Posts from Category: Writing

Three AM Thinking, about life, love, and the pursuit of a writing career

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Any regular reader knows that I’m a night owl. I really do think it’s genetic. Rachel tends to be one as well. Even as a kid, I’d pretend to sleep until after my parents were in bed, then get up and read by the nightlight in the hall.
The world is simply different at night. [...]

Unstoppable

Filed in: Wild Ramblings | Writing | blog    Tags: Facebook | Music | tarantella | Twitter
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A few nights ago, I posted this on my Twitter and FB accounts:
1 AM, and I just don’t want the music to stop.
This was not a metaphor for some life issue. As my energy waned, I felt my creativity draining. Yet one of my Pandora stations sang on, in the midst of songs that spurred [...]

Name That Dragon

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I’ve always said that the best way to learn any new program is to put something in it to you desperately need. If you follow me on Facebook, you may have seen a post about an issue I was having with “my dragon.” This was a reference to Dragon Naturally Speaking, a voice recognition software [...]

A Lamp Unto My Path

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As Christmas approaches and the New Year’s resolutions abound, I know that I need to get my blog back up and running. Excuses are getting old, and obviously, I’m not in the habit of blogging much. But the truth is I just don’t have that much to say.
I love words. I deal with them every [...]

A Closer Look

Filed in: Writing    Tags: Field of Danger | Robertson County | Sumner County
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I’m celebrating the arrival of my author’s copies of Field of Danger. It’s always like Christmas opening a box of new books, hot off the press. I’ve set aside about half to send out to influencers – those folks willing to read the book and blog about it, or share it with friends, etc. So [...]

Blogging at the CRAFTIE Ladies

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About younger men, also known as our heroes.
Please check it out.
I’ll be back shortly. Friday.
Promise.

The Onion Chain

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As promised, the story I wrote a few years ago. It was part of a series about Darly and her strange journeys of the imagination. I hope you enjoy it.
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The Onion Chain
Darly didn’t cry. This surprised her. She’d heard stories of other girls who had gone through this, girls who had shed tears not only [...]

Letting Your Dreams Evolve

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I wanted to be an actress. (Yes, this is me, a long time ago…wish I had the originals.) Only I wasn’t very good. I acted in college and a lot in the 90s. Let’s just say that I did a lot of musicals ‘cause I can sing better than I can act. . .
I wanted [...]

Where There’s a Will . . .

Filed in: Life | Musings on Craft | Writing    Tags: determination | Harlan Ellison | Writing
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My mother’s condition is stable, and her next appointment is not until 8/12. So I have about two weeks to gather everything together and tether all the balloons. In other words, lots to do before I rest.
This is not a bad thing. It just takes discipline. Determination.
Today I watched a documentary about Harlan Ellison, who [...]

A-wandering we shall go…

Filed in: Life | Writing    Tags: On Writing | Stephen King
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Sorry I’ve been away. Editorial work and my mom’s health issues are keeping me embattled and busy. I’ve not even had the time to escape into the writing, although I have to soon or start losing even more perspective.
Been listening to Stephen King’s ON WRITING in the car, as much as I can. I’m not [...]