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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 …
Have you ever found out about something when it’s already over? Something that sounded perfect? That was me last week when two days late I saw that April 12th, the birthday of author Beverly Cleary (Ramona and many other books), was D.E.A.R. Day. That is, Drop Everything and Read Day. That is definitely my kind of day and I …
I think I was always a drama queen. I really, really, really loved playing pretend. ~Kathryn Hahn Did you like to play pretend when you were a kid? Maybe you still do sometimes, especially if your are a grandparent with the grandkids visiting. So maybe you can pretend Thursday is Wednesday. This deadline approaching for me to be finished with …
A beautiful day is coming our way in Kentucky country today. The sun is shining. The mercury is rising in the thermometers. The flowers are blooming. Fishing worms might get drowned, and sweaters might get shucked. Spring is here and with it can come Spring Fever. Do you have it? What is it? A time for lazing in the first …
“It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?” – Henry David Thoreau It’s been a busy work week. Busy. Busy. Sometimes I think I might get too busy. I mean this is the second week in a row, I’ve forgotten about it being Wednesday and time to post something …
Time is what we want most but what we use worst. ~William Penn I’ve begun my next book. My deadline isn’t for several months, but a book has a lot of words and many scenes. So it is enough of a looming date, that I’m pushing myself into the ‘make my fingers touch the keyboard and crank out words and …
January is speeding along and I’m working on a new novel with a working title of Where the Bluebird Sings. That’s subject to change. At this point early in the writing process, everything is subject to change. Anyway, since I’ve set a goal of a certain number of pages to write each day to move me closer to my …
If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk? ~Dr. Laurence J. Peter A writer needs a little clutter going in her head. Got to pull those stories from somewhere. Certainly a swept clean mind is going to be no help at all. I first wrote about this in 2013, …
A first line of a story is the baited hook an author hopes will catch a reader’s interest so they will want to read the second line and on and on until the last line on the last page. Some readers will check out that first line before they decide if the book is one they want to read. I’ve …
I’m sorry I’m late posting the last installment of my Random Line Game. I know this is Thursday and not Wednesday, but I’ve been off the grid up in a little of the Appalachian area Aunt Perdie loved here in Kentucky. I had a few days to enjoy the beauty of the hills with the fall decorated trees covering the …