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Beginning with Words

Dina L. Relles

01/03/2015

Happy New Year. I love New Year’s, as I love early mornings. For its promise and possibility. For its quiet reflection. For its gift of a blank slate. But I also love it for being a secular holiday we can all enjoy. For inspiring a common greeting we exchange on days like this when we allow our eyes to meet …

Me…Unscripted

Dina L. Relles

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11/12/2014

So lately I’ve been inspired and terrified by all things NaNoWriMo (not doing it) and NaBloPoMo (not doing that either). And even though I’m not in a place where I feel ready to tackle these, it has me thinking about the way I write, the way I blog, and oh pretty much the way I …

Welcome (Back) to Commonplace

Dina L. Relles

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05/27/2014

Last week, I wrote a post reflecting on these first months of writing. I loved writing it, sharing it, and reading people’s reactions. As circular as it may seem, writing (and reading!) about writing is one of my favorite things. {A brief digression, because my setting as I write this seems worth mentioning: I’m sitting …

Reflections of a Rookie Writer

Dina L. Relles

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05/22/2014

I started writing regularly a mere six months ago. I jumped in with eyes wide shut. I’ve had a love affair with words for as long as I can remember. Grade school spelling bees, “word of the day” e-mails, trying out new ones, being affected by them, affecting others. The “novel” I (hand)wrote on loose leaf …

On Blogging

Dina L. Relles

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12/23/2013

“Always do what you are afraid to do.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Why blog? I struggle with this. I’ve always wanted to write. But I find myself trying to justify writing about my life, as opposed to simply living it. Privately. For myself and my family. Is it presumptuous to think my little life has …