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
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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.
Mister Rogers on Love
I just read this quote attributed to Fred Rogers, in honor of his birthday this weekend. "Love isn't a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now." Isn't that the essence of all … Continue reading Mister Rogers on Love
Happy birthday, John Lennon
One Year of Lucky 13 Stories
Last September, the 13th fell on a Friday. That evening as the sun set, my brother married his true love, exchanging vows in the shallow waters of a mineral lake left by ancient glaciers. It was a day of the best kind of luck for our family, and inspired this series of Lucky 13 stories. … Continue reading One Year of Lucky 13 Stories
Lucky 13: A good luck story from Carol McPhee
This month I welcome award-winning author Carol McPhee to our Lucky 13 series. Carol is published with Wings ePress and Champagne Books. Her home is in Nova Scotia, Canada, where she lives with her husband of fifty-two years. Since their four children are grown and flown, Carol has plenty of time to let her imagination soar into stories of love and … Continue reading Lucky 13: A good luck story from Carol McPhee
Cherish the Moment: July’s Lucky 13 Story
On the thirteenth of each month, I host a guest blogger (or write a piece myself) about the role luck plays in writing, and in life. This month's planned guest blogger needed to reschedule. She's dealing with a young son who has a serious illness. Two nights ago, I ran into a friend who had … Continue reading Cherish the Moment: July’s Lucky 13 Story
Luck or Fate? June’s Lucky 13 Musings
There's a scene in You, Jane in which Our Heroine meets someone who will play a critical role in Jane's story. Their meeting seems accidental, taking place when Jane visits a new-age neo-hippy ashram in Taos, as she searches for a place to call home. It's even described as a stroke of luck: Sam’s description … Continue reading Luck or Fate? June’s Lucky 13 Musings
Memories Day
On Memorial Day we are asked to pause and remember those who lost their lives in service. I spent last weekend with a man who has lost much of his memory. As a member of ROTC and the Los Angeles police force in his younger days, his service credentials are well established. His mind is … Continue reading Memories Day
Speak love
Thought for Valentine's day: "Love ain't better left unspoken" (M. Fountain, Wounds). Speak love into being today.
Elizabeth Fountain, Author 