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Random sightings
Why hello! You’re reading my blog. 🙂 Happy New Year. (Are you still writing 2012?) Do you enjoy people watching? I’m guilty. Look at all the beautiful people. Short, tall, curly hair, long hair, blue eyes, brown & more, fat and thin, old and young. Every one of them has a story. The guy across…
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And so ends 2012…
Snow is falling outside my window. I’m wrapped in layers, a blanket over my lap. Nice and snug. I’m working on my historical fiction novella, the tale of two knights’ journey during the Third Crusade. Henry & Stephan are on their way home now. It’s snowing in the mountains. They are in enemy territory in…
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All we want is Family Peace
Huge announcement! Keeping the Family Peaceis now available at Amazon! I really hate the hard sell, so I won’t beat you over the head with it. It’s there. It was a lot of work, a fantastic journey with many friends – including my Thursday night writers group – encouraging me along the way. I’d love to…
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Family Peace, Christmas, & lasagna
The final countdown has begun. I shipped the files for the novel to Jaye Manus for formatting. In a few days – assuming Jaye can make heads or tails of the .doc file – I’ll be reviewing proofs for Kindle format! You can’t imagine the work that goes into formatting a Word document to make…
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Thursday Walks & Family Peace teaser
Happy Thanksgiving! The leftovers have been put away and the house is quiet. Chatted with S#1 and texted with DD; talked about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness with S#2 – well, not really. He slept late, grabbed a bite to eat, jumped in his ’93 Dodge, and hit the road to visit his…
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Capturing those moments…
Song lyrics. Wow. I admire individuals who can capture an image or a moment in time in the lyrics of a song. We novel writers are warned to watch verbosity, watch the flowery prose and, as my writers group reminds me at least a few times a year, watch the cliches. Can we say it…
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Sunrise & random thoughts…
We had a gorgeous sunrise on Sunday morning. I headed out the door to my usual weekend writing spot and was met with this sight. I pulled out my camera phone as quickly as possible – this photo doesn’t do it justice. The clouds were sharp & distinct, illuminated by the sun’s golden rays, the…