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    Age: 28

    Location:
    Tennessee
    Relationship Status In a Relationship
    Children: Proud Parent
    Occupation: Freelance Writer
    Interested In: Fiction
    About Me: I am a writer, single mom, dreamer – not necessarily in that order. I have two great kids who inspire many of my writings… they are also the inspiration for a lot of typos and the over use of the exclamation point at times, but I digress…

    I love road trips with loud music, dark chocolate, sweet red wine, Mexican food, tattoos, sweet tea and the occasional trip to my back porch rocking chair. I love to laugh… and yell, make new friends, celebrate Blue Fridays, vacation ANYWHERE, blog, shop at The Buckle, beat my kids at Hungry Hungry Hippos and wander aimlessly around Target. I suck at CAPTCHA puzzles and I think heaven will have heavy metal music.

    If I could do anything with my life I would move to a sunny place and sip fruity umbrella drinks as I write bestselling novels.
    Website/Blog http://www.impactingjourne...

    I Suck at Writing Bios

    Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 03:03 PM EST [General]

    As I scroll through pages and pages of publishers and agents, I see that most ask for a bio submission along with manuscripts.  I've rolled around different versions of my bio for days now and am completely unsatisfied with everything I've come up with. 

    My novels are full of wit and humor - or at least I think they are - and it's really hard for me to sit down and just write facts without sounding like a half-brained moron.

    I am a mom.
    I like peanut butter.
    I went to skool.

    I am certain I would NEVER make it in journalism.

    So, my question is... should I shoot for presenting MYSELF in my biography or should I just stick to the basic details and attempt to sound professional?  Should I mix both?  Any journalist-types out there for hire?  :-)

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    Write, Rewrite, Scrap the whole thing and start over AGAIN

    Tuesday, September 1, 2009, 09:24 PM EST [General]

    Maybe it is the curse of being a creative person, rather than a rational one, but does anyone else constantly rewrite their work over and over and over again or am I just THAT weird? 

    It is a true statement that I am my own worst critic, but when does striving for excellence cross the line into just plain neurosis?

    Will I ever be satisfied with work enough to actually try to submit it to a publisher?

    HELP.

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    Well it's nice to know that I can share ideas with you. Talk to you soon amd good luck with your new venture.

    Melody Whitaker
    September 04, 2009
    01:54 PM EST

    Pierce's 5 Step Plan for Successful Head Straightening:

    1. Write.
    2. Write some more.
    3. Take a deep breath, eat a cheeseburger, scream into a pillow, whatever. Don't be afraid to curse.
    4. Write Again.
    5. Never, ever ever, let writing become a "job". If that happens, repeat step 3.

    RBPierce
    August 30, 2009
    01:36 PM EST

    I love the Sookie Stackhouse novels as well.

    Maria Rachel Hooley
    August 30, 2009
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