First edit pass

This is so personal, but I’ll share. Everyone ends up with a different kind of first draft. So this may make no sense to some! In my first draft, I start out with a couple of sentences, increase those sentences to a solid outline including dialogue. I then change the outline to actual narrative. My

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Book Review – Hand of Fate by Lis Wiehl and April Henry

The second installment in a New York Times best-selling series featuring three professional female crime fighters. Fox News legal correspondent Lis Wiehl teams up with veteran mystery novelist April Henry for this compelling new mystery. Warning: this one’s not for the faint of heart. Hand of Fate A Triple Threat Novel :  When the host

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Exercise at home

When I taught Jazzercise I worked out at least six times a week. I taught three or more classes and registrared (worked at the check-in desk)  three classes every week. Those six hours every week were scheduled into my calendar. I couldn’t miss them. Didn’t miss them. That’s what we all need to do if

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Breaded Chicken

This is one of my favorite cold weather recipes! Thanks to my mom for this recipe which I started making in college! Breaded Chicken chicken breasts or tenders – pounded thin flour in a small bowl for dredging eggs, beaten, in a bowl for dredging bread crumbs for dredging vegetable oil butter Place a large

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Walking on a leash

Our Jack Russell Terrier rescue, Sophie, seemed very submissive when we adopted her. We did basic obedience training, which included showing her by various measures (having her wait for food, walking out the door before her . . .) that we were in charge. Regardless of that continued work, we had issues with her only

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