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No More School, No More Books . . .
Remember when June meant school was out and you had long, hot weeks stretching out ahead of you before you had to think about learning anything again? Of course, I grew up on a farm, so there was plenty to DO with gardening and haying and general choring. But even so,...
Happy Memorial Day
Memorial Day is a day set aside for remembering those who have died in the service of our nation. Originally, it was proclaimed in honor of the Civil War dead by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic. The order became official on May...
Celebrating a Long Weekend
It's been a busy month, but now I'm enjoying a four-day weekend. I know there's more to Memorial Day than time off (about that on Monday), but at this moment, it's free time I'm happy about. Free time means: -Time to write. I'm doing revision--what, twelve?--of book...
A Little Thistle Break
It's been a hectic month, weekends packed with activities and weekdays spent getting ready for or catching up from events. Upshot? I can't think of a thing to say at the moment. So I thought I'd let Thistle fill in for me. She just turned 6-months-old last week.
Poetry Contest
One of the blogs I follow each week belongs to Rachelle Gardener. She offers wonderful insight and advice into the world of publishing. This past week she wrote about some tough conversations that may come even AFTER a writer has an agent. They include: book two isn't...
Coming to the end . . .
When you read, what kind of endings do you prefer? Happy? Ironic? Thrilling? Unexpected? I'm a happy endings girl, although I also appreciate just a touch of melancholy. The way I look at it, it's hard enough to get a happy ending in real life, why would I want to...
Allow me to introduce . . .
I've gotten to "know" several ladies through my writing. There's a whole on-line world of writers who blog, critique and comment most ever day. I wanted to take a moment to introduce you to some of them and to encourage you to swing by their blogs to say, "hey."...
Changing Tastes
I've pretty much always liked writing. Even before I knew how to write, I would scrounge sheets of paper to fill with line after line of squiggles that looked like writing to me. But in other ways, my tastes have definitely changed. This past weekend my husband and I...
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