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Close the chapter of last year with a smile and reflection. Allow excitement and joy to bring in your new tomorrow. (Unknown source) Back when I did more journal writing in notebooks instead of here on One Writer’s Journal, I used to always take time to write down the joys of the passing year on New Year’s Eve. It’s a …
I shared the thoughts of Christmas from Aunt Perdie of Along a Storied Trail last Sunday. So I invited a different character to stop by tonight. Ivy Bradford from my recent book, The Pursuit of Elena Bradford. Ivy is Elena’s younger sister and very different from Elena. She’s sixteen and beautiful and full of the joy of life. So naturally enough, she loves …
Certainly as an actor, half of your work is not going to end up on the screen anyway, because in the editorial process, they need to cut to the other actor in the scene. Very often, your best work ends up on the cutting room floor, because it just doesn’t work with the overall narrative drive of the story. ~Hart …
A few weeks ago, I was in Harrodsburg, Kentucky where Graham Springs, the setting for my recent book, The Pursuit of Elena Bradford, was located in the 1800’s. I knew a historical marker would be there along with the grave of the dancing lady who died at Graham Springs in the early 1840’s and has never been identified. The story …
I live for watching TV and partying with my book club. ~Lauren Lapkus Lauren Lapkus is a comedienne and that makes me pretty sure this was intended as a joke. I’d be joking if I said I lived for watching TV since the local news and some ballgames are about all that have me tuning in. However, when it …
I love going to book events and meeting readers and other writers. I was honored to take a photo with Woody and his new book at the Kentucky Book Fair a few years ago. His best friend, Leigh Ann Florence was a big help in his book writing and a lady with a million dollar smile. Woody was so popular …
A reticule, also known as a ridicule or indispensable, was a type of small handbag or purse, similar to a modern evening bag that became popular in the late 18th century and early 19th Century. In our modern world women and girls have a variety of purses to carry their essentials. Some ladies like a bag big enough to hold …
“Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it all into words is all that is necessary.” —Margaret Cousins Do you think writing thank you cards and actually putting them into an envelope and sending them snail mail has gone the way of 8 track tapes? Or manual typewriters? Or phones on the wall? …
No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye. ~Elizabeth Bowen Are you ready for a new Mystery Photo Game? I know. I’ve been promising one for a while, but I had that book to finish and the new book, The Pursuit of Elena Bradford, just released to try to talk up to all the readers I know or hope to …
Graham Springs in the first half of the 1800s was considered the “Saratoga of the west.” When I was writing my story, The Pursuite of Elena Bradford, set at Graham Springs, I kept wanting to say the Saratoga of the South. But at the time Kentucky was a western state in the USA. California didn’t become a state until 1850, …