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As I finish judging a packet of contest entries, I thought about the differences between being a contest judge and being in a critique group...

Happy 4th of July! Walking Apps Well, I managed to overdue my walking yesterday-- 4.75 miles in the morning and 4.25 miles in the even...

I have a problem of putting off my writing when I have a contest to judge. I don't know why I do this. My writing is important to me, bu...

I make this same mistake every January. I outline my goals for the year. I make a plan how to achieve those goals. And then I manage to de...

About six weeks ago, I finished judging a contest, sent all my comments and scores back to the coordinator, and then promptly forgot about i...

Today I'll be judging those contest entries that I should have finished last week before I left town. *sigh* They are tougher than I exp...

As I might have mentioned, I have another packet of contest entries to judge. For the most part, I judge contest submissions the same way I ...

I had a lot on my mind today when I went on my walkies. None of the problems were biggies, just the little piddly stuff that tends to be bot...

At the end of last year, I signed up to judge a couple of contests for this year.  Well, I got my first packet last week . . . and it doesn...