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‘Eager’ to Read
“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
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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Guest: Kristen Lamb
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
Posted in audiobooks, author interview, author's life, authors, blessings, blogging, book series, Books, careers, childhood, collections, Daily life, experiences, Family, goals, Guest author, HEA/HFN, historical, history, imagination, inspiration, interview, jobs, Life, memories, Miscellaneous, novels, publishing, research, social media, time management, Tonette Joyce, using talents, writers, writing, writing from experiences
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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Travels With My Family
When on a trip (either a long vacation or a day trip) how do you occupy the travel time, or keep the kids occupied? With kids, it is a little different. When my kids were under 8-10, we lived in … Continue reading
Posted in America, audiobooks, big plans, Books, childhood, Daily life, experiences, Family, food, history, imagination, inspiration, lifestyles, memories, Miscellaneous, Tonette Joyce, traditions, youth
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Travel Time
Our Tuesday Fox posed another topic for this week: “When on a trip (either a long vacation or a day trip) how do you occupy the travel time, or keep the kids occupied?” Growing up, my family took very few … Continue reading
Posted in audiobooks, childhood, Family, lifestyles, Patricia Kiyono, reading, Travel, writing
Tagged family trips, passing the time, technology
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Paperback Writer
Question of the week: “Knowing that the profit margin / royalties in paperback formats is minimal, do you still try to obtain that format? Why or why not?” Yes, I would as a writer and do as a reader. I … Continue reading
Posted in Anthologies, audiobooks, big plans, Books, collections, e-books, Family, Kindle, libraries, paperback books, personal libraries, poetry, publishing, TBR List, Tonette Joyce, writing
Tagged ARCs, book hoarding, paperback books, personal libraries
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Guest Author, Pamela S. Thibodeaux and Tempered Hearts Audio Book
Pamela S. Thibodeaux has been a recent guest here, but when she announced that she had produced an audiobook of her novel Tempered Hearts, I asked if she would mind describing that process to us. She kindly agreed, so I’ll … Continue reading
Wheel Was Not Spinning
You are incapacitated and can neither bear to read or write: How do you spend your time? I posed this week’s question because it has happened to me. I had radical neck surgery and it did not occur to me … Continue reading
Posted in audiobooks, author's life, big plans, disability, imagination, Life, Miscellaneous, movies, reading, Tonette Joyce, writing
Tagged Amazon Prime, Binge-watching, DVDs, earbuds/headphones, forgetfulness, Incapacitation, medicatons, Netflix, recovery, TV, VHS, Xbox, youtube
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Praiseworthy
I understand that I do a bit of complaining and rants about writers getting things wrong. I think we can all learn from the mistakes made by others, in all walks of life. However, this week I would like to … Continue reading
Posted in audiobooks, author's life, authors, book review, Books, careers, experiences, imagination, inspiration, Life, Miscellaneous, movies, reading, reviews, time management, Tonette Joyce, writing
Tagged "Elisabeth and Her German Garden", "Enchanted April", "Princess Priscilla's Fortnight", "The Pastor's Wife", "Vera", Angie Sage, Cecelia Ahern, Elisabeth von Arnim, Liane Moriarty, Maeve Binchy, Rachel Joyce
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