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He Reminds Me of Someone…
This week’s prompt is one I suggested. I asked, “Have you ever based a character on a real person? Have you ever used a TV or movie character as inspiration for a character in your stories?” Fortunately, I came up … Continue reading
New Stars, Old Stars
Just a short post today because I had not anticipated how what should have been a simple procedure turned out to be a drawn-out recovery from oral surgery. Had I realized, I would have gotten my post done earlier, like … Continue reading
Posted in America, book series, characters, classics, descriptions, dialogue, Family, favorite books, memories, movies, procrastination, reading, reading preferences, Tonette Joyce, TV series, using talents, writers, writing
Tagged Andor, Boba Fett, discussing writing, Disney, Disney Plus Famous actors, GOOD acting, Obi-Wan Kenobi, reading together, Star Wars, Star Wars series, Watching together
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If You Like Pina Coladas…Escape
This week we are asked about our favorite place to ‘escape’, I’d be very happy to tell you about choosing between my private beach getaway and my yacht, that is, if I had them. (What a wonderful dilemma that would … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, blessings, Books, Daily life, Dealing with stress, experiences, Family, Fantasy vs Reality, imagination, inspiration, Life, Miscellaneous, novels, personal libraries, Random thoughts, reading, research, Tonette Joyce, Words, writers, writing
Tagged backyard wildlife, escape, escapism, sunsets, yars
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Keep it Short and Sweet, Please
Our Friday Fox asked, “Do you enjoy reading about other writers, their bios and writing processes?” My answer is yes, to an extent. I don’t enjoy reading long bios — three paragraphs is about all I’ll read before I lose … Continue reading
All I Have To Do is Dream
[and then spend 30 minutes typing up what I can remember] By Jeff Salter I borrowed my blog title from the lovely hit song by the Everly Brothers [see link at the bottom]. We’re chatting about dreams this week, with … Continue reading
Sapped
This week:How has the ongoing pandemic affected your creativity? My writing creativity has been a casualty of the pandemic. As many people, I really thought that having to stay home would make writing easier, but no. I have been bogged-down … Continue reading
No Place to Go? No Problem.
Our Tuesday Fox supplied this week’s topic when she asked, “How has the ongoing pandemic affected your creativity?” The beginning of the shutdown was great for my creativity outlets other than music and writing. If you’ve known me for a … Continue reading
Posted in author's life, blogging, creativity, Dealing with stress, experiences, Life, Patricia Kiyono, Random thoughts, time management, writing
Tagged lockdown, things to do, time to create
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Review: “What IF”
I was looking for something a little intelligent, but lighter than what I had been listening to, while working around the house, and Randall Monroe’s “What If” filled the bill. Monroe is a trained physicist and a short-time former contract … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, book review, Books, careers, Compilations, decisions, experiences, Fantasy vs Reality, helping others, imagination, inspiration, jobs, non-fiction, Random thoughts, reading preferences, reviews, Tonette Joyce, using talents, What if, writing
Tagged funny science, NASA scientist, Randall Monroe, random questions, scientific answers
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