When I decided to dedicate my Monday posts to the subject of writing, I realized that I needed to narrow down my field a little. After a couple of weeks of cogitation, I hit upon the idea of walking readers through the process of writing a novel, from the very, very first baby steps right to the…
WILD WORD FRIDAY! Our word today is LIMELIGHT. LIMELIGHT (as a compound word) has its genesis in the world of science. Goldsworthy Gurney (1793-1875), a British surgeon and chemist, discovered the “LIMELIGHT effect,” which refers to the intense light that occurs when an oxyhydrogen flame intersects a cylinder of quicklime. In 1837, to highlight performances London’s Covent Garden Theatre began…
A Blog Carnival celebrates the ideas and thoughts of a group of people who Post on one theme. My Post today is part of a Blog Carnival organized and hosted by Bridget Chumbley http://www.bridgetchumbley.com/. The theme word for this week is healing. This is my contribution. ——– Three days before Christmas in 2007, my husband – a…
If you are a writer hoping for commercial publication, you know how important a literary agent can be. If you are a reader, the whole realm of commercial publication and agents might be a mystery. Here are some answers to a few questions I’ve been asked about agents. Q: What is a literary agent? A:…
We have two great books for give-away this month. As I mentioned in a previous Blog, I’m trying to get more organized with my posting, so from now on, our Free Book days are the first and last of each month. Check this Blog on Sunday, October 31, for the winners of this month’s free…
Congratulations to Jackie Doran, who is our first Free Book Winner, and to Trish, our second! Jackie, let me know which book you would prefer to receive – THE CURSE OF TREASURE ISLAND by Francis Bryan or THE SECRET GARDEN by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Trish, I’ll send you the other book. I’m trying to become more…
UPPAA – What’s that? If you are familiar with Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, you might have a head start on this acronym. UP – Upper Peninsula. PAA – Publishers and Authors Association. This is a great organization and isn’t limited to “Yooper” members only. (Yoopers are people who live in the Upper Peninsula.) If you have…
Wild Word Friday again! Today’s word is FOLLOW, well not really follow, but follee. That’s the way my 91-year-old father-in-law says follow. He also pronounces swallow as swallee and hollow as hollee. As in, “I tried to follee the rabbit into the hollee, but he was gone before you could swallee twice.” For years I assumed his…
A Blog Carnival celebrates the ideas and thoughts of a group of people who Post on one theme. My Post today is part of a Blog Carnival organized and hosted by Bridget Chumbley http://www.bridgetchumbley.com/. The theme word for this week is brokenness. This is my contribution. —————- My first thought each morning was, “Oh no, not…
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