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Sheri McGuinn
Mar 15, 20182 min read
When You’re Not a Writer – Yet
I believe all writing is good practice for a writer. While my kids were growing up, I put aside “being a writer” for day jobs. However,...
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Sheri McGuinn
Mar 8, 20183 min read
Curves in the Road
At sixteen my plan was to spend my senior year of high school as an exchange student, then go to Northwestern for journalism and become...
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Sheri McGuinn
Mar 1, 20182 min read
Affirmations for Writers
Our inner dialogue has enormous impact on how we see ourselves, which in turn is reflected in what we do with our lives. The power of...
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Sheri McGuinn
Feb 22, 20183 min read
Novel to Film: Looking at Change
Last week, I explained the major differences between my first novel Running Away and the Lifetime movie made from it. The movie did a...
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Sheri McGuinn
Feb 15, 20182 min read
Does it work?
My next novel, which will come out later this year, is Peg’s Story: In Search of Self. It’s the story of the mother in my first novel,...
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Sheri McGuinn
Feb 8, 20182 min read
Me Too & Writing Romance: Heroes
While I plan the release of Peg’s Story: In Search of Self, I’m still writing. I have several short stories that I’m turning into romance...
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Sheri McGuinn
Feb 1, 20182 min read
Me Too & Writing Romance: Happy Single
While I plan the release of Peg’s Story: In Search of Self, I’m still writing. I have several short stories that I’m turning into romance...
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Sheri McGuinn
Jan 25, 20182 min read
Me Too & Writing Romance: Age
While I plan the release of Peg’s Story: In Search of Self, I’m still writing. I have several short stories that I’m turning into romance...
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Sheri McGuinn
Jan 18, 20182 min read
Me Too & Writing Romance: The Boss
While I plan the release of Peg’s Story: In Search of Self, I’m still writing. I have several short stories that I’m turning into romance...
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Sheri McGuinn
Jan 11, 20183 min read
Me Too & Writing Romance: Alcohol
While I plan the release of Peg’s Story: In Search of Self, I’m still writing. I have several short stories that are actually thumbnail...
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Sheri McGuinn
Jan 4, 20182 min read
Me Too + My Fiction
People always ask if the stories I write are about me. No, their stories are not mine. But, yeah, #Me Too. My fictional characters have...
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Sheri McGuinn
Dec 28, 20171 min read
Looking Forward
Happy New Year! I’m not big on New Year’s resolutions—of course I want to lose weight, exercise regularly, and waste less time on...
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Sheri McGuinn
Dec 21, 20172 min read
Motivational Boards
Each year I was in Arizona, a group of us would gather near the changing of the year and spend an evening with stacks of old magazines...
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Sheri McGuinn
Dec 14, 20173 min read
Looking Back
In 2016, I made a respectable amount of money as a writer. I really wanted to make more this year. Instead, I’ve made virtually none. I...
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Sheri McGuinn
Dec 7, 20172 min read
Reasonable Expectations
My to-do list tends to be insane. At times it’s grown to multiple two-column pages. That may be okay for long range planning or keeping...
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Sheri McGuinn
Nov 30, 20173 min read
Reviews
It did not win in either category, but I requested feedback from the judges involved and it arrived today. They each give a numerical...
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Sheri McGuinn
Nov 23, 20171 min read
Giving Thanks
Happy Thanksgiving! We’re doing Thankmas at my home this year, ten of us having turkey together Thursday, then Christmas the next...
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Sheri McGuinn
Nov 16, 20172 min read
Transition
A few weeks ago I completed my new novel and started pitching it to agents. Logically, I should have gone straight to my non-fiction...
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Sheri McGuinn
Nov 9, 20172 min read
Balance
Balance is essential to our well-being. At this point in my life, I’m spending forty to sixty hours a week on writing and related...
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Sheri McGuinn
Nov 2, 20172 min read
Process
As I understand it, writer’s block is that empty feeling when you sit staring at the screen or paper with no clue what to write. I’ve had...
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Sheri McGuinn
Oct 26, 20172 min read
Tracking Your Time
Unless you’re writing just for yourself, writing is not just writing. There are a host of other activities that use your time as well,...
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Sheri McGuinn
Oct 19, 20172 min read
Writing Time
There are people with day jobs who get up before dawn to have an hour or two of writing time. They have my admiration. When I was...
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Sheri McGuinn
Oct 12, 20172 min read
Profession or Hobby?
You’re writing a book. Are you approaching this as a profession or is it a hobby? Given how difficult it is to be successful, it might be...
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Sheri McGuinn
Oct 6, 20171 min read
Read Your Work – Out Loud
I work with several critique groups. Some of them have us email pages ahead of the meeting and we come prepared to dive right into...
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