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NaNoWriMo

Early morning hours

November 11, 2013 by Jessica Leave a Comment

The goal this year was to get up by 5:30 a.m. to exercise, do yoga, and get centered for the day before starting on breakfast to get the kids out the door at 7:45. That went great, until I broke my toe, and then my daughter got sick. I rebooted with waking early to write…

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Filed Under: Featured, The Arts, Uncategorized Tagged With: morning, NaBloPoMo, NaNoWriMo, priorities, yoga

Day 3 of daily writing: a poem out of season

November 3, 2013 by Jessica Leave a Comment

My goal for NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month) will be to write daily: I will aim to write a blog post and also, for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) to do at least 15 minutes of writing on my novel every day before 6:45 a.m. I might not get the blog piece posted with a photo until…

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Filed Under: The Arts, Uncategorized Tagged With: NaBloPoMo, NaNoWriMo, poetry, writing, writing mama, writing mother

The desire to write: swallow and spit

November 2, 2013 by Jessica Leave a Comment

Some might say if you can’t reflect, then just live instead. I like the concept, but in practice, it drives me crazy. How people live and live and live and manage to be happy only posting about it on Facebook and not writing about it in long form — or to at least have time…

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Filed Under: Featured, The Arts, Uncategorized Tagged With: childcare, illness, NaNoWriMo, NoBloPoMo, priorities, writing, writing mama, writing mother

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I also publish the resource blog Mindful Healthy Life of Metro DC. To learn about my writing and appearances and for details about the writing, editing and consulting services I offer, visit JessicaClaireHaney.com.

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