Archive for Writing – Page 2

First of all I want to give a shout-out to my friend Florence Scarinci, who is coming up in the ranks of pet writers. She has been nominated for a Maxwell Award and two Muse Awards — and won a Muse Award last month at the Cat Writers’ Conference. (I’ve been so darned busy I [...]

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A few weeks ago, I wrote about a new holiday book about to go into print for pet lovers (and especially Corgi lovers).  It’s now being shipped — and early reviews are outstanding, both for the art and for the excellent, touching story. Here is the link to the original article  The Watching 2010 . [...]

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Thanksgiving Perils For Pets?

by Nancy

For many families around the USA, Thursday will be a day to gather with family and friends — to remember that no matter how bad things seem to be, there are still many things for which we can be grateful.  And for quite a large portion of all US families, there will be pets.  Around [...]

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Many pet rescue organizations get very creative when times are hard, to keep the cash flowing for helping the critters they love.  CorgiAid is one outfit that consistently comes up with new and fun ways to do this.  In part because I have a Corgi, and in part because I love what this team is [...]

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Blog challenges really work! A few months back when I joined one of the blog challenges, it really helped me to focus and make sure I wrote something every day — or at least got a blog post done several times a week.  Since then, though. . .well, I haven’t done as much.  In fact, [...]

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A great thing happened this week (besides joining the 30 Day Blog Challenge that is.)  At the encouragement of my friend Deb Eldredge (who writes for them in the Utica, NY area) I applied to become a writer for The Examiner in the NYC area.  The topic area I chose is one that I’m already [...]

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