February, Love, & Audience Participation
Welcome to February! Two fun author events are starting up, both involving contests. (Is there something about the few weeks after the Super Bowl and before spring training that leaves us hungry for competition of any kind to fill the gap?) Coffee Time Romance & More's blog is sponsoring a Valentine's Day scavenger hunt with … Continue reading February, Love, & Audience Participation
Fireside Thoughts
Where does writing really happen? On my monthly contribution to The Writers' Vineyard, I share a few thoughts that came to me by a warm fire on a chilly January evening. Over the years, I've written scenes, chapters, even whole drafts at all of these places: A favorite coffee shop Outside under a tree A … Continue reading Fireside Thoughts
On Love
It's wonderfully easy to find beautiful Martin Luther King Junior quotes to share on a glorious day in January: the sun is out in my town, the sky is blue, and I am free to love it all.
A Writer’s Luck for 2015
For today's Lucky 13 blog, I dreamed up a top-ten list of the good luck we writers wish for in this beautiful new year. A Writer's Wishes for Good Luck in 2015 10. The "bestseller" list becomes the "best written" list. 9. Editors earn eligibility for the Pulitzer and/or Nobel Prize. 8. Taylor Swift, Beyonce, … Continue reading A Writer’s Luck for 2015
Grateful new year
Research shows that practicing gratitude brings deeper and more lasting happiness than, well, just about anything else. Among the many things, people, and experiences for which I am grateful this year, a few strike me as worth sharing. Terrific local, independent bookstores like Jerrol's and A Book for All Seasons, whose support for local, independent … Continue reading Grateful new year
Letters to Santa
My monthly contribution to The Writers Vineyard shares one of my inspirations as a writer - second graders' letters to Santa, published each December in our local newspaper, original misspellings and all. Here's one you won't find there... Dear Santa, for Christmas I would like the orespane mod! So sneak in to Mom and Dads … Continue reading Letters to Santa
Counting Down Three Favorite Christmas Songs: Number 1
Happy Xmas, War is Over. Enough said. http://youtu.be/N8Lfhldo6qg
Counting Down Three Favorite Christmas Songs: Number 2
Here's my second favorite Christmas song - from one of my long-time favorite singer-songwriter-guitarists, Chris Rea. (My blog's tag line, "every day good luck comes in the strangest of ways," is from one of his tunes.) Joys of Christmas, Northern Style shows off Rea's screamin' slide guitar. And, it paints a portrait of a community … Continue reading Counting Down Three Favorite Christmas Songs: Number 2
Counting Down Three Favorite Christmas Songs: Number 3
If you are a wee bit weary of the usual holiday tunes, these are for you. Throughout the day today I'll post three of my favorite Christmas songs that do not involve holly, reindeer, or tinsel. Here's the first - recently discovered. A favorite of Neil Gaiman's, who shared this on his blog page. I must … Continue reading Counting Down Three Favorite Christmas Songs: Number 3
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