hoping that my novel, Couple Friends, catches someone's interest. So, I am just going to give a quick... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tune Thursdays: Delicate Cutters Wants to Cut You to Your Core

  

  Founding member Janet Simpson explains the meaning behind the name Delicate Cutters as this: “Much of what I write about deals in the more psychological side... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Writer Wednesdays: Chuck Sambuchino Is a Writer's Best Friend

  

  I can't really pick just one article that has been the most helpful because everything Chuck Sambuchino writes is completely useful--scratch that, essential--fo... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Travel Tuesdays: Catalooche Ski Area

  

  This ski destination is small in size but big on fun and has been going strong for fifty years and attracts a family crowd. Part of the Great Smoky Mountains,... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Movie Mondays: Greenberg Is Ben Stiller In A New Way

  

  Greenberg is Ben Stiller in a new way. Dark, moody, awkward, and truly just a depressing movie about people that are deeply unhappy. Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• SUPER Sharing Sundays: Best Links of the Week!

  

  GREAT book marketing advice collected from published authors: The Top Four Methods for Increasing Brand Recognition and Sales in Book Marketing A concrete... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Soul Saturdays: #Manifestival

  

  So, Manifestival is this very cool writer's prompt/reflection/moving-forwardness movement that you writers should definitely read more about. Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Fiction Fridays: The Tender Bar Shows Us How to Do Memoirs

  I respect memoir writers. I think that it's truly awe-inspiring to just lay everything out there--personal thoughts, dreams, insecurities... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Writer Wednesdays: What If We Stopped Chasing the American Dream?

  

  So today, I need your help. My entry titled "If You Follow the American Dream, You Will Be Happy" (note sarcasm here) is up for a PRIZE! Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Movie Mondays: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

  

  I will go ahead and tell you that I love these Sherlock Holmes movies. I love Robert Downey Jr. (smart, witty, yummy, and says gems like this: "Listen, smile,... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tune Thursdays: Simplified Rocks Out

  

  Music Matters for Savannah Morning News January 12, 2012: Although the name Simplified embodies the group’s approach — “just guitars and drums with some keyboar... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• SUPER Sharing Sundays: Best Posts of the Week!

  

  Confessions of a Former Query Addict by Anne R. Allen's post makes the case that sometimes, self-publishing IS the best route. Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Soul Saturdays: In Honor of His Birthday: Why I'm So Lucky to Have My Husband

  

  Today is my husband's birthday, so I have to write about how marrying this man was the single best thing I could have ever done to feed my soul. Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Fiction Fridays: My Favorite Authors

  

  The first few weeks of January, I am dedicating to doing "inventory" about not only my writing accomplishments and goals but also resources. Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tune Thursdays: Acoustic Singer Lauren Lapointe

  

  For Savannah Morning News Ten years ago, Lauren Lapointe was working a 9-to-5 job, not following her dreams. One day, she decided enough was enough and gave... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Writer Wednesday: Best Writing Resources of 2011

  

  So I have been writing unofficially for 14 months, officially (as in quit my job, no more steady paycheck, scary scary freelance) for about 7 months. Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Travel Tuesdays: Travel Writing in 2011

  

  I am hell-bent on getting super duper, borderline-obsessive organized this week which means reflecting on my productivity from 2011 including my travel writing. Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Movie Mondays: Crazy Stupid Love by Dan Fogelman

  

  *Spoiler Alert* I love this script. The layers and interconnectedness of the stories, the message about love being the most important thing worth fighting for,... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION