About Tonette Joyce
Tonette was a once-fledgling lyricists-bookkeeper, turned cook/baker/restaurateur and is now exploring different writing venues,(with a stage play recently completed). She has had poetry and nonfiction articles published in the last few years. Tonette has been married to her only serious boyfriend for more than thirty years and she is, as one person described her, family-oriented almost to a fault. Never mind how others have described her, she is,(shall we say), a sometime traditionalist of eclectic tastes.She has another blog : "Tonette Joyce:Food,Friends,Family" here at WordPress.She and guests share tips and recipes for easy entertaining and helps people to be ready for almost anything.
Stuart is the author of many short stories and paranormal series. These include The Max Porter Paranormal Mysteries, its prequel, the Marshall Drummond Case Files, The Malja Chronicles, the Nathan K books, the Gillian Boone series, The Parallel Society, … Continue reading →
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Tagged SciFi conventions
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Patty, the Monday Fox , asked: “If someone were to look at your internet search history, what conclusions might that person draw about you?” That is truly a loaded question. My mind is pretty eclectic. I like to know. … Continue reading →
Posted in experiences, Family, food, helping others, history, holidays, imagination, inspiration, libraries, reading, research, Tonette Joyce
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“What TV show would you like to write an episode for?” I’ve never wanted to write for TV, except for an occasional “Jeopardy” topic line, and Patty beat me to that one on Monday! Now, to direct one or more, yes. … Continue reading →
Posted in big plans, careers, dialogue, fantasy, imagination, inspiration, plots, Science Fiction, Tonette Joyce, TV, writing
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Tagged Amazon Prime, Carolyn jones, Deep Space 9, Dexter, directing TV shows, Enterprise, Faith and the Great River, favorite TV shows, Game of Thrones, HBO, Jackie Coogan, Jeffrey Combs, John Astin, Netflix Streaming, series, Shran, Star Trek, Star Trek. Star Trek:The Next Generation, supernatural, Ted Cassidy, The Addams Family, Treachery, Voyager, Weyune, Writing for TV, Yesterday's Enterprise
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Two weeks ago I did a mishmash of a ‘review’ about two, (at least), books and touched on the fact that they were translated. Something that had been nagging in the back of my head for many decades came to … Continue reading →
Posted in America, Books, characters, dialogue, experiences, imagination, inspiration, memories, Music, novels, poetry, reading, Tonette Joyce, writers, writing
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Tagged Boris Pasternak, choosing words in translation, coining words and phrases, Ernest Hemingway, Lyrics Shakespeare, play on words, Shrek, subtitles, translations, William Shakespeare
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“NOTES, do you make them? Have you tried taping and transcribing them? What works for you?” When I put this topic on the schedule, I was actually asking about notes for writing, but I did not make myself clear. It … Continue reading →
Posted in author's life, authors, awards, big plans, Books, creating scenes, dialogue, imagination, inspiration, Life, Lists, novels, poetry, technology, Tonette Joyce, Validation, writing
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Tagged "Bixby" assistant, deciphering notes, handwriting, making notes while writing, recording notes, Samsung Notes, smartphones, talk-to-text, The Cloud, transcribing notes, word processing, Writing lyrics, writing poetry
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I was hard-pressed with family, plus behind in getting out interviews,(so they are slow coming in), and also hard-pressed to find a book to review whose author is not A) a former guest B) a future guest or C) the … Continue reading →
Posted in author's life, authors, biographies, Books, characters, novels, poetry, reading, subplots, Tonette Joyce, writers
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Tagged Boris Pasternak, Boris Pasternak's life, Boris Pasternak's poetry, Dr.Zhivago, Dr.Zhivago's poetry, poetry, translations
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“Have you revisited an old favorite book/movie? How did it change for you as you got older?” As I have often mentioned here, we are watching more movies than ever and many are old favorites. Some are one that I … Continue reading →
Posted in America, Anthologies, audiobooks, authors, book covers, book review, Books, characters, childhood, Children's books, experiences, Family, favorite books, imagination, inspiration, libraries, memories, Middle Grade Books, Miscellaneous, Tonette Joyce, writers, youth
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Tagged C.S. Lewis, Derek Jacobi, Edward Eager, Half Magic, Kenneth Branagh, Magic By the Lake, Narnia books, Old Movies, Patrick Stewart, youtube
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We’ve spoken and spoken here of the writing, (and sometimes, reading), doldrums which is a result of the world situation right now. We not only have a pandemic, which should certainly be bad enough, but the repercussions of it and … Continue reading →
Posted in America, author's life, big plans, Books, Children's books, Christmas, Christmas books, decisions, experiences, Faith-centered stories, Family, free week, Holiday, holidays, poetry, publishing
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Tagged Covid Doldrums, mainstream publishing, publishing Christmas stories, rhyming stories, teaching children in dance, teaching children in rhymes
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This week: “What are the nicest or most inspiring things people have said or written about your writing? How did it affect you?” This is something that I never expected to experience, but let’s start with “How did it affect … Continue reading →
Posted in honors, inspiration, inspirational people, Life, memories, non-fiction, phrases, poetry, publishing, research, social media, Tonette Joyce, tribute, Why I Write, writing, writing from experiences
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Tagged dealing with grief, feedback over writings, Italian radio show, listening to others, Never Too Late For Healing Feelings, personal writings, public writings, Radio shows, USA Weekend Magazine, writing condolences
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Kristen and I have been Facebook Friends for years and yet wires crossed. I have been trying to get her in for an interview for some time, but once we made contact, it worked. BOY, did it work! Kristen could … Continue reading →
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Posted on July 17, 2020
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Tagged Air Force, Anachronisms in writing, Are You There Blog It's Me Writer, Avoiding cliches in writing, Cait Reynolds, Fort Worth, getting paid and credit for writing, getting paid for writing, homeschooling, Kristen Lamb, necessity of doing research, Rise of the Machines, Romi Lachlan novels, Superfans, Texas Christian University, The Devil's Dance, TX, using social media in promotion, W.A.N.A. Tribe, We Are Not Alone-Writer's Guide to Social Media, Whistleblowing on the Huffington Post, writing for exposure
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