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- The Writing: I’m still working on my Margie Lawson Writer’s Academy class though I’m feeling more like a lurker than a participant, LOL, but I’m learning a lot.
- Marcia Richards hit the nail on the head with her teaser post comparing writing with sex.
- The Reading: I’ve had quite a bit of stand around and wait periods this week which equals reading. I’ll be chatting about a couple of them on the next Tuesday Book Talk post.
- The Blogging: I haven’t kept track this week. My gut says it was a fail in the comment department. It was definitely a fail in adding any posts to my queue. Thank goodness for a cushion!
- The Social Media: Again, I haven’t kept track this week, and I have no idea how to call it.
- Roni Loren had an interesting discussion on her Follow at Your Own Risk post. I can see both sides of the argument. I guess, for me, following on social media is like TV or movie ratings. If I know what I’m getting, it’s on me whether I follow or not. How about you?
- On Friday I had a blast connecting up with Melanie Macek while she was traveling through the area. Squee! So awesome being able to meet and chat in person after months of getting to know each other online.
- The Health: Oy. It has been one of those weeks. Fail. Fail. Fail. Fail.
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Raelyn Barclay 
Both of the links you posted sound fun. I’ll be reading for sure. I need to get cracking on my writing…I’ve had a low word count for a few days. I was telling Claudia the same thing…I’ve been uber distracted by the nice weather :} Time to knuckle down and get to work. Ha!
Exercise has been a bit better for me…I graduated to ‘on-toes-pushups’! My armpits felt like someone had sledgehammered them the next day…but it hurt-so-good. Lol. And, I’ve taken a page from your book….trying to drink more water. I added a squeeze of lime and lemon to help me like it better. When temperatures get around 90 degrees, I crave water – but at other times, I struggle to make myself drink it. Sigh.
I haven’t made any forward progress on a WIP in weeks. The only writing I’ve done has been for the class and even then it’s more answering questions about a WIP I need to revise or improv scenes for an assignment.
Exercise, ha! Beastie Girl and I did get out Monday but that was it. And I do the same by adding a splash of lemon or lime to the glass. Definitely helps the water go down better 🙂
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So, you met an online friend, did some learning, reading and socializing…hmm, doesn’t sound like such a bad week to me. There’s no such thing as ‘fail’. When you look at your whole month, I’ll bet it looks damn good. So what if one week you can’t get everything in? Next week will be better, for sure! Thanks so much for adding my post to your list, my friend! Have an amazing week!
No, it wasn’t a bad week. It was full of wee beastie events, family stuff, and mice BABIES 😆 Discombobulated, definitely!
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So this week didn’t exactly add up to a rolling boon of wins. The academy you’re a part of is just a super thing in and of itself. And each of the other areas can get attacked one chunk at a time.
The class is definitely awesomesauce. I held my own in the other areas, except health which fell off the radar completely, but can’t see forward progress was made. All in all, not a bad week, just a crazy one 🙂
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Better a lurker than not present – learning is the key and I’d bet you are making the most of it. I read Roni’s post and mostly agreed with her position. I’ve always felt that we are each personally responsible for what we choose to partake in and in guarding our children (of which I have four) from influences that we deem inappropriate for them. In other words, if you follow a non-child friendly site then don’t surf it while your kids are running around you. Pretty simple rule and I can’t think of a time where my kids ever ran into something questionable because of me.
Have a great week, Raelyn – you’re going to learn a lot from Margie even as a lurker 🙂
Exactly Gene, it’s part of being a parent. What I took away from Roni’s post was the graphic content coming out of left field being the main issue. For example, if I’m following someone who writes mysteries, I don’t expect to see erotica and if I did I’d probably question the follow. However, if I’m following someone who writes erotica, I fully expect graphic content. One of the many reasons I have a personal FB profile and an author one. My oldest is on FB, he can see my personal content, which I keep very PG-13 🙂
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Chin up, push ahead. I bet you have a great week this week 🙂
It’s starting out promising 🙂
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Writing is like sex? Hummm…..*reads post*
Sex in the title will grab anyone 😆
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I’m sorry to say that I smiled when I read the word right after Health. Oy. I’m right there with you. You did make headway in other areas. As for Margie’s class, I did one of hers last month and it was great but moved quickly.
Yeah, this class is moving quickly. We get new lessons every Tuesday and Saturday with one to two exercises each…and not simple exercises, LOL.
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So the week wasn’t full of “Win, Win, Win</strong…. From my vantage point it still looks like there was some win. I'd only call something a "fail" if it involved giving up. And you haven't done that. You're just adjusting. 😉
Seriously though, from here, you are doing fine. There are always little down weeks and days in life. You know how things cycle. My sys Shan calls this an "Input" phase, where you are learning and taking in all sorts of learning and experiences; next might (or might not) be a processing phase where you contemplate and work through all the input; then there will be production phase… And you'll be writing then.
What's more, Raelyn, your writing will be all the better for it.
Oh, poo! Forgot to close off that HTML tag… 😦
Input, Processing, Production…Love it! It really wasn’t a bad week, just crazy busy.
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Oh, good point – I’ve got lots of Roni’s steamy photos on my Pinterest feed. But I agree with her – I knew what I was getting into when I followed her, and I don’t check my feed where everyone can see.
It’s funny seeing those images all mixed up with cupcakes and interiors and all the other stuff on my feed!
Exactly. It’s all about knowing what you’re getting. Of course, now I’m picturing a smokin’ hot guy wearing nothing but cupcakes! Really bad for the sugar reduction but oh what a way to go 😀
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