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Melanie Sumner Tape paper all over the walls and scribble crazily. Or skip the paper. Be bad. This keeps you from taking yourself too seriously, which is always an i…moreTape paper all over the walls and scribble crazily. Or skip the paper. Be bad. This keeps you from taking yourself too seriously, which is always an imagination-killer.(less)
Melanie Sumner It's really, really fun to write fiction. Except when it's not. Then it's really really fun again.

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Yardsale Success

We made a small profit, compensating our labor.
We were paid to have junk hauled away.
We reduced contribution to landfills.
We have uncluttered closets and clean garage.
We were reminded of the relative value of goods sold in stores.
We practiced our math skills.
We practiced our Spanish and our various southern accents.
We practiced bartering.
We practiced our social skills with a wide range of people.
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I highlighted and annotated like crazy in this book, using my new Kindle Scribbler. First, Ms. Lombardo knows how to begin and end a chapter. This novel is a page-turner. Secondly, she is master of point-of-view. She adroitly changes the perspective ...more
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It's always fun to read novels about the uber rich in their miseries, and Edith never disappoints. In the 20's, Kate Clephane is living out her days of exile from New York high society on the French Riviera. When her mother-in-law passes away, Kate i ...more
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“A story is a way to say something that can’t be said any other way, and it takes every word in the story to say what the meaning is.”
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