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Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow
(I’m back after being ill and I just hope that I make sense! I have no idea why it posted in italics.) This week: If you had to get rid of most of your belongings in order to move into a … Continue reading
Posted in advice, authors, blessings, Books, collections, Daily life, decisions, experiences, Family, favorite books, favorites, food, goals, hobbies, imagination, inspiration, Life, lifestyles, Lists, memories, Miscellaneous, Music, personal libraries, poetry, procrastination, reading, recipe, series, time management, Tonette Joyce, traditions, using talents, What if, Words, writing
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Gotta Keep That and That and That
And I Can’t Get Rid of THAT! By Jeff Salter Topic: If you had to get rid of most of your belongings in order to move into a smaller place, what are the things you would not be able to … Continue reading
Posted in childhood, collections, Jeff Salter
Tagged comic books, helmets, militaria, tools
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Mistitled
New Years Eve and I wish all of you a safe and happy 2022. Take care of yourself and those around you. It’s a Free Week and I was pressed for a topic. I have not finished a book recently,(save … Continue reading
Posted in advice, Books, Christmas books, collections, contemporary, decisions, editors, fantasy, historical, imagination, inspiration, novels, Publishers, publishing, reading preferences, romance, titles, Tonette Joyce, using talents
Tagged A Witness to Murder, Crewel World, Don Knotts, Duck the Halls, Elaine, Framed in Lace, Lame titles, Patty, Poor Titles, The Private Eyes, The Table in the Window, Tim Conway
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Grandma, Have You Read…
Our Friday Fox asked, “Tell us about books that you have been introduced to by your children/grandchildren.” One of my greatest blessings is knowing that my kids, grandkids, and two great-granddaughters ALL love books. Specific titles often appear on Christmas … Continue reading
Posted in blessings, book series, Books, Children's books, classics, collections, contemporary, Family, favorite books, Middle Grade Books, Patricia Kiyono, TBR List
Tagged Babysitters Club, best-sellers, Boxcar Children, Children's books, DaVinci Code, family, Harry Potter, Hunger Games, libraries, Magic Schoolbus, Magic Treehouse, reading, recommendations, series books, thrillers, Twilight
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Guest: Author D A Kelly
I got my hands on D A Kelly’s “Brooms Away”, a first in a series and was surprised in many ways. Although it opens with a tough-as-nails girl who has a soft heart, the book and character are not what … Continue reading
Posted in advice, America, author interview, author's life, blogging, book covers, book series, Books, characters, collections, contemporary, cozy mystery, creating scenes, Dealing with stress, decisions, e-books, Family, Guest, Guest author, holidays, imagination, inspiration, interview, Life, novels, paranormal, plots, protagonists, research, The Author Life, time management, Tonette Joyce, using talents, Validation, What if, writers, writing
Tagged Australia., Brooms Away, DA Kelly, Holidays in Australia, Overcoming blocks in writing, Overcoming doubts in writing, Procrstination in writing
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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