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Zara’s Journal

Why would anyone want to write?

What is the hardest part of writing?

What ideas are swirling around in my mind?

What frustrates me as a writer?

What have I learned to help me write better?

My Journal

I have always kept a journal ever since I did ethnographic research and learned the discipline of recording my notes every night.

When I wasn’t doing fieldwork, my journal focused on my work as a teacher and the joys and non-joys of being a parent. When I traveled, I would carry a small leather-bound journal to capture the things I experienced.

Now I am starting a whole new career, a whole new persona. I am a writer. A published writer! I started keeping a hand-written journal and then another and another until my desk is overloaded with little spiral notebooks and my poor kitty can’t sit beside me to be petted. So here goes. I am tossing the little books and taking my journaling up a notch. I have a set up a Journaling Blog.

If you are interested in reading about my trials, tribulations and successes as a writer and want to learn the tips and tricks that I have discovered to make the process easier and more creative, VISIT . . .

Zara’s Journal

Here you will find my monthly posts about my experiences as a writer.

What I Write About

  • BOOK PROMO
  • BOOK REVIEWS
  • BOOK TRAILERS
  • CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
  • CREATIVITY
  • DRAFTING TIPS
  • EDITING TIPS
  • INSPIRATION
  • ORGANIZING
  • PLOTTING TIPS
  • PUBLISHING TIPS
  • READING
  • REVISING TIPS
  • SETTING
  • TEACHING WRITING
  • WORD CHOICE TIPS
  • WRITING
  • WRITING CRAFT BOOKS
  • WRITING TIPS
  • WRITING TOOLS

Take a peek and see what you think.

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