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Paula Chapman
Oct 11, 20214 min read
Brownstone
Dedicated to my first best friend, my dear cousin Angelo DeNicola, who I recently found on Facebook after too long! Sometimes life is...
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Paula Chapman
Sep 24, 20215 min read
How Gracie Found Us
The love of a good dog never dies. We’d just moved to a little town called Baldwinsville, on the Seneca River in central New York State,...
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Paula Chapman
Jul 31, 20213 min read
The Sans Writing Experiment
A night alone gave way to introspection about my writing. While I stepped away from the laptop to work my evening job, then return home,...
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Paula Chapman
Jul 14, 20214 min read
Brighton Beach Memoirs
Do you remember writing that dreaded, “What I Did This Summer” essay in September upon returning to school? I do. As a child, I never had...
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Paula Chapman
Oct 9, 20203 min read
Halloween 2020 in an Already Scary Situation
This year has been scary. I don't need to remind everyone that we've had quite a few situations this year requiring special attention to...
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Paula Chapman
May 18, 20201 min read
This article was published today on Love What Matters
https://www.lovewhatmatters.com/mom-recounts-2020-regrets-everything-happens-for-a-reason/
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Paula Chapman
May 11, 20203 min read
Eight-Week Check-In
The COVID-19 shutdown has been in full swing for two months now. Some things have become second nature and some, even more challenging as...
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Paula Chapman
Apr 14, 20203 min read
Coronavirus Home Schooling
We are in week four of the pandemic social distancing, what some call the "quarantine". The time we wished for with our families now is...
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Paula Chapman
Mar 16, 20202 min read
In Times of Trouble and Social Distancing
So the world is doing what the occasional good writer attempts: to distance socially. Now, we are asked to distance socially and in some...
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Paula Chapman
Mar 5, 20202 min read
Pitch Madness
So while many are celebrating or stressing March Madness in college basketball, I am spending part of my March on Pitch Madness. What is...
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Paula Chapman
Mar 2, 20201 min read
Time Management for Writers
For this week, I am directing you to my blog entry on CritiqueMatch.com Blog.critiquematch.com
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Paula Chapman
Feb 25, 20202 min read
Query, Query, Quite Contrary. How Does Your Manuscript Grow?
I'd like to start a conversation this week concerning novel and query letter writing. If you are working on a non-fiction piece, you,...
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Paula Chapman
Feb 18, 20203 min read
File Storage and Back Up, Deadlines
We continue with the discussion on time management this week. In this post I offer more recommendations for the writer (or really anyone)...
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Paula Chapman
Feb 13, 20203 min read
Screenshots...Friend or Foe?
This is the second in a series of entries wherein I discuss organization. This week, screenshots. I discovered screenshots a couple of...
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Paula Chapman
Feb 10, 20203 min read
Time...Is On My Side (Yes, it is!)
So I know too many writers who make excuses. There! I've said it! People have told me they are in awe of how I find time to write and how...
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Paula Chapman
Feb 8, 20202 min read
Inspiration: It Comes from the Most Unusual Places
If you think inspiration comes only from positive sources, think again! My English high school teacher in junior year was kind of an ass....
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Paula Chapman
Jan 31, 20204 min read
The Long Hard Road; Keep Telling Yourself that Writing is Fun...
Recently I made a conscious decision to re-focus on what matters. Well, I made a conscious decision years ago to focus on my kids, but...
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