Category Archives: food

Guest: Author Deb Marlowe

Posted on July 11, 2019 by

I have been a FB Friend of Deb Marlowe’s for some time. She and I have a number of mutual writer friends and we are both big iced tea lovers. I enjoy her posts, her humor, she can write and … Continue reading →

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Alternative Occupations

Posted on June 7, 2019 by

You can no longer work in the book industry: what do you do to earn a living? This is the stuff that dreams are made on, as Shakespeare wrote, (and was misquoted in The Maltese Falcon as “made of” and … Continue reading →

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Don’t Stop Believing

Posted on May 3, 2019 by

This week: What (if anything) drains/blocks your potential productivity? How does it do so? What can you do to correct this? Not much stops my creativity; in fact, adversity generally increases my retreat into ‘what ifs’, ‘how abouts’ and straight … Continue reading →

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Guest: Author Jeffrey Siger

Posted on April 12, 2019 by

I have had my guest in my sights for some time. Jeffrey Siger and I became Facebook friends while trading comments on the pages of a mutual friend, (and past guest of mine). He is a funny man, a sophisticated … Continue reading →

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Stop Write Now

Posted on January 18, 2019 by

  What stops us in our tracks while writing? People have mentioned before that it must be difficult to be the Friday Fox, since everything that could be said on a topic must have already been said. I generally find … Continue reading →

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The Day After Christmas

Posted on December 26, 2018 by

Okay, Christmas is over, passing in a blur of laughter, food, friends and family, wrapping paper, and cranky, over-stimulated children. It was totally glorious, but I’m so tired I can hardly move. I’m so worn out I’m even thinking that … Continue reading →

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What Was In Store

Posted on December 14, 2018 by

This week’s topic: “If I opened my own store, what would it be?” Well, I am one who actually had her own store. It was a bakery/restaurant in a neighboring town, and I had a ball. When the man I … Continue reading →

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