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Shelly Powell
Aug 10, 20211 min read
Writing is like Planting Seeds...
I love this quote. LOVE IT. Besides writing, I have been doing a lot of gardening, and let me tell you, tons of gardening metaphors have...
Shelly Powell
Dec 29, 20192 min read
NaNoWriMo Conclusions
I didn't finish my novel, but it was a conscious decision. I ended up with 29,000 words by mid- November. I was a little behind in my...
Shelly Powell
Nov 16, 20192 min read
NaNoWriMo Update
Here we are half way through the month! Am I half way through my book? Ahem. Not exactly. Remember how I mentioned in my last post to...
Shelly Powell
Nov 6, 20192 min read
NaNoWriMo Time! I'm Totally In!
Last year, I thought about participating in NaNoWriMo but felt I had too much going on and didn't do it. This year, I still have a lot...
Shelly Powell
Sep 24, 20191 min read
Autumn Poem by me
I have mixed feelings about autumn. In some ways, I love it. The weather is beautiful, and I love fall colors and foods, but knowing it's...
Shelly Powell
Sep 5, 20191 min read
Keep Me in Your Heart (a love poem by me)
Catch me with your smile. Tempt me with your eyes. Walk with me a while. Listen to my sighs. Ponder on my words. Understand my pleas. Let...
Shelly Powell
Aug 28, 20191 min read
To Write (a poem by me)
I ache, I feel, I crave to create, To pull from my soul A truth to share. But the paper is blank. And I stare, I stare. I have things to...
Shelly Powell
Jun 26, 20192 min read
The OCD Train (200 word flash-fiction story)
So I just entered a writing contest on Booksie.com! The challenge is to write a short and sweet, 200 word story about a picture they...
Shelly Powell
Apr 19, 20192 min read
The First Two Miles are the Hardest
Ready for another running analogy? Yay! I probably love running as much as I love writing. So this past Saturday, I ran eight miles....
Shelly Powell
Nov 17, 20183 min read
So it's NaNoWriMo
...and I'm not doing it this month. Nope. I know all about it. I've read the story behind how it got started. I've seen writing sprints...
Shelly Powell
Oct 1, 20182 min read
Lessons Learned from a Writers' Conference
I just attended a wonderful writers' conference at a local university. In some ways, it was like going to my first job interview. In...
Shelly Powell
Sep 12, 20182 min read
New Book Coming Soon!
When I decided I wanted to start writing in earnest, the first thing I started working on was a Regency romance novel. There is something...
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