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ODDBALLS’ HALL
My sister had a quirky friend who was trying to describe where something was in a nearby town. It was next to the “Oddfellows’ Hall” but she didn’t really know about them and said that the place was “next to … Continue reading
Posted in America, big plans, blessings, careers, creativity, Daily life, Dealing with stress, decisions, experiences, Family, food, Friendship, helping others, hobbies, imagination, Life, Lists, marriage, new skills, self-improvement, shopping, Tonette Joyce, using talents, weather
Tagged Dumbledore, Harry Potter, Lawrence Brown, Lost in the Pond, Oddfellows, pajamas at Walmart, rain, Superbowl
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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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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
English: British to American
Last week while we were discussing the possibility of our works being translated into other languages, I said that I would like to bring up translating English to English, that is to say, “British” to “American”. I have read books … Continue reading
Posted in America, authors, Books, characters, dialogue, food, foreign publications, imagination, Life, Lists, Miscellaneous, movies, novels, phrases, protagonists, publishing, Random thoughts, reading, Tonette Joyce, translations, TV, writers, writing
Tagged Bristish vs American English, British writers, Differences in English and American phrases, English as a second language, English phrases, Understanding accents
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Note on Notes
“NOTES, do you make them? Have you tried taping and transcribing them? What works for you?” When I put this topic on the schedule, I was actually asking about notes for writing, but I did not make myself clear. It … Continue reading
Posted in author's life, authors, awards, big plans, Books, creating scenes, dialogue, imagination, inspiration, Life, Lists, novels, poetry, technology, Tonette Joyce, Validation, writing
Tagged "Bixby" assistant, deciphering notes, handwriting, making notes while writing, recording notes, Samsung Notes, smartphones, talk-to-text, The Cloud, transcribing notes, word processing, Writing lyrics, writing poetry
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LISTen, Remind Me…
“What is something for which you constantly need reminding? ” That never used to be a problem for me. Oh, I could go on about memory in general, but I will try to make it brief. I was the one … Continue reading
Posted in decisions, disability, experiences, Family, food, goals, holidays, inspiration, Life, Lists, memories, shopping, sports, Tonette Joyce
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Commonalities in My Stories
Do Certain Characteristics Recur in My Fiction? By Jeff Salter I’ve occasionally day-dreamed that one day my fiction [or poetry] would become famous enough that I’d have a literary biographer go through my material – published and unpublished – and … Continue reading
Posted in authors, characters, creating scenes, Jeff Salter, Lists, Miscellaneous, novels, Secondary Characters, writing
Tagged formula writing
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Leading Questions
What three questions would we ask a famous historical figure? ONE historical figure? I not only simply enjoy history, I married a history major, so historical figures are discussed a great deal in our house. This is a really difficult … Continue reading
Posted in America, clothing, decisions, Family, history, honors, inspirational people, Lists, Miscellaneous, Tonette Joyce
Tagged Alexander G.Bell, Anne Frank, Capernicus, Einstein, Elvis, Galileo, George Washington, George Washington Carver, Gutenberg, H.B. Stowe, Jesus, John Adams, Louis Pasteur, Martha Washington, Mendel, Mohammad
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