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Monthly Archives: April 2011
April ’11 Book Winners
This month we gave away 2 copies of OUR WITCHDOCTORS ARE TOO WEAK. The winners were Brenna and Jackie Duran. Congratulations to both of you! The winner of her choice of either John Grisham’s THEODORE BOONE KID LAWYER or Colleen Coble’s … Continue reading
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CRAZY
Wild Word Friday! I participate in a bluegrass/country musicgroup. Each Saturday afternoon we meet for a jam session. I play the mandolin and dulcimer and the baglama, which is a Greek stringed instrument. Lest you be too impressed, please understand that … Continue reading
Finding Words
A few weeks ago my friend Trish asked where I find the words and information for Wild Word Fridays. I’m no expert on words, but I’ve found an abundant number of resources concerning words. In no particular order, I usually find … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Wild Word Friday, Words
Tagged The Teaching Company, wild word Fridays
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27. Setting/2 of 3
In YOUR Novel post #26 we discussed the “magic” of adding information unobtrusively to YOUR Novel. In our first example, author Ken Follett used vivid visual images and “new information” to set the scene in a Welsh coal town. Our second … Continue reading
Posted in Writing, YOUR Novel
Tagged Billy Coffey, Setting, SNOW DAY, writing with passion
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CHURCH
Wild Word Friday! CHURCH, a wild word? Well sometimes. When I was six years old, my mother told me that I had been mispronouncing the word CHURCH. It was not turch, it was CHURCH and I was old enough to … Continue reading
Ice Storm
You’d think, since I live in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, that I’d be used to ice storms. Not so. Our weather here is usually too cold for ice storms. We get snow. However, last Saturday our April temperatures were too … Continue reading
26. Setting/1 of 3
Magicians and novelists have something in common. They must learn “slight of hand” tricks. Magicians pull rabbits out of hats. Novelists pull their readers into landscapes and time periods. We don’t know how that rabbit got into that hat, and … Continue reading
MILK TEETH
Wild Word Friday! Do you remember those days when you wiggled and poked and prodded at that loose MILK TOOTH until finally, finally it came out? That night you put it under your pillow, and the next morning the tooth was gone. In … Continue reading
Currently Reading 4/’11
I love to ”discover” new authors. I’m currently reading two first novels by new-to-me authors. For our April book, our Reading Group chose Guardians of Hallowed Ground, Gettysburg by Thomas J. Ball. Guardians is an account of a time-travel journey made by a … Continue reading
Posted in Book Groups, Books, Currently Reading...
Tagged Guardians of Hallowed Ground, Mike Duran, The Resurrection, Thomas J. Ball
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Kid Talk
The other day a friend and I were discussing our grandchildren, and she related a cute comment made by her 3-year-old grandson. Since that conversation, I’ve been remembering all the funny things I’ve heard children say, some wise and others silly. One of my favorite … Continue reading