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Oh, Brother! Try This On For Size.
Question of the week, in this time of COVID: Once it’s safe to do so, what’s the first thing you want to do that you haven’t been able to do in the last 10-12 months? This is too easy: I … Continue reading
Posted in big plans, Daily life, decisions, experiences, Family, food, memories, shopping, Tonette Joyce
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Changes, But Not All for the Worse
So, in the time of COVID, how will our holidays be different? I can imagine that it has touched all of your celebrations, but take heart, with a story below. If you need to be uplifted, feel free to skip … Continue reading
Posted in America, big plans, childhood, Christmas, decisions, experiences, Family, food, friends, helping others, Holiday, holidays, inspiration, Life, memories, Tonette Joyce, traditions
Tagged Christmas changes, Family communications, Family history, Missing family, Moving away from family
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“No, But I’m a READER”
I was in a meeting in an office and the subject of names came up. I needed my legal name and all of the names that had been used by me. It is odd with me, because I have a … Continue reading
Posted in America, author's life, authors, awards, big plans, blogging, experiences, free week, honors, memories, Pen names, publishing, Random thoughts, reading, Tonette Joyce, Validation, writers
Tagged aliases, encouragement, legal names, Names, Pen names, reading, Speaking of writing, writing
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“UPLIFTING” Book
This week we are discussing books that we have wanted to read, but for some reason have never gotten to them. WHERE DO I START? Take one look at all of the books around my house and you will know … Continue reading
Posted in authors, big plans, book review, decisions, experiences, favorites, historical, hobbies, imagination, libraries, Life, memories, movies, publishing, reading, reviews, time management, Tonette Joyce, writers, youth
Tagged Anna Karenina, Gladys Aylworth, Leo Tolstoy's "Resurrection"", magazine serials, personal libraries, TBR list, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, The Small Woman, War and Peace
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A Book I’ve Always Wanted to Read
But something got in the way By Jeff Salter This week’s topic has triggered various types of responses, some of which focused on books we believe we were “expected” to read or “pressured” to read… but (for whatever reason have … Continue reading
Lost in Translation?
Two weeks ago I did a mishmash of a ‘review’ about two, (at least), books and touched on the fact that they were translated. Something that had been nagging in the back of my head for many decades came to … Continue reading
Posted in America, Books, characters, dialogue, experiences, imagination, inspiration, memories, Music, novels, poetry, reading, Tonette Joyce, writers, writing
Tagged Boris Pasternak, choosing words in translation, coining words and phrases, Ernest Hemingway, Lyrics Shakespeare, play on words, Shrek, subtitles, translations, William Shakespeare
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‘Eager’ to Read
“Have you revisited an old favorite book/movie? How did it change for you as you got older?” As I have often mentioned here, we are watching more movies than ever and many are old favorites. Some are one that I … Continue reading
Posted in America, Anthologies, audiobooks, authors, book covers, book review, Books, characters, childhood, Children's books, experiences, Family, favorite books, imagination, inspiration, libraries, memories, Middle Grade Books, Miscellaneous, Tonette Joyce, writers, youth
Tagged C.S. Lewis, Derek Jacobi, Edward Eager, Half Magic, Kenneth Branagh, Magic By the Lake, Narnia books, Old Movies, Patrick Stewart, youtube
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Guest: Kristen Lamb
Kristen and I have been Facebook Friends for years and yet wires crossed. I have been trying to get her in for an interview for some time, but once we made contact, it worked. BOY, did it work! Kristen could … Continue reading
Posted in audiobooks, author interview, author's life, authors, blessings, blogging, book series, Books, careers, childhood, collections, Daily life, experiences, Family, goals, Guest author, HEA/HFN, historical, history, imagination, inspiration, interview, jobs, Life, memories, Miscellaneous, novels, publishing, research, social media, time management, Tonette Joyce, using talents, writers, writing, writing from experiences
Tagged Air Force, Anachronisms in writing, Are You There Blog It's Me Writer, Avoiding cliches in writing, Cait Reynolds, Fort Worth, getting paid and credit for writing, getting paid for writing, homeschooling, Kristen Lamb, necessity of doing research, Rise of the Machines, Romi Lachlan novels, Superfans, Texas Christian University, The Devil's Dance, TX, using social media in promotion, W.A.N.A. Tribe, We Are Not Alone-Writer's Guide to Social Media, Whistleblowing on the Huffington Post, writing for exposure
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