Tag Archives: Leo Tolstoy

Series of Unfortunate Events

Posted on April 14, 2023 by Tonette Joyce

This week’s topic:   Would you consider publishing a serialized version of one of your stories?  To be honest I quickly, (and wrongfully), assumed that it meant to consider making sequels to some of our stories.  I really had no idea … Continue reading →

Posted in advice, audiobooks, authors, big plans, blogging, book series, Books, classics, decisions, descriptions, e-books, epublishing, experiences, Family, helping others, historical, imagination, inspiration, Life, misunderstandings, novels, procrastination, publishing, Random thoughts, reading, research, self-publishing, series, time management, Tonette Joyce, traditional publishing, using talents, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Collecting Old Books

Posted on January 25, 2019 by Tonette Joyce

Free Week and it caught me by surprise! I often have inspirations on a list for these times, but I seem to have used them up without replenishing them. I have another list of ideas which I have in mind … Continue reading →

Posted in art, authors, book covers, Books, childhood, collections, history, libraries, Miscellaneous, reading, research, Tonette Joyce | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Misuse of Terminology

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Tonette Joyce

After busy months of becoming a freshman in high school in a new town, my grandson finally got back into his reading groove and back to having me reading a series with him. After the mostly tame and always ‘bad-guys-become-good’ … Continue reading →

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Reviewing Reviews

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Tonette Joyce

My, here I had been anticipating review and interview/guest days and had someone every month until now, when we actually have one of those days set! I have lost my list of potential guests and the past month has been … Continue reading →

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List-Ten

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Tonette Joyce

I am usually left out of many of the Facebook writer’s challenges because although I am a published writer, I am not a published book author. However, a rather famous author of my personal acquaintance recently hit me topic: Ten … Continue reading →

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Overbooked

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Tonette Joyce

Free Week and I meant to have a guest, but an author I asked had a lot of commitments, so she asked me to check back with her, but…guess whose mind got pre-occupied? Very occupied, not just my mind, but … Continue reading →

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To Question or Not To Question; that is the Question

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Tonette Joyce

The topic this week is what question we would like to ask of our favorite authors. I cannot tell you what a bookhound I am. I am , and always have been, an avid reader,and before that, a compulsive listener. … Continue reading →

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