Category Archives: decisions

Hello? ELO?

What song would be my ‘theme’?  Good gracious, this has been a really tough topic.   I have honestly tried to live a quiet life, but there are always some problems popping up that were unforeseen, or burdens that were placed … Continue reading

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Guest: Writer/Narrator Julia Valentine

Julia Valentine, a.k.a., “Miss Worm” I met Julia online when we were on live chats. We were of the same mind about some matters, and we are both cat lovers; (we teamed up on one chatter who dared to disparage … Continue reading

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Series of Unfortunate Events

This week’s topic:   Would you consider publishing a serialized version of one of your stories?  To be honest I quickly, (and wrongfully), assumed that it meant to consider making sequels to some of our stories.  I really had no idea … Continue reading

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Sharing Your Story a Bit at a Time

I supplied the topic for this week: Serialized stories, such as those offered through Kindle Vella, have recently become popular. Would you consider publishing a serialized version of one of your stories?  My motivation for pursuing this topic is the … Continue reading

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Boxing Day

Well, actually, it’s Good Friday, but I let myself store too many things in what would be used as a ‘guest’ room, and a few weeks ago my 18-year-old grandkid found that where she was staying was not working out … Continue reading

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You Can’t Put a Square…

What kinds of activities do you engage in while mulling over your storylines? Have they ever helped you get over a stumbling block?  When I finally sit myself down, keys to the board, I fly away writing.  If I get … Continue reading

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Pondering

How I Deal With Issues In A Manuscript By Jeff Salter Topic: What kinds of activities do you engage in while mulling over your story lines? Have they ever helped you get over a stumbling block? I guess I should … Continue reading

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“Socially” Acceptable

I thought of the topic of the week, “How do you use social media and how has it changed”, when I found myself on one platform more and more, one that I never expected to connect with folks through:  YouTube.  … Continue reading

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Family, Friends, Fiction

This week we were asked if we wrote any characters based on real people. I know we have touched on this at one time in the past, but as I was running through my head about characters that I had … Continue reading

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Finding Room to Find Things

The Monday Fox asked: “What’s first on your to-do list for 2023?” Lists are good for me, especially with all that goes on in my life. I used to have a phenomenal memory and never made a grocery list, copy … Continue reading

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