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New contribution to Totally Novel on writing, update on Sweet Sixteen Killer

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I've been pretty quiet lately on the blog, sorry about that. I've been laying mostly low, though I did recently begin contributing to a new website for writers and readers called Totally Novel. My first contribution for members of the site is a post I titled 3 things that prevented me from writing a novel. To read the post, sign up for a free trial. Take a look around and if you don't wanna stay, don't renew membership. That said, it's a pretty cool effort being put together by a former Google+ member like myself. As a matter of fact there are several members on the site from the old Google+ days. (Side note: there is a free membership option)
I will be contributing to the Totally Novel blog bi-monthly for now. My next addition will be in August. I'm super excited for the site and I hope you can come join us and become a part of the groups, forums, blog, workshops, and more. 
All that said, I haven't given up here. This is still my primary site and blog. 👊

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In her solitude, I found what I was looking for

So, a buddy of mine and I are working on a web series. Early stages. And I was going nuts, because I couldn't think of a good title. So I wrote down the few, very bad, ideas that I had and moved on.

An hour or so later, I went in search of a song. I wanted a song, something one of the characters could connect with in some way.

And then, I found Solitude by Billie Holiday.

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fuyn3GBEoCk[/embed]

And I think I may have found both a theme song and a title. At least now I know I'm headed in the right direction.

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