Sandra's Musings
A collected archive of notes, memories, and reflections
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“Out of the Fog!” book is receiving five-star reviews!
Review Rating: 5 Stars 2.25.21 Reviewed By Karen Walpole for Readers’ Favorite In Out of the Fog! A Story of Survival, Faith and Courage, Sandra CH Smith tells her life story.
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Another 5-star review for “Out of the Fog! A Story of Survival, Faith and Courage” – Sandra’s second book just published.
Reviewed By Tammy Ruggles for Readers’ Favorite Feb.
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Yet another 5-star Review of “Out of the Fog!”
Reviewed by Grace Masso for Readers’ Favorite April 2021 Out of the Fog! A Story of Survival, Faith and Courage by Sandra CH Smith is a true-life story about living life to the full, adventure, healing, and meaningful relationships. The aut
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Get to the Mystery of the Human Personality
You must get beyond divertissement, sketch, anecdote, the interesting moment.
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Snowy weather great for writing!
It’s snowing again and a perfect day for working on my writing.
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You can tell it’s Spring…the deer are awake & hungry!
I don’t believe in feeding wild animals because I feel it disturbs their normal methods of hunting and foraging.
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Tax-Deductible Expenses – Tips For Writers (subject to IRS changes anytime)
This is from a link I got from the San Francisco Writers Conference Newsletter and has some valuable tips for writers as you prepare your income tax.
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San Francisco Writers Conference
Just left the San Francisco Writers Conference.
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Pitch Sessions to agent = requests for more!
During the three-minute pitch sessions to an agent (or several) included as part of the San Francisco Writers Conference fee, one NY agent asked me to send her some scenes from my book, an L.A.
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Advice To Writers from James Baldwin
Every morning, I get some wonderful snippets of advice from well-established writers, and here’s the one for today: “The hardest thing about writing, in a sense, is not writing.
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Advice To Writers: “If You Want to Write …”
“If you want to write, it must be the thing not that you want to do, or would like to do.
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What do bananas have to do with writers’ fears?
What do bananas have to do with a writer’s unreasonable fear of repetition? I am going to be posting some quotes I get from “Advice For Writers” which I find useful and helpful.
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”Get to the Mystery of the Human Personality”
“You must get beyond divertissement, sketch, anecdote, the interesting moment.
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Revenue Streams For Authors
Stephanie Chandler, the founder of the Nonfiction Writers Association, has presented some good ideas as additional money streams for authors besides book sales.
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It’s A Constant Struggle To Get It Down
Here’s a quote I can relate to: “We’re all there trying to make the story, novel, or chapter as good as it can be.
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O’Henry :”Secret of Short-Story Writing”
Many writers wonder what the secret of short-story writing was for all those who have successfully written them.
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E.B. White on “A Writer’s Time”
A Writer’s Time There is nothing harder to estimate than a writer’s time, nothing harder to keep track of.
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You Write In Order to Change the World
James Baldwin once said, “You write in order to change the world, knowing perfectly well that you probably can’t, but also knowing that literature is indispensable to the world.” I agree with him – without literature, we have no way to find
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Tips For Beginning Writers {and reminders to all writers}
Perseverance and Making Time Writing requires a number of skills.
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San Francisco Writers Conference 2016
Just left the San Francisco Writers Conference.
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Some good advice to writers….”Get A Dog!”
Today, I received this really good message from Advice To Writers…”Get A Dog!” I happen to have a faithful and loyal senior dog and I totally agree with what Jennifer Weiner says.
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"Book: Out of the Fog!"
Reviewed by Grace Masso for Readers' Favorite April 2021 Out of the Fog! A Story of Survival, Faith, and Courage by Sandra CH Smith is a true-life story about living life to the full, adventure, healing, and meaningful relationships. The au