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50 Fabulous Firsts

English - Memoir, Turning 50
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50 Fabulous Firsts · 2M ago

Another First: Blogging about Books, Publishing, Writing, Etc.

Just put up my first post at my new Cynthia Hughes Literary Consulting blog. Check it out! Hint: I’m heading to Houston on March 3 for another publishing workshop!
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50 Fabulous Firsts · 2M ago

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50 Fabulous Firsts · 3M ago

Another First: I Knit a Sock!

I just finished my first sock. The tricky bit was learning how to maneuver with double-pointed needles and not drop those teensy-weensy stitches. Next up — sock number two!
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50 Fabulous Firsts · 4M ago

2011 Fabs: My Favorite Songs

Time for ear candy!!! Here are the songs I’ve been listening to over and over this year. “Let the Light In” by Bob Schneider (a faboo live version is here) “Rumor Has It” by Adele “Down by the Water” by The Decemberists “Moneygrabber” by Fitz and...
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50 Fabulous Firsts · 4M ago

Back to the Firsts!

Okay, it’s time to get back to the Fab Firsts blog and ramp this up again. The little martinet in me is harping at me to write a huge post recapping everything that’s happened since June. But that’s too much. So in an effort to fake my way back into it, I have a cunning [...]
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50 Fabulous Firsts · 4M ago

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50 Fabulous Firsts · 11M ago

Do We Have AGENTS!

Okay, my writerly friends! The Writers’ League of Texas Agents Conference is just around the corner, and we have a special online-only promotion going: If you register for the Conference from today through Sunday, you can SAVE 20% on your registration! If you’ve been dreaming about writi...
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50 Fabulous Firsts · 1Y ago

Literary Amuse-Bouche, May 12 Edition

This one speaks for itself, my literary lambs. And I would have MUCH preferred to post a link to the Dallas Morning News, but that story is snagged in subscription-only land. Thus, I revert to The Oregonian: Faye Kesey, the widow of Oregon author Ken Kesey, married another well-known writer, Larry M...
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50 Fabulous Firsts · 1Y ago

The ComPOOst Experiment

As the Girl to two charming dogs and one particular cat, I deal with what metaphysicians cheerfully refer to as “elimination” on a daily basis. Consuelo and Violet are Cavalier King Charles spaniels — small dogs with a big name and, thankfully, their daily deposits are small althou...
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50 Fabulous Firsts · 1Y ago

Literary Amuse-Bouche

My favorite literary tidbits of the day: Virginia Woolf spent seven years on her first novel, The Voyage Out: “By 1912, she had written five drafts of the novel, including two different versions that she worked on simultaneously. Between December 1912 and March 1913, she rewrote the entire nov...
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