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Thou Shalt Not…
“If you could have been the original author of any book, what would it have been and why?” I wracked my brain for a while on this one. I am without any question a bona fide bibliophile. I literally own … Continue reading
Posted in audiobooks, author's life, authors, book series, Books, characters, collections, creating scenes, decisions, dialogue, experiences, favorites, goals, imagination, inspiration, libraries, Life, memories, novels, phrases, plots, Random thoughts, reading, Tonette Joyce, What if, writers, writing, writing from experiences
Tagged Billy Wilder, Chronicles of Narnia, John Ford, Liane Moriarty, Lord of the Rings, Rachel Joyce, Sarah Ballance's "Hawthorne", Sarahy Ballance, Stephen Spielberg
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I See London,I see France,I see Someone’s Under….drawers
Apparently I came up with the question: “What is in your desk drawers”? What ISN’T in my desk drawers? We have desks all over the house. I bought a little, dainty writing desk when we first got married and that … Continue reading
Prepared for Any Office Emergency
Our Friday Fox asked, “What is in your desk drawers?” Here’s a clue to my desk organization: I once had a poster on the wall in the music office that said “A clean desk is a sign of an empty … Continue reading
Posted in author's life, Daily life, Life, lifestyles, Patricia Kiyono
Tagged desk drawers, office supplies, too much stuff, work environment
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Breakfast Paid
And I never figured out WHO paid it By Jeff Salter Interesting experience one morning (exactly three years ago) as I went out for breakfast (after my haircut). The place was more crowded than I’d ever seen it — every … Continue reading
Posted in author's life, Family, food, Jeff Salter, memories, Random thoughts
Tagged diner, meal paid, pay it forward
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Guest: Author Bishop O’Connell
I met Bishop O’Connell when we both commented on another author’s Facebook page. I had to ask him about his name since my husband graduated from Bishop O’Connell High School in Northern Virginia. It was not far from where I … Continue reading
Posted in agents, author interview, author's life, awards, big plans, blessings, blogging, book series, Books, careers, Dealing with stress, decisions, dialogue, experiences, Family, fantasy, Guest, HEA/HFN, helping others, imagination, inspiration, interview, jobs, Life, Miscellaneous, novels, paranormal, plots, Publishers, publishing, Random thoughts, research, self-publishing, social media, Tonette Joyce, Travel, using talents, writers, writing
Tagged An American Faerie Tale series, Bishop O'Connell, Gaelic, Irish language, The Forgotten, The Returned, The Stolen, Three Promises, Welsh Language
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Please Read Part of My Book!
Our resident hound asked, “How would you feel if Reader’s Digest abridged one of your novels? What reservations (if any) might you have? My parents had a subscription to Reader’s Digest Condensed Books, and I remember spending lots of time … Continue reading
Posted in author's life, authors, Books, collections, Compilations, editing, Patricia Kiyono, reading, What if
Tagged Condensed Books, Reader's Digest
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Did I Really Write That?
Our Friday Fox asked, “Did you ever start a piece of writing and forget about it, only to be surprised when you found it and read it?” The older I get, the more I forget. I’m pretty sure I’m not … Continue reading
Posted in author's life, Patricia Kiyono, The Author Life, writing
Tagged distraction, forgetting, learning the craft, rewrites, surprise
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