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Comment on Confession: Embracing My Inner ‘Red’. by Lisha @ The Lucky Mom

Lisha @ The Lucky Mom — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:54:49 +0000

I’m a half-Cajun, half-Redneck girl living in New Orleans. I have just recently added “y’all” back to my vernacular as homage to the great Southern women who came before me.

So own your Truth. It is your story.

Comment on The Coin Toss (Two in one day!) by Lena Frank

Lena Frank — Tue, 14 May 2013 12:23:18 +0000

You know I totally know where you’re coming from here. With two WIP sequels, I started a 3rd book for NaNo last month and just (begrudgingly) came to a conclusion with it. (I can’t say it’s finished yet because I’m not really liking how it ended, but eh – it’ll sit until I work on the next draft.)

I’m curious to find out which you ended up choosing. My money would have been on the Bigfoot tale, simply because your muse was so insistent.

So flipping a coin works? I might just try this next time I’m trying to decide which project to tackle.

Comment on Nontraditional Mother’s Day by Lisa Kessler

Lisa Kessler — Mon, 13 May 2013 05:20:52 +0000

Happy Mother’s Day!!! I’m glad you had a good one…

*HUGS*

Lisa

Comment on The Coin Toss (Two in one day!) by Lily White LeFevre

Lily White LeFevre — Mon, 13 May 2013 03:31:33 +0000

I have to agree with El here. It seems like the backwoods are calling to you right now – my advice is to heed it. Enjoy the free-flow of creativity while it’s there. If it dries up you can always go back to slogging chapters down on the story you already have outlined.

And as to the writerly OCD of Things Must Be Finished In The Proper Order: Will it make you feel better if I count up the number of stories I have partially outlined and/or partially drafted, of which I could potentially work on any at any time? I am not sure I can count that high anymore… Generally speaking if I only have one main focus and one semi-main side project I am SO FUCKING FOCUSED. There are times when I write literally a paragraph on six different stories in the same writing session. Those are fun days, lemme tell ya.

Comment on The Coin Toss (Two in one day!) by Running from Hell with El

Running from Hell with El — Sun, 12 May 2013 16:11:09 +0000

I skip all over the place all the time. Totally get it. And cut that gotta be perfect on the first draft shit out. That’s just daft and you know it. And most of all, follow your heart–write NC-stuff and have fun with it. New Orleans just might not be ready for you yet. xoxo

Comment on Confession: Embracing My Inner ‘Red’. by astreabaldwin

astreabaldwin — Sun, 12 May 2013 16:10:25 +0000

C’mere, you.

*HUGS*

Comment on Confession: Embracing My Inner ‘Red’. by astreabaldwin

astreabaldwin — Sun, 12 May 2013 16:10:01 +0000

I’m totally convinced that we were separated at birth.

Comment on Mother’s Day by Nontraditional Mother’s Day | astrea baldwin

Nontraditional Mother’s Day | astrea baldwin — Sun, 12 May 2013 13:15:43 +0000

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Comment on Confession: Embracing My Inner ‘Red’. by just another s-a-h-mother

just another s-a-h-mother — Sun, 12 May 2013 02:27:41 +0000

I love you even more after reading this. Truth.

Comment on Confession: Embracing My Inner ‘Red’. by Lily White LeFevre

Lily White LeFevre — Sat, 11 May 2013 17:52:57 +0000

I used to have a charming little accent as a small child. Then I had to take speech therapy for my s and sh and th sounds, and being so aware of my elocution killed the drawl. At 11 or 12 I decided I wanted to sound like a Valley Girl, and now I can only find my drawl when I’m down a six-pack of beer and/or hanging out with certain folks from the old days. I think it sounds fake when I try to twang. Some days I am sad that I can’t even pull on the trappings if I want to. Most days I just laugh that no one would guess where I come from. Except people in Minnesota. They heard…something twanging when I went up there for a visit and at least guessed the region right, if not the state.

I, too, was a country girl who made a point to become a city girl, but I also took a lot of pride in where I came from once I got to college because it defied the “proper” narrative of academia and the breed of feminism that eschews guns and booze and pretty clothes and a woman’s personal responsibility for her own safety. It tickled me pink to be the top mark in a class of privileged Greek set/children of professors, knowing that i grew up picking bugs off tomatoes and hauling horse shit and haybales for spending money, yet I was indistinguishable from any of them in speech and vocabulary and education.

The Voice totally brings out my inner redneck. I think it helps that Blake uses a really good strategy for how he builds his team and coaches them–makes his team easy to root for.