Advertisements It has been almost a year since I completed the doctorate. And I have a confession to make…I submitted the wrong draft to the ProQuest Dissertation Publishing. I actually did pay to have the dissertation professionally edited and that copy was the one that...
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September 28, 2021 NotQuiteSuperhumanauthors, bad day, Creativity, education, published, publishing, Stress, writingNo Comment
Advertisements Today’s Saturday Story was inspired by a true story of something that happened to my grandmother as a young girl. Dorothy the horse truly did exist. Enjoy! The Rag Collector’s Daughter Boys and girls of all ages ran down the school corridor. Jules took her...
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June 26, 2021 NotQuiteSuperhumanFiction, Historical, storytelling, writingNo Comment
Advertisements Welcome to the NQS Saturday Story! In an effort to encourage my creativity and my works in progress, I will be posting snippets of stories on Saturdays. It might not be every Saturday, but I would love to hear your thoughts. The following is...
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June 19, 2021 NotQuiteSuperhumanFiction, Historical, Moon at Dusk, Paranormal, storytelling, supernatural, vampire, WIP, Works In Progress, writingNo Comment
Advertisements Many years ago, I participated in an A-Z blog post challenge. In April, not counting Sundays, there are 26 days. So the idea behind the challenge is to post a new blog post each day in alphabetical order. April 1st would be an entry...
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March 31, 2020 NotQuiteSuperhumana-z blogger challenge, a-z blogging challenge, April, blogging, blogs, community, Creativity, PLN, writingNo Comment
Advertisements It has been months since I posted, but I needed to step back for a while. My dissertation is in the analyzing stage which means I am writing up all my research into the final drafts. We also just had my husband’s social security...
Read More March 30, 2020 NotQuiteSuperhumanmarch, mental health, Mindfulness, writing2 Comments
Advertisements Writer’s Digest is sponsoring a critique contest with agent Kristen Nelson of Nelson Literary Agency. Simple, just submit the first 1000 words of your manuscript and you have the chance of being featured in an issue of Writer’s Digest with a corresponding critique from...
Read More May 21, 2011 NotQuiteSuperhumanagent, contest, critique, writer's digest, writing1 Comment
Advertisements Sorry, Jennifer can’t come out and play today. To paraphrase Spongebob, I have the ick. Seriously, I am kinda wanting to swallow glass because it has to be better than the way I am feeling right now and I was actually doing better this...
Read More May 14, 2011 NotQuiteSuperhumancomics, sick, superheroes, writing3 Comments
Advertisements It was so hard to think of a topic for X, but then a blog post from Writing Rockstar Meg Cabot about her reading choices had me thinking about X-Men. In case you couldn’t tell from the blog title, I am a little obsessed...
Read More April 28, 2011 NotQuiteSuperhumana-z blogger challenge, comics, fanfiction, jubilee, wolverine, writing, x-menNo Comment
Advertisements http://www.vuvox.com/collage_express/collage.swf?collageID=0248a41d61 I love Vuvox. It is a free tool available on the internet for creating interactive collages. This is a great resources for educators, librarians, and writers. You can use it to market a program, teach a lesson, or even incorporate a digital booktalk...
Read More April 26, 2011 NotQuiteSuperhumanadobe, android, collage, interactive, iPad, libraries, marketing, Web 2.0, writing1 Comment
Advertisements Follow me on Twitter! @woofer_kyyiv, a photo by Slava Baranskyi on Flickr. Okay, so around this time last year I was very anti-twitter. I just couldn’t see a need for it when Facebook did everything that Twitter did. That was until I seriously started blogging and...
Read More April 23, 2011 NotQuiteSuperhumana-z blogger challenge, blogging, networking, Twitter, writing2 Comments
Advertisements Well, that is the problem with my writing. I have no deadline. It just doesn’t seem to carry enough weight when it is self imposed. Therefore none of my projects ever get finished. However, I have no problem meeting a deadline for work or...
Read More April 5, 2011 NotQuiteSuperhumana-z blogger challenge, agents, Contests, Fiction, iPad, querying, Shakespeare, Works In Progress, writing2 Comments
Advertisements Every year I have the same goal, to finish my novel. But I let other things get in the way and I find excuses. I move on to other projects, leaving others behind. So to spark my creativity once again, I am posting the...
Read More February 18, 2011 NotQuiteSuperhumanDeath, Fiction, Historical, Moon at Dusk, novel, Paranormal, procrastination, Witches, writingNo Comment