Melinda Morley

Writer in Progress

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The life and thoughts of a young adult writer. Join her on a life's journey to figure it all out one word at a time. Come and visit. Stay a while and leave some words of your own behind.

19 Things to make you happy (200 years ago)

 
I found a site called The Happiness Project. Premise (and a novel coming out this year): a woman tries for one year to try out all the suggestions she hears to make herself happy. I found this list on her blog.  
19 tips for cheering yourself up—from two hundred years ago. (Commentary by me.)
Note: In a biography of English writer [...]

Light a Fire

So, everyone gets the doldrums (Where did that word come from anyway?) once in a while. Occasionally, I find myself in a writer’s slump. I don’t write for a day. And then it’s two. And then I start to doubt myself and FEAR takes over. What if I’m not a writer? What if I’m a [...]


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