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  • The Day I Didn’t

    January 16th is my rebirthday. It’s the day I didn’t die. But I’d meant to. It was planned. I’ve blogged about this before, and I’ll blog about it every year… Read more

  • Staying focused

    Let’s start the new year talking about writing. I can’t tell you the number of conversations I’ve had that start with this: “I’ve got a great idea for a book…”… Read more

  • Curtain call

    2019 has had its curtain call. It’s been a year of political drama, of travel, of decisions. Of family and friendships both gained and lost. We went to Italy three… Read more

  • Because you’re supposed to tell people you do this thing…

    I hope you don’t mind terribly, but I’m going to do a little bit of end of year self-promotion. It’s not in my nature, and I always want to duck… Read more

  • Where stories are born

    We’re walking along the damp, shiny, puddle-laden streets of Venice, trying not to stumble or get hit by one of the trillions of umbrellas moving to and fro down the… Read more

  • Cinnamon grateful

    My last post was on the first of November, about the behind the scenes creation of books. Today is the thirtieth, and I’m unsure what to say in only my… Read more

  • Creation and nerd references

    How often have you, as a reader, thought about the world behind the book? The aspect of creation? Do you enjoy meeting authors? How important is it to you that… Read more

  • Not a joke

    So, we saw Joker yesterday. I went in expecting a typical comic book film filled with action and larger than life characters. What I got, though, wasn’t that. What I… Read more

  • Let the words out

    So I’ve clearly fallen down on the attempt to blog weekly. Life gets busy, right? I suppose it’s about priorities. I choose to read in the bath rather than blog.… Read more

  • Building, learning, flaying

    repertoire 1 a : a list or supply of dramas, operas, pieces, or parts that a company or person is prepared to perform b : a supply of skills, devices, or expedients; broadly : amount, supply c… Read more

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I’m Vic. I’m an editor, a writer, a coffee enthusiast, a book coach, a cheerleader, a wife, a navel gazer and someone who loves to share writing stuff and random thoughts that occur to me at more random moments.