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First Draft Idea…Out the Window!
“Perhaps you should forget about ____ all together?” -Bestie says cautiously over the phone to which I responded: And I sat there, as she...
Des Marie
Nov 11, 20137 min read


Writing, Critique Groups, Playing Publisher’s Game
Writing, Critique Groups and Playing the Publisher’s Game, Oh My! Last night was my second time attending a SCBWI (Society of Children...
Des Marie
Nov 5, 20134 min read


Writing: Characters Write Themselves
You’re the writer but most times it seems, them characters are the ones running the show: Happy Saturday world! Hope it’s been a good one...
Des Marie
Oct 19, 20132 min read


Writing, Reading & Hey, I Missed You Guys!
Cute bookend from my job (bookstore) I MISSED YOU BOOKISH FOLKS! I attempted starting this blog an hour ago before I had coffee in my...
Des Marie
Oct 9, 20136 min read


Week One at a Bookstore
Join me today on this Day in the Life tour of a Booknerd in a Bookstore! Booknerd in a Bookstore Booknerd in a Bookstore Hey everyone!...
Des Marie
Oct 3, 20131 min read


Want Your Life to Be a Book? Unrealistic Hiccups
Of course you do! You’re a reader aren’t ya? Happy Monday folks! This was not the planned topic for today but I randomly got to thinking...
Des Marie
Sep 30, 20134 min read


Perspective
per·spec·tive pərˈspektiv/ noun a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view It has been an interesting...
Des Marie
Sep 16, 20136 min read


My Characters Have Met: Performance Anxiety
Hello Lovely People! Well I’m still on the mission to get a new laptop. I was told by a loved one to hold on selling Cadence (my...
Des Marie
Sep 3, 20134 min read


Wanna Write a Book? Hard Time Starting?
Someone last night sent me a comment. It was about midnight. After I pulled my hair out about my computer issues, I decided to spend the...
Des Marie
Aug 30, 20134 min read


Why the Stalling? It Makes Sense Now
today will feature two blogs: This one from yesterday and another later inspired by a comment someone left me last night 🙂 Happy...
Des Marie
Aug 30, 20135 min read


While Writing I Need…
My Writing Process Hey everyone…again! I wasn’t planning on writing another blog today but as I started to get back to work here, I got...
Des Marie
Aug 28, 20134 min read


Coffee, Writing & First Honorary Moment
Peruvian White Mocha ❤ Coffee: Happy Tuesday bloggers, readers, and all you lovely people out there! It’s a new week in August. Monday...
Des Marie
Aug 21, 20135 min read


The Writing Stride, the Run, the Screeching Halt
UGH! It’s here! It’s rearing it nasty fat head around the corner of my slightly cracked opened door and it Doesnt.Want.To.Leave! So...
Des Marie
Aug 16, 20134 min read


Why I Believe & Support the YA Genre Community
books, coffee, and writing love! (I have a Tumbler now! I’m still learning how to get the hang of it: http://dreamymariedes.tumblr.com/)...
Des Marie
Aug 15, 20135 min read
A Lesson from Sara Bareilles
This journey of pursuing both Acting and Writing is teaching me one thing…to be Brave! Here’s how Sara Bareilles reminds me to not care,...
Des Marie
Aug 11, 20131 min read


Plot Twist! Writing a Book!
Excerpt from my updated “That ‘About’ Page” on this blog: If anyone has been reading, you may have noticed that I decided to go back into...
Des Marie
Aug 11, 20134 min read


Speaking of Dreams…
So staying in theme to dreams this week I had a random dream last night. Ever since I began contemplating this whole; not new as my two...
Des Marie
Jun 8, 20133 min read


Dreams…is it ever too late?
What are mine? Since I was little I remember being by myself in my room and making up scenes and conflicts, scenarios and I would act. I...
Des Marie
Jun 3, 20134 min read


The Culture of Coffee
I love coffee; I love the culture of coffee more! It’s interesting because growing up in South Florida I only knew the Cuban coffee...
Des Marie
May 9, 20133 min read
Every Woman Chooses the Love Life She Has
The old, copyright-riddled thumbnail was of different types of couples, at varying relational stages. It always gave me a chuckle. The...
Des Marie
May 9, 20133 min read
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