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Writing Like Heaven

November 23, 2021April 26, 2022 / Nancy Friedland / 14 Comments

It's NaNoWriMo time (National Novel Writing Month) this November! I signed up to write a 50,000 word first draft of a book along with hundreds of thousands of other crazy people around the world. That's 1,667 words per day, for those of you doing the math.

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The Final Word on the Absolute Very Best Time To Write

August 5, 2021April 30, 2022 / Nancy Friedland / 6 Comments

Haruki Murakami wakes at 4am to write, without variation. Hemingway wrote as soon as it got light. Vonnegut started at 5:30am.... Since successful writers have set routines unique to them, there must be an optimal time for me as well....

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Remembering

July 22, 2021April 26, 2022 / Nancy Friedland / 11 Comments

Remembering, forgetting, sleep, no sleep, letting go, understanding, not understanding, the horizon in front of me....

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52 Steps to Becoming a Writer

March 30, 2021April 30, 2022 / Nancy Friedland / 18 Comments

Anyone can become a writer. It hasn't been a straight path or an easy journey for me. But here are 52 steps that will get you on your way.

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Blogiversary is a Word

November 12, 2019April 30, 2022 / Nancy Friedland / 12 Comments

When you do something outside your comfort zone, it opens doors to doing other new, hard things. You're brave in one way, why not be brave in others? Creating a blog informed the way I write, the way I play music, how I try new things.

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Changing For Good

December 28, 2017May 2, 2022 / Nancy Friedland / 8 Comments

I set out alone from Santa Barbara on a hot July day, my little sedan packed to the brim, and cruised north along Highway 101. The only key I owned was to my car. I had just finished packaging up my life to leave the place I'd lived for 32 years. I was alternately thrilled … Continue reading Changing For Good

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