Inside Edition reports that after two short months the Honeymoon is over for Kim Kasdashian and Kris Humphries.  US Magazine and Perez Hilton all clang the bell for the demise of the two lovebirds married after a few short months of courtship.

Why do we care?

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Enjoy my blog containing snippets about my writing life and the groups to which I devote time. You will find me lurking about the Pittsburgh Chapter of Sisters-in-Crime and Pennwriters and on Facebook at times.

There's a book I read a long time ago that had an impact on me.  It is "Bird by Bird" by Anne Lamont.  I can't explain why I like it or why I feel you should read it, but it is a book you should place on your to be read pile.

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There are many times a fellow writer reads of another's success and wish, "Why can't that be me."  I'm sure there are times when you sat back from the computer after editing your work in process yet another time and wondered "What did she/he do that made an editor/agent/publisher take notice?"

The answer is simple.

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This past weekend I attended the Pittsburgh Sisters in Crime Retreat 2011.  We stayed at That Dam Yough House http://www.thatdamyoughhouse.com in Confluence PA.

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About a week and a half ago I stopped working for a steady paycheck.  It was a long time coming and something I've tried to do many times in the past.  You see, I've held more jobs than I can count.  Most of the time I didn't last longer than a newly placed trash can liner.  Not through anything horrible I did, well, other than accept the job in the first place.

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