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Tag Archives: Rachel Joyce
Thou Shalt Not…
“If you could have been the original author of any book, what would it have been and why?” I wracked my brain for a while on this one. I am without any question a bona fide bibliophile. I literally own … Continue reading
Posted in audiobooks, author's life, authors, book series, Books, characters, collections, creating scenes, decisions, dialogue, experiences, favorites, goals, imagination, inspiration, libraries, Life, memories, novels, phrases, plots, Random thoughts, reading, Tonette Joyce, What if, writers, writing, writing from experiences
Tagged Billy Wilder, Chronicles of Narnia, John Ford, Liane Moriarty, Lord of the Rings, Rachel Joyce, Sarah Ballance's "Hawthorne", Sarahy Ballance, Stephen Spielberg
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Praiseworthy
I understand that I do a bit of complaining and rants about writers getting things wrong. I think we can all learn from the mistakes made by others, in all walks of life. However, this week I would like to … Continue reading
Posted in audiobooks, author's life, authors, book review, Books, careers, experiences, imagination, inspiration, Life, Miscellaneous, movies, reading, reviews, time management, Tonette Joyce, writing
Tagged "Elisabeth and Her German Garden", "Enchanted April", "Princess Priscilla's Fortnight", "The Pastor's Wife", "Vera", Angie Sage, Cecelia Ahern, Elisabeth von Arnim, Liane Moriarty, Maeve Binchy, Rachel Joyce
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Sage Questions
“What three questions would we like to ask a favorite author?” How about if I answer that with one question for three favorite authors? One of the wonderful things thing that has happened to me is doing this blog, and … Continue reading
Posted in authors, book review, Books, characters, favorites, imagination, inspiration, Miscellaneous, reading, reviews, Tonette Joyce, writing
Tagged Angie Sage, Facebook, Midgrade books, Rachel Joyce, Reading Programs, Septimus Heap, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Todhunter Moon
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Finding New Favorites
The question I proposed for this week was: What is an unusual way in which you have found books or authors? I think all of us know fellow writers and read their books, and their friends have friends who write, … Continue reading
Good Books,Good Movies?
This week’s question is: What books do we think would make good movies? That is harder to answer than I first thought. There is usually a great deal of change between book and getting it to the screen. In some … Continue reading
Posted in authors, Books, movies, protagonists, Random thoughts, reading preferences, Tonette Joyce, writing
Tagged "There's No Place Like Here", "Where Rainbows End", Artemis Fowl, Cecilia Ahern, Davis Way series, Eoin Colfer, Eugene O'Neill, Forrest Gump, Geoff Rodkey, Getchen Archer, Ghost Girl, Harry Potter, If you could see me now, Italian Kitchen series, Janet Evanovich, Katherine Heigl, Lilies of the Field, One For the Money, P.S. I Love You, Rachel Joyce, Rachel Joyce's 'Perfect', Rosie Dunne, Rosie Genova, Standards and Practices, Stange Interlude, Stephen Vincent Benet, The Bishop's Beggar, The Chronicles of Egg, The Hayes Office, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Frye, Tonya Hurley
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“Unhappy, Darling?”
This week we are discussing whether we prefer happily-ever-after, (HEA), or happy-for-now, (HFN), endings to stories. Tragic endings were not offered as an option, but all of us touched on that type of ending. [If you don’t recognized the title, … Continue reading
Posted in authors, Books, inspiration, movies, protagonists, Random thoughts, reading preferences, romance, Tonette Joyce, writing
Tagged "Sommersby", Bittersweet endings, books, Happily Ever After endings, Happy For Now Endings, HEAs, HFNs, movies, novels, Rachel Joyce, Rachel Joyce's 'Perfect', Romance Novels, The Addams Family, The Return of Martin Guerre, Tragic endings, WIP: work in progress
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Review and Point of View
This is a week set aside for promotion, guests and reviews. I have a special guest ready to come but she is heavily booked with her recent release, so I have my interview with her scheduled for the next ‘free’ … Continue reading