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Eating Crackers in Bed — Why Relationships Fail

by Laurie Schnebly CampbellWe’ve all heard why someone’s relationship didn’t work out:

“So-and-so ate crackers in bed.”

“They always wanted to plan everything, not just let it happen.”

“I never felt like they really GOT what I was saying.”

Just about every such failure — whether it’s between spouses, friends, business partners, siblings, neighbors, or whoever — can be boiled down to a single statement:

“We don’t see things the same way.”

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Chinese Element Personality Types-for Fun and for Writing

by Fae Rowen

Announcement: Kristen Lamb will be our guest on Friday with "Novel Diagnostics".

At the beginning of the year, I usually cycle back to the questions "Who am I?" and "Why am I here?"

I was thinking about Chinese New Year and the Year of the Dragon and remembered it's been awhile since I visited the Chinese Medicine Five Element Personality Types I first read and studied a decade ago.… Read the post

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4 Steps For Organizing Plot Ideas Into a Novel

by Jody Hedlund

We have a treat for you today. Thanks to Jenny Hansen at her More Cowbell blog, the amazing Jody Hedlund is stopping off here at Writers in the Storm during her blog tour for her new book, The Doctor’s Lady.… Read the post

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