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421."The Goal: A 90 Day Novel" 
420."A Better Approach to your 90 Day Novel" 
419."How to Find a Deep Spring of Inspiration" 
418."Sorcery and Black Magic Applications for Writing" 
417."The Sparks Fly Between “90 Day Novel” Book Writers" 
416."Your 90 Day Novel Consists Of Scenes" 
415."Preparations For Writing Your Novel in 90 Days" 
414."Right Brain, Left Brain, & the 90 Day Novel" 
413."Mr. Spock, That’s Il-Muse-ical " 
412."The Pleasure Principle Perspective in Writing" 
411."Why Not Write New Items Rather Than Write About Writing?" 
410."Power Plans (Shhh, It's A Secret)" 
409.""Know thyself" Helps You Find Your Audience" 
408."Your Audience? Those Who Have Ears; Hear What I Have Written" 
407."A Hospital Patient Guide" 
406."I am Home Healing" 
405."Surgery in the Morning" 
404."What a Difference a Cat 5e Cable Makes!" 
403."Whew! Okay, New Year's Writing Direction"  January 6, 2013

402."Much Learning May Make One Mad"  December 20, 2012
401."Bonding Your Reader With Your Protagonist" 
400."Show Me!" 

399."Are You Smarter than a uhmmm, Your Superhero Character?" 
398."Will a Flawed Protagonist Draw the Reader in?" 
397."Which Came First, the Character or the Egg-Er...Plot?" 
396."Who is Your Favorite Unlikable Protagonist?" 
395."Drawing Readers to an Unlikeable Protagonist" 
394."Why Should I Care For You, O Protagonist?" 
393."The Election is Over, But Not Our Feelings" 
392."NaNoWriMo Is a Wonderful Experience" 
391."Writing the Best Stories Ever" 
390."Writng With Fire and Passion" 
389."Writng a Real-Life Story" 
388."Oh, Wow! And Double Wow!" 
387."Bought a New Computer" 
386."My Computer is Down Hard" 
385."How Do You Appeal To Your Readers As You Write?" 
384."Afraid to Read?" 
383."How Do You Write What You Mean?" 
382."Who, Of Four Types Of Writers, Are You?" 
381."Imagine Yourself Tilling Blue Soil By A Purple River" 
380."Write Your Dream or Write For Cash" 
379."Dealing With Your Madman On The Next Level" 
378."Tailor Your Reviews/Get Specific Feedback" 
377."What Does Your Inner Madman Want From A Review?" 
376."The Madman Chained in the Padded Cell of Your Chest" 
375."Dealing With Reviews" 
374."Show, Not Tell: Verbs With An Attitude" 
373."Even More On Show Not Tell" 
372."After Further Thought Maybe The Writing Problem Is Different" 
371."Then It Hits You... What Really Hinders Your Novel Writing" 
370."A Secret They Won't Tell You In School" 
369."Writing is Like Golfing" 
368."Giving Your Reader(s) a Pause" 
367."More “Show, Don’t Tell” Insights" 
366."The Evolution of Genre - Continued" 
365."Write to the Voracious Readers!" 
364."Stand on the shoulders of novel giants and take a leap!" 
363."Bookstores Make Genre Pop!" 
362."Getting A Red-Hot Keyboard: Watch My Flames" 
361."Intertextuality-Plagiarism, Copycatism, or Cryptomnesia" 
360."Will You Include a Foreword in Your Novel?" 
359."A Novel's First Line, A Reader's Close Encounter" 
358."Which Picture of You Will Grace Your Novel's Flyleaf?" 
357."Back From North Georgia & Some Writing Thoughts" 
356."O.T. Gone to North Georgia" 
355."What Name Will You Write Under?" 
354."Two Notes On Picking A Novel's Title; Then On To Names" 
353."OT: My Computer is Fixed; Sort Of Anyway" 
352."My Life is in Turmoil so my Blogging is Hard Pressed" 
351."My Computer Died Again" 
350."Having Fun Putting a Keg of Dynamite in Your Novel" 
349."Should You Put a Table of Contents in Your Novel?" 
348."Packing a Jar of Power in Your Novel" 
347."Design Your Novel to be Read More than Once." 
346."Picking A Title For Your Novel" 
345."Long Time, No See!" 
344."Writing Against A Blank Piece of Paper" 
343."Ideas on Picking a Title for Your Novel" 
342."Spicing Up The Port " 
341."No Entry Today! But I did blog in my other blog." 
340."Storytelling Murdered! Copyright Found Guilty of the crime." 
339."Keeping Your Fiction, Including Sci-Fi, Historically Correct" 
338."De gustibus non est disputandum" 
337."Don’t Bait Your Book With Inaccurate Dust Covers!" 
336."So, You Are Writing a Novel." 
335."U Experience New Realities By Reading? How Fortunate U Are!" 
334."Let's Go Green!" 
333."Do You Really Want to Write and Sell a Good Novel?" 
332."The Codex Book Has Survived A Changing World." 
331."The Best Items to Read at WDC!" 
330."Sorry. I Have Been Out of Commission!" 
329."Editors May Recommend Books; But I Have My Own Preferences." 
328."Help! A Novel Avalanche!" 
327."How To Read A Novel & I Probably Have Asperger Syndrome " 
326."History – Can I trust it?" 
325."I Have Been Honored By WDC Newsletter" 
324."Getting Well Now!" 
323."Sickness Day Five" 
322."I am really, really sick!" 
321."I'm Sick!" 
320."The Tormented Reviewer" 
319."The Passing of My Sister-In-Law" 
318."Gone on Vacation!" 
317."Shut Up and Write!" 
316."Comparison/contrast of Past/Present Novel Writing Handbooks" 
315."I just bought The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing" 
314."The Evolving Blog" 
313."NaNoWriMo Week Four Issues" 
312."NaNoWriMo Week Four Drink Champagne and roar!" 
311."Writing Games to Play" 
310."NaNoWriMo Week Three Tips" 
309."NaNoWriMo Week Three Issues" 
308."A New Hope and Fresh Beginning" 
307."Knowledge and Politics" 
306."Do any of your characters break character?" 
305."Having Fun Sharpening the Contrasts" 
304."Writing is like a golf swing"  January 21, 2012

303."A Little More Six Sigma"  December 11, 2011
302."…And The Hits Just Keep On Coming!" 
301."NaNoWriMo Week Three Notes" 

300."Finding Common Themes in Writing, WDC, and Six Sigma" 
299."Miss You, Anne McCaffrey" 
298."A Flow Diagram Of One Of My Writing Groups Within WDC" 
297."Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares" 
296."Using Six Sigma and Job Task Analysis Tools To Write Novel" 
295."More Six Sigma Ideas" 
294."More Week 2 NaNoWriMo & A Six Sigma Approach" 
293."NaNoWriMo Week Two Exercises" 
292."NaNoWriMo chaper 6 for week 2" 
291."Completing the Coverage of NaNoWriMo chaper 5 for week 1" 
290."Rescue at Sea - A Real Life Adventure" 
289."Do All Readers Go On The Same Ride?" 
288."NaNoWriMo More First Week Dissecting" 
287."NaNoWriMo Helps" 
286."Something is Wrong..." 
285."Touching the Untouchable" 
284."The Specter in the background..." 
283."Telling a Joke & Writing a Novel" 
282."Now Introducing McCaffrey Characters" 
281."Okay, how does McCaffrey introduce her characters..." 
280."What's Successful vs. The Standards" 
279."So, How About a "Staging Blog"?" 
278."Are You Guilty of Mannered Writing?" 
277."And the Ninth Error is… Psychic Distance!" 
276."Eighth Error Continued" 
275."Eighth Error...uhm, Failure to Show Instead of Tell" 
274."The Amateur's Fifth Clumsy & Dumb Mistake" 
273."Three More References on Cumulative & Periodic Sentences" 
272."More on Sentence variety" 
271."The Amateur's Fourth Clumsy & Dumb Mistake" 
270."The Amateur's Third Clumsy & Dumb Mistake" 
269."The Second Amateur's Clumsy & Dumb Mistake" 
268."Watch Out For These Financial Crisis" 
267."My Mom Passed Away" 
266."And Back in the Ring for More Punishment..." 
265."In The Boxing Ring, Taking the Punches..." 
264."Action&Adventure Along the Path! Look Out! INCOMING!" 
263."Make a Game of Your Novel" 
262."Write Narrative; Then Expand for the Scenes" 
261."Show, Tell & Card" 
260."Hi, Alice. Hi, Jerry. Run,Jip,run. Let's Talk Tell&Show." 
259."Who is stepping out of the smoke? A real character!" 
258."What's a "real" Character? R you "real"?" 
257."Yea! We won!" 
256."C'mon, Character! Get a Life!" 
255."Characters - Let's work this thing through!" 
254."Introducing My Characters- Can I Get It Right?" 
253."The Generic Promise VS Your Promise" 
252."The Problem with Implicit Promises" 
251."A busy, busy week!" 
250."The Implicit Promise, Part Two" 
249."The Implicit Promise, part one" 
248."Hitting it fresh tomorrow" 
247."There is a key at the bottom of my keyboard..." 
246."Secret! Writing Polished Openings to Your Story!" 
245."Closing the Gap Between Your Head and Your Page" 
244."My Writing Book starts with The Story in Your Head" 
243."The Hunting Lodge - Most Recent Chapter" 
242."More on the Co-Author Scene" 
241."New plans and old plans" 
240."Stay On Track To Complete Writing Your Novel" 
239."I was so ready to do this thing, but..." 
238."I am getting lazy these days" 
237."Knowing What You Want To Do At WDC" 
236."I'm Back" 
235."Out of Town for a Week" 
234."Express Your Mind Spontaneously and Eloquently" 
233."The Writing Master vs. memorizing a catalogue of rules" 
232."Become a master and the box picture changes" 
231."Writing Inside and Outside the Box" 
230."I will remove all my auto-rewards; GPs not processed yet!" 
229."The Reader Makes the Leap" 
228."Breathing Life into Your Creation" 
227."The Spark of Life in a Novel" 
226."I am holding it together!" 
225."I am creating a new Blog" 
224."Take a break!" 
223."What is Your Reviewing Strong Points" 
222."What are your writing goals?" 
221."How many words should my novel contain?" 
220."poetry and the rhythm of the earth" 
219."T-Rex Fight" 
218."The Beauty of the Beast!" 
217."Using NotePad" 
216."Tailoring WDC Writing Tools to Fit Your Need" 
215."Too Much Going On" 
214."Blending Novels" 
213."See Ya! Gone to Daytona Beach for the day" 
212."It is the Best of Times...And the Worst of Times" 
211."Lean Manufacturing and Writing" 
210."Use the Force, Jean Luc(y) Power Writer" 
209."Inward Energy-Your Neglected Powerful Resource" 
208."Your Historical Fiction and the Web" 
207."Logic and Writing" 
206."Something About You" 
205."The Battle of the Lyme Monsters Staring my Dragon & I" 
204."Enter the Storm" 
203."Auctions are one of the greatest joys of WDC..." 
202."Move up in WDC. How to build your own contest." 
201."What do you want to talk about now..." 

200."The game's afoot..." 
199."Let the games begin!" 
198."I'm guilty! I talk the talk, but don't walk the walk" 
197."Playing with a prompt" 
196."Working with five year olds" 
195."Write, Review, Get involved with WDC Activities" 
194."Show, not tell vs. jumping the reader from mind to mind" 
193."Is writing a mental thing or a heart thing?" 
192."What a day..." 
191."Missing the old adventures of life" 
190."Okay, time to do Rising Stars' Reviews" 
189."Here's to the Wonderful WDC Reviewers...I love you!" 
188."The Next Step... that is Steps..." 
187."It is amazing what sprucing up your Portfolio will do!" 
186."I have a very short window of time..." 
185."Finishing up" 
184."I know...I need to be working outward, not inward" 
183."Sticking to the clean up list..." 
182."More Clean Up Accomplished" 
181."On and On we walk together..." 
180."To the work, to the work - Toiling on & on, toiling on & on" 
179."Working on step one..." 
178."A great editing tool. You need this!" 
177."I'll whistle while I work..." 
176."Make new friends through giving reviews - Part III" 
175."Make new friends through giving reviews - Part II" 
174."Make new friends through giving reviews - Part I" 
173."My Daughter's Car Stole the Dr. Appt. & Day" 
172."My Doctor's Appointment Steals the Day" 
171."Summer Portfolio Cleaning Continued" 
170."Okay, about the reviews I just mentioned in last blog" 
169."Why I am not as active over the weekends..." 
168."Procrastination - My cover..." 
167."As if I didn't already have a bunch of projects in mind!" 
166."Aha! Now I can unstick those stamps stuck on album pages!" 
165."The American Dream goes overseas" 
164."What the Casey Anthony case & USA Economy have in common" 
163."Sometimes I think I wasted my life..." 
162."The Main Reason for Being a Writing Site Member" 
161."Gone Golfing" 
160."Working on getting back in action" 
159."A Day at Salt Springs" 
158."Tough kids or "pie in the sky" expectations?" 
157."A Key West mini-vacation" 
156."Note to Self: Reminder to Blog Old Books" 
155."So much to do, so little time" 
154."Off to a good start" 
153."Spring -er- Summer Cleaning" 
152."Sorry, I have been sick" 
151."Foiled...again" 
150."The Truth about the Press" 
149."How did the Tax Programs compare?" 
148."The story started in my last blog..." 
147."So much to do and so little time! & I'm retired..." 
146."Okay, one down, one close, one w/ a question, one needs work" 
145."Robbers! They took all and more!" 
144."Whoa! Turbo Tax impressed me so far" 
143."Working Hard to Do Things Nicely" 
142."Yesterday was our 40th!" 
141."Okay, let's write a poem" 
140."Infernal Income Taxes" 
139."You Folks are Terrific!" 
138."Making the Transition" 
137."More Ideas Which I Love to Use" 
136."Well, in the next few days..." 
135."Okay, time to put a new poem on the board" 
134."A New Direction"  January 31, 2011

133."Health Issues"  August 12, 2010
132."The Eye - Sees All" 
131."No no no no" 
130."Writing the poem" 
129."And a little fun..." 
128."Back with a vengeance" 
127."I have been gone and am going" 
126."Overflow from Blog builds new static items." 
125."Mow the Lawn, install new clothes dryer, go to Beach." 
124."Must all expectations be satisfied?" 
123."The best use of "Your WDC Stuff" (tools)" 
122."Why is it..." 
121."Still trying to get my act together" 
120/"A freebee for you! Get it here."  Review Template
119."So, did I do more damage than good?"  A bad review
118."The Blog and Slider Site Map is Well on Its Way" 
117."Well, it's tomorrow" 
116."Judging is a wonderful experience." 
115."Here comes the Judge"  1. Inappropriate gift of Awardicons 2. Caste System of Authors 3. Dr M C Gupta 4. How to Judge
114."Sand Castles"  Building Sand Castles, relaxing while enjoying the beach.
113."Two interesting and relaxing thoughts."  1. Sequels 2. WDC 50 cent tour. 3. How I got started at WDC
112."I am so far behind"  If you use dynamite words for every line in your poem, will it start sounding like an action flick?
111."Surgical and Dynamic Fiction"  Drawn diagram to show the parts of a fiction story vs. a flowing river with rapids to cross.
110."Marriage - Separate or One?"  Marriage - Separate or One? I believe in my woman & she believes in me.
109."She's a 10!"  Using Fuzzy Math to figure restaurant tips. Take care of your waitress or waiter. It is the right thing to do.
108."Here's another one..."  Continuing the Spark or twist discussion.
107."The spark! Listen and Learn."  A spark, a twist, an unexpected event, a surprise, to put in your stories!
106."If you read one of my blogs.."  1. How to spell check your Blog Entry. 2. I save as I write, so you may want to come back to see if edited.
105."Time for Soup"  Outside my window is a grape arbor, butterflies, and passion vine flowers. I watch as I type.
104."Learning Dialogue"  Dialogue in writing.
103."Do you use a variety of characters?"  Using Character types and what the dialogue might be between these types of characters.
102."The birth of action or emotion"  Catching the spark in your story or poem.
101."How do you handle this?"  Do you argue with a reviewer when you disagree?

100."The soul of a piece"  1: The very heartbeat of a short story or poem. 2: The Metaphorical story.
99."The ultimate word processor"  1. The ultimate word processor 2: How to review a poem. 2a: How to review a "no rules" poem.
98."A note about reviews"  This just touches on setting up your review tool.
97."Multi-tasking vs. Parallelism" 
96."The day after the Wedding" 
95."Today is the big day" 
94."Hi, Blog" 
93."Writing Etiquette and common courtesy" 
92."I ran away again" 
91."I thought people would be looking for me today..."  Relaxation by going bowling. Learn about bowling a "knuckle ball".
90."No more fair for me." 
89."It's a steal! No, a freebee!"  Here's a deck of cards for your sliders. Just copy and paste. 2.checkerboard with chess & checkers.
88."Another day at the fair."  Writing for the prompt at 15 for 15. "Escaping the Coastal Pirates"
87."Hi, Blog. I am back from the fair."  Writing for the prompt at 15 for 15. "Selling the Dream"
86."How to make a great contest" 
85."If anyone is reading this,they need to re-read metaphor blog" 
84."Okay, I brought you some balloons and stuff"  The toughness of reading other writer's story from threads.
83."Sealing Mysteno's Hole"  Writing for the prompt at 15 for 15. "Sealing Mysteno's Hole" Steampunk writing!
82."Hi, Blog"  Comments on15 for 15.
81."Mixed writing techniques are worse than mixed metaphors" 
80."Uhmm, I am back, finally"  15 for 15 Fair - Day one. Baited and switched: So, I put the girl with the green eyes in line with me.
79."I can't believe I missed a day!"  Being loyal to our readers.
78."Can you think of a Story or movie metaphor for life?" 
77."Another story metaphor for your life" 
76."The Metaphorical story" 
75."Being Noble" 
74."It's all about the handle, dummy..."  Your handle number. If you are a member at WDC, you have one. What does it mean?
73."Now I think I know even more..."  We each have our own world view. Don't get stuck in yours. Build it & make sure its not borrowed.
72."Now I think I know...more" 
71."Now I think I know..." 
70."I shut down WilliamRiddles" 
69."And you think you are busy!" 
68."More Slider Fun." 
67."And even more trouble..."  Working with Sliders
66."Playing around...when I should be working..."  Inventing names of characters & the old "alphabet back on itself" variety of codes.
65."Wheel Books" 
64."It has been a loaded day!" 
63."Did you ever think...?"  1: WDC earliest members 2: Handles & things to try. 3: internet movie data base IMDB earlier entries.
62."Worries. Trouble, trouble, trouble..." 
61."Riding the fence"  Topic 1: Most ideas are in a state of flux, always changing. Topic 2: English is in a state of flux, evolving.
60."A complicated day"  But thank you, Angels of WDC
59."The day is almost over"  A game of Golf for relaxation
58."Who's Your Audience?" 
57."Yikes! It's almost 6 PM" 
56."Take that word back!" 
55."Another great day in paradise" 
54."Working through novel 2" 
53."A big day!" 
52."Okay, Intro done for Sargon" 
51."Okay, I ordered my banner and sigs." 
50."The most self centered group appears to be" 
49."How sacred is an online journal?" 
48."I am on the government's list" 
47."I won't be suspended again!" 
46."Leaky Forums?" 
45."This post wasn't here and now it is" 
44."And we are off!" 
43."Another great day in paradise" 
42."Independent and dependent" 
41."Real Woman?" 
40."I almost missed a day" 
39."A lot happened today!" 
38."I finished another chapter" 
37."More on Merit Badges" 
36."Well, trouble in paradise." 
35."I want to do one other thing!" 
34."All Done." 
33."Okay - done." 
32."Okay - the group is done." 
31."Mowing is done. Watched some Golf" 
30."Took a break" 
29."An early morning start" 
28."Working through the Book" 
27."Author in the Spotlight!" 
26."Another big day!" 
25."I rearranged my Portfolio again!" 
24."Note to self" 
23."You have seen my to do list in blogs below" 
22."My day is getting away from me!" 
21."Oh, yes..."  A lot of difference of opinions on how to give a review and how deep to go.
20."Today is Sunday! Rest day." 
19."One thing I sorely miss." 
18."Whew! What a day!" 
17."Today is Friday" 
16."Okay, another Sea Story is Ready!" 
15."How Blog was Born"  More on the birth of Blog
14."Back on Track" 
13."Today is a day of Celebration!" 
12."Okay, Where to begin?"  April 25, 2010

11."Yea! My computer is running like when I bought it!"  Introduction to Mozila Firefox April 22, 2008
10."I am now working nights at my job" 
9."Computer Problems"  January 24, 2008

8."I've got too much time on my hands."  December 3, 2007
7."Feed the Blog! It's always hungry."  History of the Blog. December 3, 2007
6."Ah, it's Saturday" 
5."Behind and buried. I am leaking pieces of writings!" 
4."Buried and behind. The fastly going gift points." 
3."Behind and buried. Keeping up with reviews." 
2."Behind and buried. How do you keep up with fan mail?" 
1."K! Trying this thing out."  November 25, 2007