Writing When You Have Children: Try trading babysitting with other writing parents. Or start a play group/writers group: the kids play, the parents write or critique.
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Writing When You Have Children: “It was impossible for me to write with my kids awake and active. I either tried to get both kids to nap at the same time or I spent my non-existent savings on two hours of babysitting.”
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#WritingBattle .. Day 5
Words have been rearranged. I believe I'm selecting them in a coherent way, and in the correct order. Time will tell.
A few more adjustments and we'll get some beta readers involved...
Writing When You Have Children: Time is especially precious when you have young children. Here's some advice from writing mothers.
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Write Better Right Now Substack · Writing In No Time: Writing When You Have Children
Only 15 hours to go!
I know what I'll be doing for the next week or so... that's right, procrastinating!
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@WhoNeedsABlog Congratulations! Your click-bait worked with me.
I write reviews for my own benefit, and let people look at them if they want to. My blog is at https://rdmp.org/bookblog and my review of Hyperion is at https://rdmp.org/bookblog/?review=hyperion.
I will also say that I enjoy reading others reviews, and even reviewing the review, as a means of broadening my mind and putting my own thoughts into perspective.
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#WhoNeedsABlog does book reviews?
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https://cjpayling.wordpress.com/2025/04/11/who-needs-a-blog-with-book-reviews-hyperion/
Who Needs A Blog ... · Who Needs A Blog With Book Reviews? HyperionWhy would anyone want to know what I thought about books?
Ramblings from #WhoNeedsABlog
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https://cjpayling.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/who-needs-a-blog-about-influential-teachers/
Who Needs A Blog ... · Who Needs A Blog About Influential Teachers?I don’t think I can point to a single teacher and say they were the most influential.
I've just received my prompt from the Globe Soup Paranormal Flash Fiction Challenge. I guess we'll see if I can write supernatural stories...
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https://www.globesoup.net/2025-paranormal-flash-fiction-challenge
Without further prompting (
) I decided to go for it. The least I'll get is another story I can work with.
Join me in the NYCMidnight 2025 Flash Fiction Challenge on May 30th!
nycmidnight.com/ffc
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I'm in... although, I think I may be entering more competitions than I can manage.
Ah well...
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https://britishfantasysociety.org/bfs-short-story-competition-opens-for-entries/
#WhoNeedsABlog does book reviews?
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https://cjpayling.wordpress.com/2025/04/04/who-needs-a-blog-with-book-reviews-extremophile/
Who Needs A Blog ... · Who Needs A Blog With Book Reviews? ExtremophileWhy would anyone want to know what I thought about books?
More ramblings from #WhoNeedsABlog
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https://cjpayling.wordpress.com/2025/03/31/who-needs-a-blog-for-a-little-catch-up/
Who Needs A Blog ... · Who Needs A Blog For A Little Catch Up?There are a couple of things I’d like to share with you, dear reader.
I've just received my prompt from the Globe Soup Paranormal Flash Fiction Challenge. I guess we'll see if I can write supernatural stories...
#GlobeSoup #ShortStory #FlashFiction #Paranormal #Supernatural
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https://www.globesoup.net/2025-paranormal-flash-fiction-challenge
GLOBE SOUP2025 Paranormal Flash Fiction Challenge — GLOBE SOUP
More ramblings from #WhoNeedsABlog
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https://cjpayling.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/who-needs-a-blog-about-someone-else/
Who Needs A Blog ... · Who Needs A Blog About Someone Else?If I were someone else for a day, I’d be that other person, so I wouldn’t know I was supposed to be someone else… right?
Writing contests are in full swing.
This is another entry from #WhoNeedsABlog
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Who Needs A Blog ... · Who Needs A Blog About Battles, Ravens, & Honourable Mentions?This was the second time I’ve entered this competition. I keep coming back to it.
#WhoNeedsABlog does book reviews?
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https://cjpayling.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/who-needs-a-blog-with-book-reviews/
Who Needs A Blog ... · Who Needs A Blog With Book Reviews? Future’s EdgeWhy would anyone want to know what I thought about books?
Ramblings from #WhoNeedsABlog
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https://cjpayling.wordpress.com/2025/03/17/who-needs-a-blog-about-stand-up-comedy-in-buxton/
Who Needs A Blog ... · Who Needs A Blog About Stand-up Comedy… In Buxton?We didn’t even know they had a balcony section.
It's a 'Saturday Six Word Story Prompt' courtesy of 'My Random Ramblings' (links provided within)
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Who Needs A Blog ... · Dream (Six-Word Story)It’s a ‘Saturday Six Word Story Prompt’ courtesy of ‘My Random Ramblings’ (links provided within)
From the wilds of Chicagoland comes a #romance that goes beyond "Once Upon a Time" and "Happily Ever After", starring a mortician and a waitress.
With their complicated lives, for good and ill, as their scene-stealing co-stars.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/like-red-on-a-rose-rathan-krueger/21711067
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