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215800 – Fear

by Judy Schwartz Haley

I just joined an online challenge called 21*5*800 hosted by Bindu Wiles. 21 days. 5 days of yoga per week. 800 words per day.

I am so excited about this challenge.

The group is actually on day 4 of the challenge and I just got started. I’m just going to start where the [...]

30 things I vow to do this summer

by Judy Schwartz Haley

1. Kick Cancer’s Ass! 2. Get lots of sleep 3. Eat my veggies every day 4. Become habitual about exercise 5. Get really, really good at yoga – like sexy, awesome good 6. Catch up on all those thank you cards I need to send out 7. Rearrange the furniture in the nursery [...]

There is no great writing, only great re-writing

by Judy Schwartz Haley

I don’t know how many times I heard the above quote at the Write on the Sound writers’ conference last weekend, but it was definitely something I needed to hear. I write, and I write, and then I sit and don’t write because I think I can’t write. What I don’t do is re-write.

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Writers’ Workshop: Why I Blog, or Don’t

by Judy Schwartz Haley

I keep meaning to play along with MamaKat and her weekly writing workshops, but I never seem to be able to make it happen. Then this prompt came along, and I decided it was time to put in print all those excuses floating around in my head.

3.) What have you been busy doing [...]