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Woodpecker Energy

A free verse poem in the style of Mary Oliver

Here's hoping you can find some woodpecker energy today!

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The 12-Point Checklist for Poetry Editing

To polish your work and prepare it for publishing

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Want to know what it's like being a professional poetry editor?

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Embracing Life's Lessons Through Cancer: How Melanoma Became a Teaching Moment

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Important Notice from FFWS | Christina M. Ward

Imortant business notice followed by an equally-important personal message. Please take note! Good Monday Morning! A quick note from Fiddleheads & Floss Writing Services: Christina will be taking medical leave in February, beginning February 8, 2025, and continuing for at least 2 weeks. If you need to send a message or place an order you may continue to go through the same channels as usual,…

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Here's How I Avoid WFH Burnout

This week, FFWS has been on location! Here’s how you can use remote mobile work days to reset your focus and rediscover your passion. Topsail Beach, NC. Photo courtesy of the author. May, 2024. Going Mobile to Refresh Your Work From Home Job This week Fiddleheads & Floss Writing Services has been on location at Topsail Beach, NC. The office disassembled, moved, and set back up again from the…

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Cross Stitch FREE Pattern Download

EWnjoy this free cross stitch pattern that I designed!

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Horizons, a Free Verse Poem by Christina M. Ward

Photo by Nicole Avagliano on Unsplash Horizons There is something unquestionablystrange about the horizon,always changing colors,shifting its edges.Someone is alwayson the other sidepulling it away. If I am lucky the lily pads willwelcome my soft steps.The waters will yield to my weight.The flowers will float asideand I will grab your fingersbefore you vanishinto the onwardbending of night. I…

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Free Printable to Gamify Your Productivity

Simply download or save, fill out, and color! How to Use: Download/save the above image and print off a copy sized to fit one sheet of paper. Use this page in lieu of making a to-do list. Place small accomplishable tasks in each square. As you complete each square, color it over with a highlighter. Grid Square To-Do List To-do lists can get over-filled and tedious to complete. If you find…

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Fiddleheads & Floss Writing Services Has Openings!

For freelance writing work, SEO experience Photo by Nathan Lemon on Unsplash As you all know I am a full time freelance SEO writer for some pretty great companies. My work has been featured on some stellar sites as well: LA Weekly Village Voice cbdMD Vegamour Men’s Health Today’s Health Sciences And more! But as with many other freelance writing agencies and freelancing solopreneurs,…

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10 Ways Your Small Business Needs a Freelance Writer

Why hire a freelance writer? Photo by Windows on Unsplash Hello. If we haven’t met before—I’m Christina, a freelance writer in the wellness & productive living sect. I got my start as a CBD writer but today I write for all types of businesses who fit under this umbrella of topics. Businesses, small business owners, and website managers hire me to create all types of written content. If you’ve…

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Slay Your Dragons, Make More Money, and More

Wrtiters & entrepreneurs can benefit from a dragon-slaying routine and a sharp LinkedIn strategy. Here’s how to do both. Photo by Jonathan Kemper on Unsplash I was reading Writer’s Digest this morning during a slot of the morning I affectionately and uninspiringly call my coffee time. And like author Kim Catanzarite explains in her WD article “The Problem with Promotion Isn’t What You Think it…

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If Your Life Feels Like it's 'Missing Something,' September's Got a GIFT for You

September's got a gift for you!

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Fiddleheads & Floss—Big Announcement!

Fiddleheads & Floss—Big Announcement!

Hello to you! There are some exciting things going on in the world of writing. Whether you are a reader or a writer or both, you likely know the power that words can have in our lives. Today, Fiddleheads & Floss Writing Services (aka—ME) has reached a milestone and I have you all to thank for it. Writers who intend to write books must do just that—write the books. But, of course, life gets…

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Take Time for the Invisible People

Take Time for the Invisible People

You’d be surprised how much they can bless you. Image by 👀 Mabel Amber, who will one day from Pixabay This past week I shared a story to my Substack newsletter (a free subscription service!) and since then I have received messages and had some really personal conversations with some of my readers. The story, clearly, is affecting people. I have been meaning to share it here with you all and…

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Visiting Worthville Beach, Randleman County

Visiting Worthville Beach, Randleman County

A beautiful eyesore of a place worth visiting (bring a trash bag)  Worthville Beach Dam with piles of clothing, debris, and remnants of a campfire.—photo by author. I am happy to visit any place with the word “beach” attached to it. But don’t get too excited about “Worthville Beach” popping up on your “places to visit near me.” Of course, it isn’t a beach at all, but rather a semi-natural area…

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