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About verawrites

Progress not perfection - that's my goal. Live and learn - that's my motto. I like to share bits of wisdom and glimmers of insight gleaned on my life journey of 50+ years. My hope is to encourage, perhaps inspire, fellow journeyers. Each of us has something to share. Let's be generous, gracious and compassionate with one another. I am blessed to be a blessing... so are you!

More than Halfway Through November

Posted on November 18, 2013 by verawrites

Help! I’m drowning… well, not really. But I am feeling kind of schizophrenic – as a writer, that is. On impulse, I signed up for the write-a-novel-in-the-month-of-November challenge without planning to. I had no delightful ideas of what to write, … Continue reading →

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Funeral (Themed Writing Contest Week 23)

Posted on November 15, 2013 by verawrites

She said she had to find out, and I agreed to help her. I was one of the guys who had loved her and left her. But when she could have told my secret and ruined me, she didn’t. And … Continue reading →

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Liar, Liar

Posted on November 13, 2013 by verawrites

Are you an honest person? I like to think I am, and you probably do, too. How then do we account for the statistic – presented by Robert S. Feldman, PhD, author of “The Liar in Your Life” – that … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriMo Week One Update

Posted on November 8, 2013 by verawrites

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One of the reasons I signed up for this challenge was to test myself. Life is busy and hectic for me right now, and I’m doing this as a way of stretching my boundaries. To see what I can do … Continue reading →

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First Line Writing Contest: She blew in a day early

Posted on November 5, 2013 by verawrites

She blew in a day early. No big surprise; it was typical Trish. You’d think I would have learned by now – with Trish it paid to expect the unexpected. The problem was that there were usually two or three … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriMo 2013: Want to Write a Novel?

Posted on October 30, 2013 by verawrites

Originally posted on WordPress.com News:
It’s just a few days until November, and you know what that means: National Novel Writing Month, better known ’round these parts as NaNoWriMo, is near. Image by mpclemens (CC BY 2.0) Have you…

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Halloween (Themed Writing Contest)

Posted on October 29, 2013 by verawrites

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They come forward, silence echoing the flare of torches lit one by one. Chill air cloaked in darkness stirs a taste for the burn of whiskey that would end the night. Children cling to their mothers’ skirts, fearful yet excited … Continue reading →

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Themed Writing Contest: WISH

Posted on October 26, 2013 by verawrites

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Sipping air into bursting lungs, Lea sucked in her tummy and tugged at the zipper as she strained to pull it up. ‘It’s no use. There’s no way I can do these up!’ she thought. In the mirror, her midriff … Continue reading →

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10 Habits of Optimists

Posted on October 24, 2013 by verawrites

Have an attitude of gratitude – or as the Bible puts it “give thanks… in everything”. Share your stories – testimonies of good things and cautionary tales of bad things, the key is to communicate with others. Forgive – it’s … Continue reading →

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Three Way Split

Posted on October 23, 2013 by verawrites

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These days, I’m torn between reading, writing, and reading about writing. It’s all too much! Too much good stuff to absorb, to learn, to try. I could just throw up my hands and say “what’s the use?” But instead, I … Continue reading →

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