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Kids and Creativity

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Cora

My class went very well today. Several kids were ill or just plain didn’t show up, plus one had to leave early because of a family party or some such thing. So we were a very small group. And – … Continue reading →

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Yet Another Linkdump

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Cora

I’m very busy with all sorts of work-related things today, so here’s yet another linkdump post, mainly writing related. From the Book View Cafe: How to write a romance novel by Marissa Day Jim van Pelt detects some unexpected parallels … Continue reading →

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Just some writing metrics

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Cora

In October, I wrote 31385 words altogether. That’s about par for me, I write approximately 1000 words a day and have for quite some time. I count fiction (the novel plus some short stories), poetry (one new poem written in … Continue reading →

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Reflections on writing, teaching and TV

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Cora

Found via Jay Lake: Jim van Pelt reflects on the similarities between writing and teaching and how both can eat your brain. I totally agree with this. Most of time, my brain is either engaged in plotting and character development … Continue reading →

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More housekeeping

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Cora

I added more haikus to The Haiku Zone widget on the sidebar. There are now 23 haikus in rotation. I have a lot of unpublished poems lying around, mostly dating from the creative writing workshop at university, and a lot … Continue reading →

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