Category Archives: Autumn Colors

Come to the Chronicle Book Fair!

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Dawn Essegian Lajeunesse

Whether you are an author wanting to show off and sell your books, or a reader relishing a literary feast, mark your calendars for November 3, 2013 between 11a.m. and 4p.m. for the Chronicle Book Fair. This event, held annually … Continue reading →

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PERSONAL DISCIPLINE: AS IMPORTANT AS TIME

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Dawn Essegian Lajeunesse

For months I have been looking forward to my retirement date. For me, retirement equated to inheriting a lot of time that I didn’t own before. That time belonged to my employer. I still work part time, but the schedule … Continue reading →

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THE POWER OF DESCRIPTION

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Dawn Essegian Lajeunesse

I’ve just finished The Midwife of Hope River by Patricia Harman. I read hundreds of books in a year. I enjoy a lot of them, and finish others only because I have an obsession about finishing any book I start. … Continue reading →

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COUNTDOWN TO RETIREMENT

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Dawn Essegian Lajeunesse

Everybody does retirement in their own way. With mine bearing down on me in less than a month, I’ve been giving this a lot of thought. In the “old days”, that is for the Depression-era generation and before, most people … Continue reading →

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HOW WILL YOU HONOR YOUR MOTHER?

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Dawn Essegian Lajeunesse

With Easter behind us, Mothers’ Day can’t be far away. Some mothers just plain and simple should never have been mothers. This is not about them. This is about the less-than-perfect mothers who looked forward to having children and truly … Continue reading →

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PRODUCTIVITY HAS MANY MOTIVATIONS

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Dawn Essegian Lajeunesse

I’m sitting here at 5am knowing it’s my only time to write and knowing with equal certainty that creative writing is not going to happen this morning. Sometimes these early morning attempts work and sometimes nary a word spills out … Continue reading →

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EASING INTO THE STORY VS BOUNDING OUT OF THE GATE

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Dawn Essegian Lajeunesse

Writing classes and journal articles and agent/editor webinars these days emphasize the importance of making a huge splash on the first page – even the first paragraph, the first sentence – for any novel to be successful. That approach, perhaps, derives from … Continue reading →

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INERTIA – WRITER’S FRIEND OR FOE?

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Dawn Essegian Lajeunesse

Travel back to high school physics. Can you recall the definition of inertia? A body in motion tends to stay in motion and a body at rest tends to stay at rest unless acted upon by an outside force. You … Continue reading →

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SLOW AND TOUGH RE-ENTRY

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Dawn Essegian Lajeunesse

The wayward author has resurfaced! This is by far my longest gap between postings, and mea culpa doesn’t cut it. I have lots of reasons that I consider valid, but when I am totally honest I can also admit that … Continue reading →

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REALITY OF LIFE, LACK OF DISCIPLINE – OR SOMETHING ELSE?

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Dawn Essegian Lajeunesse

It has been a month since my last posting. Mea culpa. I’ve felt very guilty, and many times over the last 4 weeks have said to myself, “this weekend I will post a blog entry.” And then I didn’t. I … Continue reading →