My friend called at about 6 pm to say the car he’d borrowed from me broke down about fifty miles east of here on a remote and desolate stretch of forest-bound Highway 96.
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A Preview of River Girl is LIVE at CreateSpace Now
I’m getting close to publication with my River Girl novel.
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Dear Mad’m Day: An Annual Literary Celebration
About a year ago I kept getting a nagging inspiration that wouldn’t go away. The words, “Dear Mad’m Day” kept popping into my brain. I wonder if I was being inspired by friends in the great beyond.
I shared my idea with Judy Bushy during one of our weekly Happy Camp Writer’s Club meetings at the Frontier Café. At that time, Judy and I were the only ones showing up for the club! She liked the idea and we took it to the Chamber of Commerce.
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A Return to the Writers Club
Yesterday I returned to our local writers club for the first time in several weeks. In my absence two people dropped out. One left because he didn’t like the new rule that dogs are not allowed at club meetings. I was sorry to see this dog-loving man go. Apparently he doesn’t want to leave his dog alone at home like most dog owners do. The other person’s decision to give up on the writers club was more mysterious. I went to his door to see what was up and he said, “It has run its course for me; I’ve had enough.” That makes me wonder what happened while I was gone.
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Blog Issues!
For a person who has a hard time keeping her blog updated, I did fairly well in January… with 17 blog posts. My goal was to post something daily – well, that didn’t happen – but there was a vast improvement over December’s showing of absolutely no blog posts whatsoever. [Read more…]
The Alyssa Project – A Challenging Re-Vision
Right now I’m in writing hiatus mode while editing. I’m revising The Alyssa Project – a novel I started way back in 2000 or 2001. I’ve rewritten it completely at least once and now am embellishing, dealing with name changes, and giving the characters more background and depth.
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Missing Kittens – They pull on my heartstrings
The kittens are not missing, but I’m missing the kittens. Last week we finally got the call to take them to the Mt. Shasta Humane Society, a no-kill shelter. They were on the waiting list there since last November when they turned 6 weeks old, and now they’re nearly 4 months old… and in that time I managed to get very attached!
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Are You Goal-Driven?
I believe in setting goals because they motivate me to get things done. If I don’t have a goal in mind, my mind wanders – a lot. I’m interested in so many things it is easy to get distracted into one thing, then another, until I can’t remember what it was I wanted to do with my time.
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Alternate Explanations
Things happen that seem inexplicable, then our imaginations kick into gear to try to understand what’s happening. Sometimes we come to the wrong conclusions and need to explore alternate explanations. I find that many people are quick to blame others or think the worst.
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Be Thankful For Every Day You Have
I have to be thankful. I’m still alive, still relatively healthy, and still enjoying life. So many people can’t say this, and my heart goes out to all who suffer. I believe this world isn’t the only place, that we’ll have another world to go to after we leave here. What we do here is very important and will have an effect on whatever happens next.
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Bad Laws Are Changed, Eventually
There are a lot of bad laws in the USA that need to be done away with. I think everyone knows that, though we may not all agree on which ones are most harmful to humanity. Today I was reminded that eventually bad laws do get repealed. Prohibition and slavery are two of them.
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Insight on Peace and Stability
Where do peace and stability come from? That is the question.
On Sunday I met with some local writers for what I call writing practice. We do this every week. Lots of fun! This week we did the first exercise from Take Ten for Writers: 1000 writing exercises to build momentum in just 10 minutes a day, a book I gave to the group for Christmas. Great investment – so far we’re loving it. The assignment stretched my normal writing abilities by taking me out of my comfort zone, and soon I reached an insight about peace and stability – something I needed to understand, for my personal life.
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Happy New Year! 2012! But we’re not all happy…. what to do?
We’ve waited a long time to find out what will happen in 2012. Well, it is here now… and I hope you’ve all had a happy new year and are ready for whatever comes.
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