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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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POP Go the References
When we were discussing advice to young, new or would-be writers, I omitted some pieces of advice. One is: Avoid ‘pop’ references. As far as I am concerned, they age your work and make it seem irrelevant very quickly. Of … Continue reading
Posted in authors, big plans, book review, Books, characters, Christmas, dialogue, helping others, history, imagination, Miscellaneous, movies, Random thoughts, reading, research, Tonette Joyce, writers
Tagged All About Eve, Bette Davis, Cruel Intentions, Dangerous Liaisons, Now Voyager, pop references, Sean Connery impressions, Shakespeare, songwriting, Star Trek, Star Wars, The Hunt For Red October, The Odd Couple, Top Gun, TV shows, Updating published works
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Abundant Advice for Aspiring Authors
This week: What advice would you give to an aspiring author? I actually have a list. There have been many who talk to me about writing. I also have had many young writers around or in touch with me, so … Continue reading
Posted in art, author's life, authors, big plans, blogging, book series, Books, characters, clothing, decisions, dialogue, experiences, Family, fantasy, friends, goals, imagination, inspiration, interview, Life, novels, plots, protagonists, Publishers, reading, romance, Science Fiction, self-publishing, shyness, subplots, technology, Tonette Joyce, traditional publishing, using talents, Validation, writing, Writing and other professions, writing from experiences
Tagged advice for teen writers, Advice for Writers, Advice for y oung writers, advice on getting published, Celtx, Common sense advice for writers, Grammarly, Naming characters and places, Star Wars
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Confessions of a Space-Chicken
This week, one of the foxes asked, “Would you travel to the Moon or Mars (assuming you could return)? Growing up, I loved to watch Star Trek on TV. Then the movies came out and I enjoyed several of them. … Continue reading
Posted in Travel, What if
Tagged All Summer in a Day, bravery, Mars, Ray Bradbury, Space travel, Star Trek, Star Wars, technology, teleportation
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The Egg and I
This week we are talking about movies we have seen because we read the books on which they were based, Next time, we’ll discuss reading books after having seen its movie. I am not only an avid reader, I love … Continue reading
Posted in authors, Books, Family, Life, Random thoughts, Tonette Joyce, writing
Tagged Agatha Christie mysteries, Alec Guinness, Centennial, Deliver Us From Evil, Harry Potter, Heaven is For Real, Jane Austen novels, Janet Evanovich, Katherine Heigl, LOTR, Obi-Wan Kenobi, One For the Money, Peter Jackson, Shakespeare in the Park, Star Wars, Stephanie Plum, The Grinch, The Hobbit, Top Secret Twenty-One
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Gimme Some Space–Man!
The topic of the week is: Would I want to travel to outer space? Nuh,uh! I would love to see Earth from a Space Shuttle or a space station, but I don’t really even want to go that far…shoot, I … Continue reading
Posted in authors, Family, Life, movies, Tonette Joyce, youth
Tagged Aliens, brothers and sisters, childhood games, Earth, extraterrestrial visitors, Gunsmoke, Invaders From Mars, James Arness, Jupiter, Leif Ericson actor, My Favorite Martian, pesky little sisters, Rocket Bye baby, Saturn, space program, Star Trek, Star Wars, The High Chaparral, The Thing, Venus, Warner Brothers
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Star Wars
Star Wars Well, not wars, exactly. This week the topics-list said that we were to pick a movie star, past or present, that we’d like to hang out with…and why. That is a very hard choice for all of us, … Continue reading
Posted in movies, Tonette Joyce
Tagged actors, actresses, Alec Guinness, Baltimore MD, Bridge Over the River Kwai, Captain's Paradise, Daphne DuMaurier, Harrisburg PA, Italian-Americanradio show, Movie Stars, movies, Myrna Loy, Obi-Wan Kenobi, performances, Star Wars, television, television stations, The Evening Star newspaper, The Ladykillers, The Lavender Hill Gang, The Scapegoat, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Washington DC
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