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Maureen Bush
Jan 4, 2016
Working Magic
I finished a story before Christmas, and had my first reader comments. I feel like I’m working incredibly slowly, over the last year, as...
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Maureen Bush
Nov 17, 2015
A post in a post in a post
For the first time ever, I’m linking to another blog post, because I think it’s really important. Human beings need to move. As our lives...
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Maureen Bush
Nov 9, 2015
A Room of My Own
I cleaned my office. I mean, I really cleaned my office. First, I kicked out my husband. He was laid off/retired (it came with a package,...
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Maureen Bush
Sep 6, 2015
Rocky Mountain Close-Ups
During a recent trip to the Rockies I played with our new camera with an amazing zoom lens. Mountain peaks shrouded in clouds, close ups...
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Maureen Bush
Aug 27, 2015
I can’t be a writer because I can’t spell
I met a boy at a writing event. He was in grade six. He told me, “My teacher said I can’t be a writer because I can’t spell.” I was so...
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Maureen Bush
Aug 17, 2015
The Sweet Spot of Summer
There’s a sweet spot in the summer for me, when the heat backs off and my lungs recover from really, really hating that. When we get just...
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Maureen Bush
Aug 4, 2015
Oh My Exploding Head
I’m reading Wired for Story by Lisa Cron. It’s forcing me to think about story and writing in a new way. Perhaps other writers know these...
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Maureen Bush
Jul 27, 2015
Add Crows and Stir
I’ve hired an editing coach. I’m learning to look at story in a totally new way. I’ve worked with editors at publishing houses, but it’s...
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Maureen Bush
Jul 23, 2015
The Gift of Stillness
I’ve had a tough summer, forced indoors and into inactivity by allergies and asthma. I’ve learned to take advantage of early mornings...
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Maureen Bush
Jul 5, 2015
The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf
Stuck in bed on a sick day, lungs overloaded by heat and pollen and smoke, I fell into a story and inhaled the book in a day – The...
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Maureen Bush
Jun 26, 2015
June Glory
Allergies and asthma fell me in hot weather – I stay inside, with filters running, being quiet. But I sneak out early, to enjoy the day...
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Maureen Bush
Jun 7, 2015
Word In The West
Friday night I spoke at Word In The West, a literacy event in Mountainview County, north of Calgary. I presented to a crowd of kids and...
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Maureen Bush
May 24, 2015
A Spiral of Learning
I’ve been working with an editor (thanks to Wordfest for two free sessions, and the introduction to Caralee). I’m working my way through...
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Maureen Bush
May 7, 2015
Fritillaria Meleagris
I seem to be in recovery mode, slow with little brain, as I catch up on everything I’ve let slip in the last few months. I’m determined...
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Maureen Bush
Apr 28, 2015
Slogging Since December
We’ve been slogging since late December – moving my husband’s parents into assisted living, cleaning out and selling their house,...
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Maureen Bush
Apr 18, 2015
Early Morning Rain
I woke this morning to a rain-cleaned world, birds singing, the garden in bloom. The front pear tree is flowering, two weeks earlier than...
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Maureen Bush
Apr 12, 2015
In Praise of Small Things
I’m drowning in details. My husband’s parents moved to assisted living in January, and we cleaned out and sold their house. My mom moved...
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Maureen Bush
Mar 22, 2015
Inspiration
I’ve been terrible at writing blogs posts over the last few months. I’ve had a series of colds through the winter, and I tend to focus...
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