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Like? Not Likely

Posted on December 3, 2021 by Tonette Joyce

THIS WEEK: If a prospective publisher asked you to compare your work to that of one or two well-known authors, whom would you choose? I haven’t had a prospective publisher ask me that yet, but when I was hoping to … Continue reading →

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Author! Author?

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Tonette Joyce

Question of the week: “When did you first think of yourself as an author?” There are many avenues in writing. I can talk about when I first believed that I could write, when others thought that I could write and … Continue reading →

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A Moving Story

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Tonette Joyce

The question this week is: If we had one of our stories made into a movie, who would we like to see cast and who would we want to direct? Unfortunately, that is not a very realistic question because the … Continue reading →

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One of These Things Is Not Like the Others…

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Tonette Joyce

This week’s topic is Three Facts, One Fiction about our lives, and you are to choose which you think is the one that is not true. Sticking with a writing theme, I offer these. However, I cheated a bit: All … Continue reading →

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Words On Play

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Tonette Joyce

I was all set to have a special guest this week then, whoops! I realized reading Iris’s post on Monday that we still had a theme going: At a Play I have not had as much experience attending plays as … Continue reading →

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All the World is a Stage

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Jeff Salter

By Jeff Salter I love (many of) Shakespeare’s plays, including Hamlet … and there are numerous lines from his plays which have entered our vocabulary. I take this opportunity to set people straight on the contextual meaning of this particular … Continue reading →

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Play On Words

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Tonette Joyce

Or words on a play. There was some confusion about the topic for this week, if, indeed, there was one. It seems to be a “Free” week and three of the five of us that post here have new books … Continue reading →

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My Conversation with Shakespeare… Among Others

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Jeff Salter

By Jeff Salter What would I say to (or ask of) my favorite famous authors (even if long gone)? Keep reading. William Shakespeare Let’s start with the Immortal Bard. I’d thank him for about half of his plays and tell … Continue reading →

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A Year of Loss and Finding

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Tonette Joyce

This week we are reflecting on the past year and I thought mine had been fairly uneventful, until I took stock of it. We lost several  members of the families including  a fair number of extended family members. Most were … Continue reading →

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Fruit

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Tonette Joyce

For years I looked forward to a new year, always hoping for an end to some old problems and the beginning of new happiness. Alas, no matter how promising, for too long the bad stayed bad,(or even had moments of … Continue reading →

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