New Books, Two Magic Words & More

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  A box of books landed on my deck last week. My story, A Chance for Kallie Mae, arrived all dressed up in a beautiful book cover with all my words printed inside. So many words. But it’s my hope that they are the right words that will pull readers into the story and make them cheer on Kallie Mae as …

The Hunt for Those Final Story Lines

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  One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves into the proper pattern at the right moment. ~Hart Crane Once more I am searching for the end of a story. Once more it seems to be hiding from me behind a crazy mixture of words that don’t seem to be paving the …

My News! I Wrote “The End”

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“The greatest challenges humans face throughout their lives are two: 1- the challenge of where to start 2- the challenge of when to stop.” –Sameh Elsayed This quote caught my eye when I was looking at ways to celebrate finding those two all important words THE END, because while it may be talking about things we do in life, it …

That Last Line before “The End”

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“There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.” ~Frank Herbert Frank Herbert was a science fiction writer best known for his books, Dune and its five sequels. So he did keep going with those stories for a good long while.  Here’s another quote along the same line. “A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily …