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Embracing Change in Life and Writing

November 14, 2011 - by jenniecoughlin - 7 Comments.

This weekend, I had to trash a few pages I had written in the first draft of my novel. They were good, but the character was no longer a POV character because of some structural changes. It was a little …

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Architectural sightseeing — and research

October 10, 2011 - by jenniecoughlin

I spent part of this weekend up in Washington, D.C., researching neighborhoods and other information for Book 3 in the series, aka Fate’s Arrow. Because both Book 3 and Book 4 will deal heavily with architecture, local history and historic …

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Friday Reads: Dream Boy, Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors

September 30, 2011 - by jenniecoughlin - 1 Comment

Anybody else feel like their to-read list is about to topple over? I’ve got two books I started and haven’t had time to finish that I’m hoping to get to today: Dream Boy by Jim Grimsley and The Handbook for …

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Good Night, Irene

August 27, 2011 - by jenniecoughlin

Hope everybody who’s in Irene’s path is staying safe. It’s rare for a hurricane to smack New England around, though it does happen. I remember Gloria in 1985, which took out a huge weeping willow next door. Fortunately it fell …

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Hey, Norm! (aka living in a small town)

July 22, 2011 - by jenniecoughlin

My friend Stacey was in town this week, and her reaction when I described my favorite coffee shop, which I visit daily, was “So you walk in and it’s all ‘Hey, Norm!’?” It’s an analogy I hadn’t thought of, but …

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Juggling and balance

July 9, 2011 - by jenniecoughlin

For a yoga instructor, there are days my life balance is completely out of whack. Of course, being a FT newspaper editor, a PT group fitness and yoga instructor and a writer might have a lot to do with that. …

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