Category: Marvellous Miscellany
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Salt Dough Gone Wild!
It was one of those long stretches of summer afternoon when it was too hot to go outside. The kids slid around the house, skulking, with nothing better to do than pick fights with each other and in general, drive me nuts. Days like these scream for distraction and that day a movie wasn’t going…
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Retreat!
This weekend I attended my first ever writer’s retreat high up in the Manti-La Sal National Forest. For the first time in years I had hours of uninterrupted time to sit and work on my book. It came at a great time as well, for the past few weeks I’ve whittled away at the final…
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Blast from the Past – Writer Mom Comic “Interrupted”
Happy Labor Day everyone! I hope your day is filled with family and fun. To celebrate the holiday, here is the last of the 2011 Writer Mom series. This one looks different because while I was making it I lost the paper I was working on and ended up creating a photoshop mashup instead, which…
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Blast from the past – Writer Mom Returns
Although today is supposed to be a short story day I don’t have one prepared, so here’s the second comic in the Writer Mom series! Enjoy!
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Blast from the Past – The First Writer Mom Comic
About two years ago, when my children did not outnumber my hands, I made an attempt at creating a series of comics. The situation hasn’t changed much, now there is a different child on my lap trying to push buttons and the other two somewhere else in the house causing untold havoc. On a unrelated…
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Open Mic
Due to this week being a bit crazier than I expected, today’s post is what I’m calling an open mic. Everyone out there in cyberland is welcome to ask whatever questions they like down in the comments and I will do my best to answer honestly and promptly. The best or most interesting questions will…
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And the Winner is…
The week of this year’s Summer Giveaway Blog Hop is over and here at my blog is time to announce the winner of the autographed writer’s notebook, fancy pens, and handcrafted wire bookmark! Congratulations to Dana C.! You are my winner! Please check your email for further information.
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Summer Giveaway Hop 2013!
Welcome Blog Hoppers! This blog is for readers and lovers of the written word. Here you will find stories, humorous essays, and other interesting tidbits that I feel like sharing. Here are some of my favorite posts: Everything I need to know about life I learned from Spongebob Soccer and Herding Cats Being a Mom and a Writer…
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Gearing Up for my First Blog Hop
I’m taking my own advice and participating in the Summer Giveaway Hop of 2013. From what I’ve heard, this is one of the coolest hops around. As of today there are over 100 blogs participating and giving out all sorts of great stuff. The opening day is this Thursday and that is when my official…
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Don’t do dumb things – Texting and Driving
Although this blog is mainly used for entertainment purposes, today’s post is deadly serious. I happened to come across a disturbing and eye opening public service announcement video that I feel is important enough to share. It is my hope that by sharing this message the current attitude about texting while driving being okay, will…
Jodi L. Milner, Author 