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Best of 2015

Posted onDecember 31, 2015December 31, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

A look back at my best writing in 2015 Read More …

CategoriesSailing, WritingTags2015, Carol Newman Cronin, New Year

Open Your Window

Posted onDecember 24, 2015March 16, 2016AuthorCarol Newman Cronin4 Comments

A writer’s fantasy. Read More …

CategoriesFiction, WritingTagsCarol Cronin, Carol Newman Cronin, fiction, publishing, short story

Nobody creates mascots for freelancers—fortunately.

Olympic Freelancing

Posted onDecember 10, 2015October 9, 2016AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Why working for myself is just like an Olympic campaign. Read More …

CategoriesOlympics, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, freelance, Olympics, writing

Books Last; Grade School Doesn’t

Posted onDecember 3, 2015December 2, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Books are permanent. Fourth and fifth grade are fleeting and temporary. Both are a very good thing. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, WritingTags5th grade, Carol Newman Cronin, Oliver's Surprise

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Shaping our Lives: It’s all in the Details

Posted onNovember 3, 2015January 4, 2024AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

It’s hard to see what details are really important to the big picture, except in hindsight. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, Fiction, WritingTagsblogging, Carol Newman Cronin, shape, story

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Returning to Self-Employment

Posted onOctober 23, 2015October 9, 2016AuthorCarol Newman Cronin3 Comments

Self-employment begins again today. Read More …

CategoriesEditing, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, Dominion Marine Media, editing, jobs, managing editor, self-employed, writing

Killing the Blog

Posted onJune 15, 2015June 15, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin3 Comments

Where Books Meet Boats, take 2. Read More …

CategoriesWritingTagsblog, Carol Newman Cronin, Where Books Meet Boats

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Simple Boating: Which is More Fun, Kayak or SUP?

Posted onApril 8, 2015January 17, 2019AuthorCarol Newman Cronin1 Comment

Dear Boating: It’s complicated. Read More …

CategoriesSUP, WritingTagsaward, Carol Newman Cronin, kayak, stand up paddling, SUP, writing

Olympic Broach: The No Good Very Bad Windiest Day

Posted onApril 8, 2015July 21, 2020AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

In 2014, a story I wrote about failure at the 2004 Olympics won first place in the Boating Adventures category of Boating Writer’s International’s annual writing contest. It’s probably not a coincidence that it was the most agonizing story I’ve ever Read More …

CategoriesOlympics, Writing

Carol Cronin and Lenny Rudow win BWI awards

My First Two Writing Awards

Posted onFebruary 18, 2015October 11, 2018AuthorCarol Newman Cronin1 Comment

Boating Writers International’s annual writing contest leads to two new victories. Read More …

CategoriesOlympics, Sailing, WritingTagsBoating Writers International, BWI, Carol Newman Cronin, writing contest

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