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A rose is a rose . . .
Ever wonder how the rose came to be the symbol of love? According to Proflowers www.proflowers.com/guide/rose-colors-and-meanings?prid= its history is what lends the Red Rose its...
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Love Is A Many Splendor Thing
With only a week until Valentines, today I’m offering you ways to say “I love you.” 1. Moonlight walks do not have to be on the beach. Check out the moon or find out when the next full moon is. If...
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It’s Raining Cats and Dogs
This is an issue near and dear to my heart. I am an animal lover. Big, small and in-between. Cats, dogs, I own both. I like most animals (with only a few exceptions). But I’m primarily addressing cats...
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Lost in Wonderland
Yes, it has been a while since my last post. I bet you thought I was lost in Wonderland. In a way I have been. I’ve been working furiously to finish Vestal Virgins (developing carpal tunnel in the...
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Article 5
Here’s the cover for Vestal Virgins. Isn’t it gorgeous? Mysterious? Just like Mattie’s story. Both print and Kindle versions are available. If you don’t find one or the other it’s only because Amazon...
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Tell me a story
Ok, this is your turn to write a story. No rules, except keep it clean. Use the picture provided and tell me a story in about 5-750 words. The best story will win a copy of one of my books.
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On Leave
I will be taking a sabbatical from all writing activities including blogging for a spell. Have to do some soul searching.
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PITCHING AND DITCHING
Okay, it’s been a while since I’ve blogged. But I have been busy. I did finish Vestal Virgins and get it published. I’m still fighting to get the formatting correct for Kindle versions of my novels....
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Traditions
The other day a woman asked “How come no one decorates graves anymore? That’s Memorial Day tradition. My take is that flowers are expensive. Okay, go with artificial, you say. But I think the...
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The Buzz on the Biz
Are you one of those who goes around collecting business cards only to throw them in a drawer? Well, zap yourself on the head because here’s a better way to utilize them and promote yourself in the...
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The Never ending Story
Do you remember the movie The Never ending Story? It was one of my daughter’s favorites. Within that story were trials, tribulations, frustrations, fantasy and more, but it was that continuum that...
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That’s too . . . too
Are you one of those writers who can sit down and start pounding the keys? If so, read no further. If you are on the opposite side of the spectrum, could it be that you are being too judgmental? Try...
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Profitable down time
I was listening to Joel Osteen speak about growth in our lives, how we should actively pursue learning new things. As a writer, there’s oodles of things to learn both at desk time and down time. In...
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HOT, HOT, HOT!
Hot. Hot weather. Hot spots. Hot peppers. Hotties. There’s a lot of things that are hot. Even hot authors. Wish you were one of them? How do they do it? I was pondering this last night while watching...
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Mirror, mirror on the wall . . .
. . . whose the most creative writer of all? Who comes to mind when you think creative/imaginative? What is imagination? If we accept the Dictionary.com definition it is “the faculty of imagining, or...
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EVERY DAY IS THANKSGIVING DAY
Ephesians 5:20 says “Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Bold is my emphasis) Perhaps it comes from having a father whose hobbies were...
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The Christmas Card
Are you still sending out scads of Christmas cards? Have you succumbed to just a few for your closest friends and family? Or has the cost of cards and postage sent you to e-cards? Who started this...
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Where has the time gone?
Do you ever feel like there are just not enough hours in the day? That’s how I’ve felt lately. And then because someone reported my website as frozen, I decided I’d better look at the blog. Good grief!...
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Vintage Fragrance
Okay, I’m a little off the wall today. Prompted by a writing prompt to write about a fragrance of perfume you hate, I began waxing nostalgic. Can you even remember what those old fragrances smelled...
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