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2008.11.20: Creating a Story, Cont'd: Time to Celebrate!
2008.11.19: Hey!
2008.11.17: The Synline? Outopsis?
2008.11.14: Creating A Story, Cont'd: Are We There Yet?
2008.11.12: From a Not-So-Simple Guy in Denmark
2008.11.09: Creating a Story, Cont'd: Suspense
2008.11.05: Judging a Book by its Cover
2008.11.05: A New Day
2008.11.03: Vote! Especially you Eighteen-Year-Olds
2008.11.02: Creating a Story: Day 3
2008.11.01: Creating a Story: Day 2
2008.10.30: Creating a Story
2008.10.28: Who Writes Like Me?
2008.10.27: Where There is No Doctor
2008.10.21: Beginning with the End
2008.10.17: Sex and the Teenaged Reader
2008.10.15: All in the Family
2008.10.14: Topsail Island, After the Storm
2008.10.12: Missing the Reunion
2008.10.09: Two Tense
2008.10.07: A Name for Every Day of the Year
2008.10.05: Audio Books in Bed
2008.10.01: Insides and Outsides
2008.09.28: Cooking Up an Idea
2008.09.26: Some Pictures from the Beach
2008.09.23: We Could be Anywhere. . .
2008.09.21: The Burial
2008.09.17: Is Your First your Fave?
2008.09.15: Killing Your Babies
2008.09.09: We Have a Title! (And a Winner)
2008.09.05: "Aren't Writers Rich?" Talking Bucks
2008.09.03: The Visual Thesaurus
2008.09.02: Titles: Your Opinions?
2008.08.27: Cuss Words Revisited
2008.08.24: Coming up with Book Titles
2008.08.20: What Do You See?
2008.08.17: Naming Names
2008.08.13: Sympathy for the Devil
2008.08.12: Barefoot Contessa Photo Adventures
2008.08.08: A Gift for Those of you who Write
2008.08.05: Writing While Driving
2008.08.02: The Happy Bookers Club Chat
2008.07.31: An Article on Before the Storm. . . and Me
2008.07.29: The Other Side
2008.07.26: Good News, Bad News
2008.07.23: Blog Talk Radio
2008.07.18: Radio Interviews
2008.07.15: Rotisserie Chicken Soup, Mexican Style
2008.07.13: Project Jason
2008.07.09: The Joy of Writing
2008.07.05: The Topsail Island Booksigning
2008.07.01: For the Lack of an Outline
2008.06.25: Crying
2008.06.22: The Challenge of Revisions
2008.06.16: Thank you, Target!
2008.06.14: Why I Adored Tim Russert
2008.06.11: The Book Launch for Before the Storm
2008.06.04: Making Love does not Love Make
2008.05.31: Before the Storm
2008.05.28: Home Again, Solid Food, and a Desperate Need for an Assistant
2008.05.23: Hardcover vs Trade Paperback
2008.05.19: Wedding, Waltz and Braids
2008.05.17: Blog Issues!
2008.05.07: Brenda Novak's 4th Annual Diabetes Auction
2008.05.04: Some Pictures from the Topsail Research Trip
2008.05.02: Unveiling the Book Trailer for Before the Storm
2008.04.25: The Sea Turtle Hospital
2008.04.24: on Topsail Island
2008.04.18: The Book Trailer
2008.04.16: The Last Day
2008.04.12: Working at the Beach
2008.04.07: Multi-Tasking and Guinness Stew
2008.04.01: The Photo Shoot
2008.03.28: Notes from My Desk
2008.03.25: Joy! A Great Publishers Weekly Review
2008.03.19: The Sobfest
2008.03.17: Exciting News!
2008.03.12: My D in Typing
2008.03.11: The Final Week
2008.03.06: The New Photograph of Helen Keller
2008.03.01: Fun with Mary Kay Andrews
2008.02.26: Major Snag!
2008.02.21: Bambi, et al
2008.02.18: The "How to Publish a Book" Panel
2008.02.13: Reading Barbara Delinsky (cue Twilight Zone music)
2008.02.07: The Deadline Nightmares have Begun
2008.02.04: Pathology on the Porch: Show, Don't Tell
2008.01.30: Why I Made Jon a Paraplegic
2008.01.25: It's Baaaack!
2008.01.24: My Beloved AlphaSmart
2008.01.22: What do You Like (or not like) about my Website?
2008.01.19: Why I'll Never Write Your Life Story
2008.01.16: Back to Reality
2008.01.13: The Haunted Mansion
2008.01.12: A Mini-Break From Weymouth
2008.01.10: The Weymouth Mansion--Again
2008.01.07: Naming Characters: a Ramble
2008.01.02: Back to Work!
2007.12.27: Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
2007.12.23: Mr and Mrs Santa Claus
2007.12.13: CeeCee's in Time for Christmas!
2007.12.11: Before and After the Storm
2007.12.05: To Newsletter or Not?
2007.12.03: Technically, It was a Bad Weekend
2007.11.29: Translating THE BAY AT MIDNIGHT
2007.11.25: Those Filthy Rich Romance Writers!
2007.11.19: Adoption Day
2007.11.18: Goin' for a Ride
2007.11.15: WIP: The Color-Coded Cards
2007.11.13: The Bay at Midnight Bungalow
2007.11.10: The Writers' Strike
2007.11.06: WIP: I Want to be a Pantser in my Next Life
2007.11.01: Inside the Mind of a Fiction Writer
2007.10.27: The Beach
2007.10.25: In the Outer Banks
2007.10.20: Thank You, Ellen Goodman
2007.10.19: The Netflix War
2007.10.16: The Read-Aloud
2007.10.10: Check it Out!
2007.10.09: Well, the Rest of my House is Neat
2007.10.04: My Brain Hurts: the Revisions Continue
2007.10.01: Getting in Touch with my Masculine Side
2007.09.27: WIP: Yippee! Proposal's Finished
2007.09.25: So You Want to be an Author?
2007.09.19: Hitting Too Close to Home
2007.09.17: I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb and A Writing Lesson
2007.09.12: Jersey and WIP
2007.09.09: The Lookout (movie)
2007.09.05: Just Say it, Already!
2007.09.03: Flickr! Way Cool
2007.08.29: As Promised: Weymouth Pictures
2007.08.28: At the Weymouth House
2007.08.22: Returning to the Mansion
2007.08.17: How My Writing's Changed
2007.08.13: Hurricane Roberto
2007.08.09: %&#*&^$!
2007.08.06: Speaking of Suspense. . .
2007.08.04: An Oldie but Goodie: Rereading Myself
2007.08.01: The Wire
2007.07.28: Thinking, Writing and Walking to the Mailbox
2007.07.25: “Tell me, what is it you plan to do. . .
2007.07.21: Cataract Surgery: Phase One
2007.07.17: Website Update
2007.07.15: The Dear Deer
2007.07.12: Where to Begin! (and a Brownie Recipe)
2007.07.08: What I Learned (about myself) on My Vacation
2007.07.04: WIP: Complete! Now for the Vacation
2007.06.27: The New CeeCee Cover
2007.06.22: WIP: Wincing
2007.06.20: The Agony of the Bathing Suit Search
2007.06.19: WIP: Wow, It's Turning into a Book!
2007.06.15: Anthropomorphising Goldfish
2007.06.15: WIP: Fifteen Days to Go
2007.06.12: WIP: Only Eighteen Days Left!
2007.06.08: I'm Mellllllttttiiiinnnngg!
2007.06.05: WIP: Giving the Reader Some Credit
2007.06.05: Michele Moomaugh
2007.06.04: Missing the Outside World
2007.06.02: WIP: I'll Drink to That! Or Not. . .
2007.05.30: WIP: Coke and Peanuts
2007.05.27: WIP: Size Does Matter
2007.05.23: Worrying About Men
2007.05.21: WIP: Hearing Voices
2007.05.18: WIP: How to Kill a Computer
2007.05.17: Ways to Kill Women in the Opium Den
2007.05.16: WIP: The Countdown Continues
2007.05.15: WIP: The Countdown
2007.05.14: Creating Something from Nothing
2007.05.10: How I Spent My Evening
2007.05.06: WIP: More of the Glamorous Writing Life . . .
2007.05.03: The Outer Banks for You Digital Photographers
2007.05.01: Mary Alice Monroe Does Raleigh
2007.04.28: Write-to-Publish: the Power of a Group
2007.04.23: My Latest Haul (and some thoughts on books)
2007.04.23: Mary Alice is Coming!
2007.04.23: The Raleigh Write to Publish Group
2007.04.18: WIP: Getting to the Meta-Emotion
2007.04.17: Readers all over the Universe
2007.04.15: Mom, Dad and Don Ho
2007.04.12: Home From Topsail
2007.04.08: Off to Topsail Island
2007.04.05: WIP: Lori Morphs Again, or the Value of a Critique Group
2007.04.03: What are You Reading?
2007.04.01: Home Again
2007.03.27: The Jersey Girl Goes Home
2007.03.22: Behind Closed Doors. . .
2007.03.19: Update on the WIP etc. . .
2007.03.15: Writer's Block: Fact or Fiction?
2007.03.14: From Publishers' Lunch
2007.03.11: Book: Child of the Jungle by Sabine Kuegler
2007.03.08: Movie: Stranger Than Fiction
2007.03.07: We Are Not Alone. . .
2007.03.05: First Draft Woes
2007.03.03: Romance and Crime, Oh My!
2007.02.28: The Search for a Title
2007.02.20: A Letter from Long Ago
2007.02.17: More Workshop Information
2007.02.15: WIP - Research
2007.02.14: Connected Books -- Your Thoughts?
2007.02.10: WIP: Uh Oh
2007.02.06: Creating Characters so Real You'll be Tempted to Take Them as Deductions on Your Tax Return
2007.02.05: WIP: The "Pass" Maneuver
2007.02.01: Sidney Sheldon and Molly Ivins
2007.01.29: WIP: Writing a Scene
2007.01.25: Per Request: My Office on a Typical Day
2007.01.24: WIP: The Go-Back List, etc.
2007.01.19: Enter the Dragon: A Re-Run
2007.01.18: No New Book in 2007 :(
2007.01.18: Partners in Crime
2007.01.14: THE PACT by Jodi Picoult
2007.01.11: A Bookgroup Visit
2007.01.09: Where am I? And When Will My Next Book be Out?
2007.01.06: My Favorite Movie
2007.01.04: WIP: Ten Pages a Day
2006.12.24: The Best of the Season
2006.12.24: What I'm Reading
2006.12.17: "What's up with that?" she thought.
2006.12.12: Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks
2006.12.05: WIP: A Ramble
2006.12.03: THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL by Philippa Gregory
2006.11.29: SUFFICIENT GRACE by Darnell Arnoult
2006.11.27: Thanksgiving
2006.11.25: My (mini) Interview on Agoraphobia
2006.11.21: Camouflage Walls
2006.11.20: Literary vs Commercial Fiction: a Lose-Lose Debate
2006.11.13: Uh oh! I'm in Trouble Now.
2006.11.12: How Did Poetry Pass Me By?
2006.11.08: Getting Ready for the Conference (and Thoughts on Drinking)
2006.11.05: Enough with the Solitude Already!
2006.11.01: Wednesday Evening at Weymouth
2006.10.30: shhhhh....it's so quiet here
2006.10.29: Off to the Mansion!
2006.10.27: WIP: Scenes and Narrative
2006.10.21: Desperate for a Dose of the Real World!
2006.10.18: The Hidden Life of a Village
2006.10.15: Time for Joanna
2006.10.11: The Baby Dream
2006.10.07: Absolutely Nothing to do with Writing
2006.10.06: Amazing Research Trip, part II
2006.10.05: Amazing Research Trip!
2006.10.04: &^$##^&%$!!!! Spam!!!
2006.10.03: On Topsail Island
2006.09.30: John's Big Day
2006.09.28: WIP-Why Can't I Ever Write a Simple Story??
2006.09.25: Characters We Care About . . .or Not
2006.09.25: Out-of-Print Page up and Running!
2006.09.22: Interesting Day!
2006.09.20: Unveiling my New Website!
2006.09.18: My Writers' Group and My WIP
2006.09.18: Music Wanted!
2006.09.15: WIP: Working Backwards
2006.09.14: Baby Fix
2006.09.12: Dirty Little Secret (when developing characters), etc.
2006.09.12: WIP: First Day of the First Draft in 30 Days
2006.09.08: WIP: Decisions, Decisions
2006.09.07: Pregnant? Please Don't Drink!
2006.09.06: Creating a Tagline: the Learning Curve
2006.09.05: WIP-No Holiday Here
2006.09.03: THE NAMESAKE (book) and the Importance of Names
2006.08.31: WIP and Remicade Day
2006.08.31: Caitlin's in Town
2006.08.30: Bay at Midnight in Paperback! (and how to get a signed copy)
2006.08.29: Opium Den, Doc's, Housekeeper, Furminator, AAA, Critique Group
2006.08.27: WIP: Research and Dreams and Name Changes
2006.08.26: Grammy Di Meets the Grandbaby
2006.08.24: Second Most Important News of the Day
2006.08.24: Most Important News of the Day!
2006.08.23: Jersey Girl goes Home
2006.08.21: WIP -- Day ?? And How to Throw a Party for your Characters
2006.08.20: The Weekend and The World's Fastest Indian (movie)
2006.08.19: MY SISTER'S KEEPER by Jodi Picoult
2006.08.18: WIP Day 4: Resources for Writers
2006.08.18: One Year in North Carolina!
2006.08.16: WIP-Day 3
2006.08.16: Tess Gerritsen's Legume Literature
2006.08.16: A Rookie Tribute--warning: Weep Alert!
2006.08.15: WIP - Day Two. . . er. . . half day two
2006.08.15: The Writing Life
2006.08.14: WIP--Starting Over--Day One
2006.08.13: Satisfying Sectionals
2006.08.13: Satisfying Sunday
2006.08.10: Writers' Lunch
2006.08.09: On a Happier Note. . .
2006.08.08: WIP--RIP
2006.08.07: WIP--Day Two (one step forward, two steps back)
2006.08.07: A Favorite Artist
2006.08.06: WIP (Work in Progress): Day One
2006.08.04: It's a go!
2006.07.30: Voice
2006.07.29: How I Work
2006.07.25: New Book (Non-)Announcement
2006.07.25: Skink in the House!
2006.07.24: The Licker
2006.07.21: My Brother's Story
2006.07.21: Remicade Day
2006.07.19: Do You Need a Smile Today? For Fellow Dog Lovers
2006.07.17: Editors are our Friends!
2006.07.14: Beloved by Toni Morrison
2006.07.11: I am, Like, so Totally Out of It
2006.07.08: Book Covers I: What Were They Thinking?
2006.07.07: Catching Your Interest
2006.07.05: BAY AT MIDNIGHT in Paperback
2006.07.05: For the Newbies
2006.07.05: Spelling Bee Movies
2006.07.05: My New Choir
2006.07.05: Me and Emma by Elizabeth Flock
2006.07.05: Brokeback Mountain
2006.07.05: Books and Movies
2006.07.05: List of Twenty
2006.07.05: My Love-Hate Relationship with Snail Mail
2006.07.05: The Media Wall
2006.07.05: Writing with Arthritis
2006.07.02: The Creative Nap

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