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  • The February Report

    Originally posted on Rachel Carrera, Novelist: Well, as it turned out, my February progress was actually worse than January’s.  And since I didn’t get much of any of my 2015 goals started in January, that must mean I was actually going backward last month! Actually, February was slightly better… with emphasis on the “slightly.”  I…

  • The Pleasure of Reading

    Originally posted on charles french words reading and writing: I have spent the majority of my time on this blog writing about writing, so I thought I would address the most fundamental and most important part of this experience with books: reading. I have been reading my entire life; in fact, I cannot remember a…

  • The demon list…

  • Today’s Quote

    Hope for me yet!

  • The Fence

    Originally posted on Writerish Ramblings: “Momma, why is the fence so high?” Taryn’s piping voice sounded, interrupting her mother’s thoughts. “Because it has to be,” Laurel answered patiently as she continued pinning clothes on the line. It was the third time in a week Taryn asked the question. “But why? You never tell me anything.”…

  • The Games People Play …Eventually!

    Originally posted on Just Life – Jennie Orbell: Hi All To be honest, I don’t think I ever ‘pencilled in’ grandchildren as a possibility in my life. Don’t ask me why, I just didn’t. Maybe I thought that I would always be too young to have grandchildren? Yeah, well that moment has passed by on…

  • A tribute to Monday Blogs

    A tribute to Monday Blogs

    Originally posted on An author's Life: I am at the stage in my writing journey now where I don’t mind making a confession. Because I had never bought a book as a result of reading someone’s blog, at the start of my author journey I didn’t see the point of writing a blog. Yes,…

  • Clichces in Writing

    Originally posted on Jens Thoughts: Here’s a post from Kevin atautocrit.com. I love sharing these tips, but it also shows why autocrit is such an amazing tool for writers. Do you ever cringe when you see a story that begins “on a dark and stormy night“? That’s because it’s a cliché. Clichés are phrases so…

  • At home in Syracuse: Why I’m sick of winter 2015

    At home in Syracuse: Why I’m sick of winter 2015

    Originally posted on Mark Bialczak: Happy home, home on the range on Monday, March 2, 2015? Not really. Allow me to explain, from the Little Bitty in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood. I took the liberty of using my iPad Air for the first Photo 101 essay to lay out the extent of my…

  • What do you call a tartan cat?

    What do you call a tartan cat?

    Originally posted on The Bingergread Cottage: Sometimes one strikes up friendships on-line and even though you never meet each other, it is a case of “real pals”. Such a man is Seumas Gallacher who, in deference to his Weegie start and my own family’s connections with the city, I usually refer to as “Big Man”.…

  • The February Report

    Originally posted on Rachel Carrera, Novelist: Well, as it turned out, my February progress was actually worse than January’s.  And since I didn’t get much of any of my 2015 goals started in January, that must mean I was actually going backward last month! Actually, February was slightly better… with emphasis on the “slightly.”  I…

  • The Pleasure of Reading

    Originally posted on charles french words reading and writing: I have spent the majority of my time on this blog writing about writing, so I thought I would address the most fundamental and most important part of this experience with books: reading. I have been reading my entire life; in fact, I cannot remember a…

  • The demon list…

  • Today’s Quote

    Hope for me yet!

  • The Fence

    Originally posted on Writerish Ramblings: “Momma, why is the fence so high?” Taryn’s piping voice sounded, interrupting her mother’s thoughts. “Because it has to be,” Laurel answered patiently as she continued pinning clothes on the line. It was the third time in a week Taryn asked the question. “But why? You never tell me anything.”…

  • The Games People Play …Eventually!

    Originally posted on Just Life – Jennie Orbell: Hi All To be honest, I don’t think I ever ‘pencilled in’ grandchildren as a possibility in my life. Don’t ask me why, I just didn’t. Maybe I thought that I would always be too young to have grandchildren? Yeah, well that moment has passed by on…

  • A tribute to Monday Blogs

    A tribute to Monday Blogs

    Originally posted on An author's Life: I am at the stage in my writing journey now where I don’t mind making a confession. Because I had never bought a book as a result of reading someone’s blog, at the start of my author journey I didn’t see the point of writing a blog. Yes,…

  • Clichces in Writing

    Originally posted on Jens Thoughts: Here’s a post from Kevin atautocrit.com. I love sharing these tips, but it also shows why autocrit is such an amazing tool for writers. Do you ever cringe when you see a story that begins “on a dark and stormy night“? That’s because it’s a cliché. Clichés are phrases so…

  • At home in Syracuse: Why I’m sick of winter 2015

    At home in Syracuse: Why I’m sick of winter 2015

    Originally posted on Mark Bialczak: Happy home, home on the range on Monday, March 2, 2015? Not really. Allow me to explain, from the Little Bitty in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood. I took the liberty of using my iPad Air for the first Photo 101 essay to lay out the extent of my…

  • What do you call a tartan cat?

    What do you call a tartan cat?

    Originally posted on The Bingergread Cottage: Sometimes one strikes up friendships on-line and even though you never meet each other, it is a case of “real pals”. Such a man is Seumas Gallacher who, in deference to his Weegie start and my own family’s connections with the city, I usually refer to as “Big Man”.…