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Hiding under a rock …
Well, not really, but as far as my online writing is concerned, I have been taking a sabbatical. For about a year and a half, it was to focus on a full-time job that required some intense re-training. After the bid for that job failed, I took the summer off to re-group and re-evaluate. re-…
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The Doodle Collection
Here’s another set of Valentine’s Day Printables, again from designer, Jana Friel and featured on Waldron Publishing. This one was called The Doodle Collection. Jana described it as a look back at the Valentines of childhood. Do you remember the school parties? Making a big Valentine’s Day mailbox and delivering them to all of your…
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WP Romance Collection
One of the things that I loved doing at Waldron Publishing was creating free printables for non-commercial home, school, what-have-you use. The most loved (by far) on Pinterest was the WP Romance Collection, by designer Jana Friel. I’m re-posting it here to update my pinterest links and to get you all excited for Valentine’s day. Click on the…
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Pardon me
It really has been a while since I’ve blogged, on any of my sites (yes, I’m a multi-sited blogger, which has been a challenge to be talked about on another day). Since last spring, my life has taken some funky turns. I’m doing two part-time teaching jobs, I’m a mother of three (one of which…
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Reading at the Elementary School and The Trailer
My daughter’s 4th grade class is reading my book, Jake Bowers vs The Firebird every day at lunch. Today, her teachers invited me to come and read the chapter. It was adorable! Those kids were great. No guile! One said to me, “Are you working on the next one?” “Yes, I am,” I said. “Well,…
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Spring is …
I’m trying to write and create a little more everyday, (even if it’s just a sentence or two). So I was thinking about the beauty of the Spring and how overjoyed I feel when it’s a morning like today and I created this Facebook banner – Nothing beats a good stretch in the morning! So,…
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Heavy and Light
Heavy and Light Laryssa Waldron 4/17/15 I wake the household comes to order backpacks lunches drop-off kisses I work like a machine, the chaos is displaced dishes laundry endless errands I write she whines ‘till she’s on my lap scribbling grabbing slamming the keyboard she sleeps I drown in others’ creations YouTube Pinterest Facebook catch-up…
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Levels of Edits
Though there may be more levels of edits (depending on the type of work that you are creating) I am going to focus on 4 levels for these articles. As a minimum, your writing should go through the following: Big Picture Edit: developmental, structural, or substantive editing Paragraph Level Edit: stylistic or line editing Sentence-Level…
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Editing: Polishing the Diamond in the Rough
Last Thursday, it was my privilege to address the Utah Valley Writers on editing. The title of my presentation was Editing: Polishing the Diamond in the Rough. (Just a side note, if you would like me to address your school, class, writing group, or conference, please don’t hesitate to contact me). I promised the attendees (and…
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Presentation on Editing – 3/12/15
I will be doing a presentation on editing for Utah Valley Writers this Thursday, March 12, 2015 at 7:00 pm (there will be a critique of writing just before that at 6pm). The meeting will be at the Orem Public Library (58 North State Street // Phone: 801.229.70500) in the Media Room (downstairs). I was…
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