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Stacyverb
Atlanta, GA
I'm a compulsively creative chick with a thirsty brain!
Interests: writing, reading, sewing, knitting, music, food, pets, jewelry-making, photography, sports, travel, spinning
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A friend, a tool, a part of my body
Posted Sep 29, 2015 at Stacyverb
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Songs About Girls With Wheels
Posted Aug 12, 2015 at Stacyverb
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Notes on putting it out there
Posted Apr 16, 2015 at Stacyverb
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Well, well, well...look who’s back in blogland
"Where the hell have you been??" you might be asking, with your brows furrowed and your arms crossed over your chest. Okay, legit question. For quite a while now, my main writing project has been this novel in progress. And my thinking for the past year or so has been: if I’m ever going to finish the thing, my writing time needs to be focused pretty much exclusively on that. So, no blogging. But meanwhile, here’s the problem: I miss the feeling of finishing something. That’s what I find most frustrating about long-term projects—trudging along interminably, never feeling the endorphin... Continue reading
Posted Apr 7, 2015 at Stacyverb
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I had no idea
Posted May 29, 2014 at Stacyverb
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My Writing Process blog tour
The excellent Amanda Miska tagged me for the My Writing Process blog tour, so here are my answers! What am I working on? My main writing project right now is a novel I started in 2012. I'm hoping to complete the first draft of it during my upcoming residency at the Vermont Studio Center. It's about a 20-something woman who lives in a dead-end town and got married too young for less-than-great reasons. She has few opportunities and doesn't necessarily make the best use of the ones she does have. It's not as bleak as it sounds, althought some of... Continue reading
Posted Mar 11, 2014 at Stacyverb
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Write what you know--or don't
I've been spending some time this week going through old writing files, looking for any long-hibernating pieces that I might want to finish while I have some uninterrupted time in Vermont next month. Meh...didn't find much worth pursuing. I realized I'm much more interested in finishing the first draft of what I started during Camp NaNoWriMo 2012, and working on another story or two that are bubbling in my brain. In a lot of those older pieces, I was playing it very safe. My main characters tended to be people who were a lot like me--women around my age who'd... Continue reading
Posted Mar 6, 2014 at Stacyverb
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First and foremost
Back in October, I took a workshop through the Georgia Writers Association called "Funding Streams for Writers." While I did get some helpful tips about freelance work, promotion, etc., I think the most valuable piece of advice I gleaned from that day was when the facilitator said, "The number one thing you should be doing is making sure you are known first and foremost as a writer." That struck me, hard. I wrote it down. Then I circled it. Then I drew a star next to it. Because I knew this was advice I needed to hear, see, read, and... Continue reading
Posted Mar 4, 2014 at Stacyverb
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107 percent
Posted Feb 27, 2014 at Stacyverb
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Finished: Acero Honey Cowl
Posted Feb 16, 2014 at Stacyverb
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IceJam2014, aka Pajamapocalypse
Posted Feb 13, 2014 at Stacyverb
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Getting there (and beyond)
Posted Feb 8, 2014 at Stacyverb
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Farewell, Little
Posted Feb 4, 2014 at Stacyverb
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Back in the loop
So, I'm getting a pretty good rhythm going here in the new year. My work weeks are a mix of paid work at home, paid work at the shop, and unpaid (but important!) writing-related activities. "Writing-related activity" can mean any number of things. It could be writing a blog post. Or working on some fiction. It might be studying a writing-related book (right now I have Joan Sibley's The Art of Time In Fiction right here next to the computer with me). Some days it's mostly corresponding with writing friends and/or working on expanding my circle of same. But it's... Continue reading
Posted Jan 27, 2014 at Stacyverb
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This is my gift
Posted Jan 23, 2014 at Stacyverb
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Texas forever?
Posted Jan 19, 2014 at Stacyverb
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The kindness of strangers
Posted Jan 16, 2014 at Stacyverb
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Indiegogo-a-gogo
As I've shared the news about my upcoming VSC residency with friends and family, the most common reactions I've gotten are: 1. "YAY!!!" or similar. Sincere congratulations, excitement, hugs, toast-clinking of glasses. 2. "I'm jealous!" But not in a mean or hateful way. A wistful way. And I totally understand it. Honestly, if I weren't me, I'd be jealous of me about this, too! 3a. "Let me know if I can help." 3b. "Have you thought about setting up a crowdfunding site?" Well, for all you 3a-ers and 3b-ers out there, here you go. I would feel weird about asking... Continue reading
Posted Jan 14, 2014 at Stacyverb
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As it should be
Posted Jan 3, 2014 at Stacyverb
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Thoughts, I have them
Every day I keep thinking TODAY I WILL PICK A TOPIC AND BLOG ABOUT IT, but then things come up and blogging gets shoved to the bottom of the to-do list. Work is busy, life is busy, and I am easily distracted. Anyway. Any of these could be their own post, but that's not gonna happen. So briefly, here are a few things that irritate me: The onslaught of spam coming to this blog, wanting me to buy luxury shoes or get on the waiting list for a designer handbag. DO NOT WANT. DO NOT CARE. How little time I... Continue reading
Posted Dec 13, 2013 at Stacyverb
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Nonfiction November, week 4: New To My TBR
Posted Nov 28, 2013 at Stacyverb
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Call me irresponsible
Posted Nov 25, 2013 at Stacyverb
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Nonfiction November, week 3: Book Pairing
Posted Nov 21, 2013 at Stacyverb
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Finished: Rose's Mitts
Posted Nov 20, 2013 at Stacyverb
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I have a journal and I carry a mini-notebook in my purse at all times. My main notebook is a spiral with five sections, so I can keep different projects separated. I've been thinking of changing to a three-ring binder instead, though, so I can add more loose leaf paper to particular sections as needed. Some sections inevitably fill up faster than others!
The Writer's Notebook(s)
I am a total nerd for office supplies, and my most favorite kind are notebooks--spirals, perfect-bound journals, and binders, big, medium and little. You name it, if you can write on it and its bound together in some form, I love it. Part of this love, I'm certain, is because notebooks are tan...
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