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Shadowing a Celeb
Our Tuesday Fox presented this scenario: You’ve been asked to ghostwrite an autobiography for someone famous; you get to spend two weeks with this person as they tell you stories and details of their life. Who do you hope that … Continue reading
Dressing for the Occasion
This week’s question was posed by our Friday Fox: “Do you dress in any particular color or style for holidays or special days?” Back when I taught elementary school students, I would try to wear holiday-associated colors at various times … Continue reading
Posted in author's life, decisions, lifestyles, musicians, Patricia Kiyono
Tagged clothing, holidays & special days, wardrobe choices
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If I Could Only …
This week’s topic is one I selected. I have the feeling I was dealing with various medical issues in my family and bemoaning the fact that I’m not as young as I once was. Some days just don’t have enough … Continue reading
Posted in author's life, big plans, decisions, experiences, lifestyles, memories, musicians, Patricia Kiyono, Random thoughts, What if
Tagged aging, life choices, memories, physical limitations
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Heartstrings
A whirlwind around me again lately and here I was without an idea about writing for this ‘free’ week. By Tuesday I was so busy, I couldn’t even worry about it; I had a number of errands to do in … Continue reading
Posted in art, big plans, blessings, careers, decisions, experiences, Family, free week, goals, inspiration, Life, Miscellaneous, musicians, performances, Preparing for writing, Random thoughts, summer, Tonette Joyce, using talents
Tagged antiques, grandchildren, Luthiers, Violins
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Autumn’s Harmony
This week one of our foxes asked, “What’s your favorite part of autumn?” I guess I’ve always been a busy person. My parents encouraged it, because they figured it kept my brothers and me out of trouble. And it … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, favorites, Music, musicians, Patricia Kiyono
Tagged favorite season, keeping busy, making music, orchestra, sounds of autumn
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Country AND Western
The title of this post is part of a famous line in the original “Blues Brothers” movie. The brothers and band were faking their way into a gig in a bar and asked what kind of music they played there. … Continue reading
Posted in America, Family, Miscellaneous, movies, musicians, research, Tonette Joyce, writing
Tagged "Doing Your Writing Homework", 16 Tons, Back in the Saddle Again, Big Iron on HIs Hip, Birthplace of Bourbon, Blues Brothers, Bob Hope Specials, Bourbon, Can the Circle Be Unbroken, Coal Miner's Daughter, Country AND Western, Country vs Western, cowboys, El Paso, errors, Gene Autry, Goodby Old Paint, Grandpa Jones, Hank Williams, Heaven Hill, Hopalong Cassidy, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, Jill St. John, Jime Beam, Loretta Lynn, Louisville, Maker's Mark, Marty Robbins, research, Roy Rogers, Sean Connery, Sons of the Pioneers, Stolichnaya, TEnnessee Ernie Ford, The Carter Family, Tumbling Tumbleweeds
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Sharing Spaces
This week we were asked: Who would you select as a writing partner if you were simply going to share studio space? Who would you choose if your writing partner would also be your co-author on the same manuscript? Wow, … Continue reading
Posted in author's life, big plans, careers, Family, Miscellaneous, musicians, Tonette Joyce, writing
Tagged collaborations, compulsion to write, critique partners, Diane Davis, Gretchen Archer, MaryJanice Davidson, Parnell Hall, Rosie Genova, Stephen King., The Foxes, The Hound, Wedding Anniversaries, writimg partners, Writing partners
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Guest:Diane Davis, Narrator, Actress
As an interview this week, I thought I’d bring in an old friend who is involved in a different facet of book publishing: the audio book. I gave away a copy of one of the cookbooks she narrated here on … Continue reading
Posted in agents, audiobooks, big plans, book covers, Books, childhood, epublishing, Family, Friendship, Guest, inspiration, interview, jobs, Life, Miscellaneous, musicians, publishing, Tonette Joyce, traditional publishing, Travel
Tagged "Nashville" the series, "The Identical"movie, acting, ACX, Aiden James, Amazon.com, Audacity editing, Audiobook Creation Exchange, audiobook editing, audiobook narration, Audiobook production, Ben Stein, Books A Million, Cruise and Travel Experts, Destination Weddings, Diane Davis, Diane's Deals' Cruises and More, editing, Encanta Travel, Etsy, homelife, Hurricane Irma, Kelly Cooper, Knitwitz Stitchery, Laws of Attraction, Monica Ferris, Saturday Night Hayfever, singing, songwriting travel, Theme cruises, Travel Agencies, Travel Agents, voice-over work, webinars, Witches of Denmark
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So Many, So Soon
This week we are asked to name those who have ‘gone too soon’, those who left the world before they could have contributed so much more. I thought politically and John Fitzgerald Kennedy was on my list. Jeff named him … Continue reading
Posted in careers, inspiration, inspirational people, memories, Miscellaneous, musicians, poetry, romance, Tonette Joyce
Tagged "In the Mood", "Moonligt Serenade", "Serenade", "St.Jerome", "St.Thomas the Doubnter", "String of Pearls", "The Man WHo Made Ireland", Ave Maria, Caravaggio, Christopher Marlowe, Eamon DeValera, Franz Shubert, Frederic Chopin, Glenn Miller, Jane Austen, JFK, Joan Fontaine, John Keats, Mario Lanza, Martin Luther King Jr, Michael Collins, Oscar Wilde, Percy Shelley, Rafael, Tim Pat Coogan, Vincent Price, Vincent Van Gogh, Wolfgang Mozart
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