33. Redux/Editing

Writing is like golf. In golf, we celebrate pars and birdies and eagles, but to shoot a perfect game your score must be 18 on 18 holes, and nobody shoots an 18. Nobody writes a perfect short story or a perfect book either, but just like golf, practice makes progress. (That phrase is compliments of David…

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CIGAR

Wild Word Friday! CIGARs are not in style. They are not healthy. They are not cool. They are not smart. (Can you can tell I’m highly opinionated about the subject?) My maternal grandfather (Granddaddy) was a smoker of CIGARs. I’m quite sure they shortened his life. (He died of a heart attack at age 69….

May ’11 Free Book Winner!

Congratulations to Jane Noe our May 2011 Free Book Winner! Jane, check out the post at https://sueharrison.com/2011/05/may-11-free-books/ and let us know which book you prefer. We’ll send it your way. Since Jane is our winner, our wedding cake would be a choice of ice cream cake or raspberry chiffon wrapped in white chocolate. Which would you…

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32. The Last Stretch

We’re in the midst of horse racing season. We’ve watched those incredible animals compete in the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness. All those “big” runs, and usually the last few lengths are the most exciting of each race. If you’ve been working on YOUR Novel since I started these Monday posts you…

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APPLE

Wild Word Friday! I remember hearing as a child that the forbidden fruit eaten by Adam and Eve was an APPLE. Actually, I think my source for this misinformation was a coloring page for Sunday School of Adam and Eve strategically placed among leaves and bushes with APPLEs in their hands. I even remember contemplating that perhaps…

East to Northeast

Yesterday we had the joy of visiting with friends from New Jersey. Actually, Karen has been a friend for a long time, but this was our first opportunity to meet her husband Fred and to catch up on all the news about their incredible and newly blended family. It was a great visit. Fred and my husband…

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PRETZEL

Wild Word Friday! I’ve always considered potato chips and popcorn to be the quintessential snack food of the ages. A bit of research turns up the fact that although popcorn has been around for a while, thanks to the Native peoples of North and South America, PRETZELs are a much older snack food than potato…

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