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.
In my travels around the world… of reading, I have encountered the world of short, testimonial anthologies. Most of you are familiar at least with the premise of the “Chicken Soup for the Soul” books: people submit their personal stories … Continue reading →
Posted in Anthologies, author interview, book review, Books, collections, Conpilations, decisions, experiences, Faith-centered stories, Guest author, inspiration, inspirational people, Life, memories, short stories, Tonette Joyce, writers
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Tagged Chicken Soup books, Chicken Soup for the Writer's Soul, Compilations of stories, First-person true stories, Garry Marshall, Library of Congress Story Corps, NPR, other people's experiences, Testimonial anthologies, The Moth
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“Have you overheard a conversation and added it in some way to a story?” Apparently, this was a suggestion of mine and again, one that I wish I had made notations about when I thought it up. I cannot think … Continue reading →
Posted in big plans, characters, creating scenes, dialogue, experiences, Family, imagination, inspiration, inspirational people, Life, memories, shopping, Tonette Joyce, traditions
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What are we looking forward to this year and what do we dread? The year is young, but TODAY is about BOTH! No other real plans this year, except for in a couple of weeks, but that is tied into … Continue reading →
Posted in big plans, blessings, decisions, experiences, Family, Life, Tonette Joyce, Travel
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Tagged children, family, Family additions, grandchildren
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Best books-to-movies? I know that we have covered this; I absolutely know that I have brought up the best movies made from terrible books. Yes, it happens; books are not “always ruined” when made into movies. I will once again … Continue reading →
Posted in authors, Books, characters, dialogue, favorites, imagination, inspiration, movies, novels, performances, romance, Tonette Joyce
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Tagged "Rebecca", casting movies, Daphne du Maurier, Debbie Reynolds, Forrest Gump, George Sanders, Gladys Cooper, Hary Potter, J.R.Rowling, Janet Evanovich, Jaon Fontaine, Katherine Heigl, Lawrence Olivier, Movies from books, Optioning intellectual property for movies, Robert Ben Garant, Ship of Fools, Stephanie Plum, The Prisoner of Azkaban, The Time Traveler's Wife, Thomas Lennon, Writing Movies for Fun and Profit
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“Free Week” again here and with it having been Christmas week, this year is anything but free for me. Family members are spreading, and I feel the need to make Christmas happy as long as I can for all of … Continue reading →
Posted in art, blessings, Books, childhood, Children's books, Faith-centered stories, Family, favorite books, free week, holidays, imagination, inspiration, memories, personal libraries, reading, time management, Tonette Joyce
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“Looking five years down the road — to the middle of 2024 — tell us where you WISH your writing career would be. And then (if you’re able) tell us where you actually EXPECT it to be… unless those are … Continue reading →
Posted in author's life, authors, big plans, blessings, blogging, Books, careers, Children's books, Conpilations, Daily life, decisions, experiences, Family, food, friends, goals, imagination, inspiration, Life, non-fiction, novels, pets, poetry, Publishers, publishing, short stories, time management, Tonette Joyce, traditional publishing, Validation, What if
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Tagged Animal Planet, ESPN, public speaking, speaking, The Food Network, The Travel Channel, The Weather Channel, wishes
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How much I LOVE Facebook! I get to meet so many people I would never even knew existed, let alone get to virtually-literally travel the world. Chrystyna K. Lucyk-Berger is an accomplished woman, who is another friend through mutual friends … Continue reading →
Posted in America, author interview, author's life, big plans, Books, careers, characters, collections, creating scenes, experiences, Family, historical, history, imagination, inspiration, interview, jobs, Life, novels, research, Tonette Joyce, Travel, Uncategorized
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Tagged Austria, Chrystyna K. Lucyk-Berger, Family sagas, Reschen Valley series., Tyrolia, Ukrainian-American writer
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