Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Dear Who?
My how those rejections just keep on a-comin'! I've sent queries to many agents, looking for representation for my novel, and I've had a couple of 'requests for more material' over the past year, but at this point they have all rejected my work. Rejection--spurning, refusal, dismissal, elimination....
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
A Writer's Lament
Words. They follow me everywhere. They pile on top of me and leave me gasping for air. They taunt and tease me, challenging me to unscramble them, make some sense of their disarray. Grabbing a few, I throw them down on paper, shift them from one side of the page to the other, slide them back and...
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Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Chestnuts falling from a chestnut tree...
The air is fresh, crisp, cool, and clear; my favourite time of year. The leaves are just beginning to fade to crimson red and gleaming gold. I love nothing more than to tromp through the woods, surrendering my senses to all that surrounds me. And in my autumnal wanderings, I’ve uncovered the secret...
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Thursday, September 18, 2008
Dang! Life is good!
It sure is a lot of fun to hang out with your buddy on a late summer's day. The grass is green, the sky is blue, the air is crisp and life has slowed down just a bit. It really feels like it's about as good as it gets. And you know, maybe it just is!
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Wii-eeeee!
For the past few days I've been having fun while hopefully getting fitter. Does anyone have the Nintendo Wii system and the Wii Fit program? (I've heard it's hard to get acquire!) When my kids and their mates came to visit us last year for our annual after-Christmas get together, they brought along...
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Friday, September 12, 2008
Doggone days of summer!
The warmth is fading; summer's begun to wane. There's a chill in the air and it's almost time to say bubye to those lazy, hazy, crazy days. 'Twas a busy summer here but a good one. Family members and friends from Canada and England began visiting us in early June and continued almost non-stop until...
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Thursday, September 11, 2008
"Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"
Does anyone remember that folk song from the 60s, written by Pete Seeger? Sitting out on my deck this morning, I feel the cool autumnal breezes that have so quickly replaced the summer winds. I stand amongst the last flowers of summer, crumbling now, their stalks brown and broken. September 11 th....
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Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Anybody on blogit bored?
Well if you are I have just the website for you! Pleased by advised to only click if you are bored out of your mind and have nuthin better to do today. It's my new site and I hope I don't embarrass myself too much.. www.virginiafoley.com If against the warning you do visit...maybe you'll let me know...
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Friday, September 5, 2008
Therapy: Indulgence or Investment?
I’ve had something on my mind for the past few months. Some of life’s difficult emotional and psychological issues had been plaguing me, possibly messing with my physical health. I was raised in the days when ‘airing one’s dirty laundry’ in public, was something that decent people just didn’t do. It...
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
The Honour System
The sign advertised tomatoes and vegetables and pointed down a country road. Living in this dairy state of Wisconsin I’ve yet to sink my teeth into a homegrown tomato and I begin to crave them by June of each year. Now cheese is another matter and it’s the best here! In Ontario fresh produce defines...
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