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Good fiction creates empathy. A novel takes you somewhere and asks you to look through the eyes of another person, to live another life. ~Barbara Kingsolver A few years ago I did an interview with a writer who said very emphatically that he never read fiction. He didn’t like fiction. True stories were all that he ever read or wanted …
What did you like best about going back to school in the fall or actually late summer around our way these days? When I was a kid, school usually started the day after Labor Day. That seemed the official end of summer. I was always ready to go back to school and …
When something goes wrong in your life, just yell “plot twist” and keep moving. Sometimes you think you have everything under control. You’ve got something to do that you’re looking forward to the way I was looking forward to going to Rowan County Library Wenesday to talk to readers and writers. I packed up some books in case I could …
You might be a country girl if … …you ever caught a jar of lightning bugs and wanted to use it for a night light but let them fly free instead. I sent out a newsletter last week. I always put some Parting Shots at the end that I hope will make readers smile. This time I added some reasons …
“Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life.” ~Sidney Sheldon (1917-2007; American writer) I love libraries, especially the library in my hometown because without that library I doubt I would have ever been able to realize my dream …
It could mean many things, according to the wealth of myth surrounding this night flyer. The note of the whippoorwill borne over the fields is the voice with which the woods and moonlight woo me. –Henry David Thoreau (1817–62), American Writer Summer is sliding past. School has started here in my county. Much earlier than it used to when I …
An Appalachian Summer – Ebook sale for $2.99 or less While writing Sunday’s post about picking beans with my son and grandkids and how I enjoyed our garden talk, I remembered writing about some bean picking and garden talking in my book, An Appalachian Summer. In that story my character, Piper (who they nicknamed Danny) picked beans and did that …
“Why try to explain miracles to your children when you can have them plant a garden.” -Janet Kilburn Phillips Last month, I posted about how our vegetable garden is a family affair for my son and his kids. They’ve grown up helping in the garden, planting and picking and even preserving the vegetables by helping with the canning and freezing. …
Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill, Kentucky. I love words. I like the way they sound. Words like tinkle, slither, clap, pop, sizzle, squeak. Did you know they are actually called something that doesn’t sound like what it is at all? Or maybe it does and I just don’t know how to pronounce it. Onomatopoeia. That’s one hard word to …
Book Lovers Day is celebrated on August 9 every year. This is an unofficial holiday observed to encourage bibliophiles to celebrate reading and literature. People are advised to put away their smartphones and every possible technological distraction and pick up a book to read. Looks as though my granddaughter’s dog is definitely loving some books while my granddaughter was going …