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Bad blogger

I've been a bad blogger not creating a new post since May. So for kicks, I'm sharing some of the 'rules' I posted on Twitter during July ...

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DS Whitaker

May 12
1 min

My Work in Progress - May 2020 - Shower of Lies

Hey fans, I'm working on a story I started before the quarantine. In real life, a young coworker, Jenna, told us she needed to plan a bri...

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DS Whitaker

Apr 14
2 min

Writing in the time of COVID-19

I started a new novel a few weeks ago. Before the outbreak. As the numbers of infections and deaths rose in China, I began feeling overwh...

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DS Whitaker

Jan 20
4 min

Transitioning from Tech Writer to Fiction Author

My first memory of writing was from second grade. Our teacher asked us to write our biographies. I took it seriously (although I’m sure i...

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DS Whitaker

Jan 4
2 min

What does 2020 hold? Novel Ideas

If you follow me on this website or on Twitter, let me first say Thank You! I don't know what 2020 will bring in terms of writing. Plane...

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DS Whitaker

Dec 23, 2019
1 min

December 2019

Christmas Eve is tomorrow. I'm reflecting on the past year. It's been a writing journey. I joined a writing group, went to my first wr...

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DS Whitaker

Nov 16, 2019
1 min

Planet of the Creeps

I was walking in the mall with my husband and we passed a food kiosk, called Planet of the Crepes. I mis-read it. But eureka! I found ...

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DS Whitaker

Nov 16, 2019
1 min

My tips to combat writer's block

What is writer's block? To me, it's getting to a part of the story where you don't know what happens next, or that terrible middle secti...

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