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Reuniting With an Old Friend
Our Tuesday Fox often suggests topics referring to books we’ve either read or want to read. This time, she asked us to name a book from our youth that we’d like to own now. I really struggled with this topic. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, childhood, Children's books, Family, Patricia Kiyono, personal libraries, reading
Tagged childhood favorites, Culture, Masako Matsuno, memories, Taro and the Tofu
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Please Read Part of My Book!
Our resident hound asked, “How would you feel if Reader’s Digest abridged one of your novels? What reservations (if any) might you have? My parents had a subscription to Reader’s Digest Condensed Books, and I remember spending lots of time … Continue reading
Posted in author's life, authors, Books, collections, Compilations, editing, Patricia Kiyono, reading, What if
Tagged Condensed Books, Reader's Digest
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Who Writes What’s Written?
“Did you ever start a piece of writing and forget about it, only to be surprised when you found it and read it?”I asked this question because several things rather caught me off-guard when I started writing longer stories. I … Continue reading
Posted in authors, big plans, Books, characters, childhood, creating scenes, decisions, dialogue, editing, experiences, imagination, inspiration, memories, Miscellaneous, novels, plots, reading, subplots, Tonette Joyce, What if, writers, writing
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Semi-read Books
Several years ago I had a great deal of time to read. Most of this was done in my cars, waiting in carpool lines or at bus stops for grandkids. This was also going on at the same time that … Continue reading