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Monday, April 11, 2016

Something New (to me) - found in the free magazines basket at EPL

"One Story." One Story is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit devoted to promoting the art of the short story and supporting the authors who write them. According to the back page of the little publication I found in the free magazine basket at the library yesterday, it's supported by Amazon.Com, the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 10, 2016

A story for sibling day...

We were sitting on the back steps after supper, a rare story time moment, when Rosalee asked Mom about a conversation she'd had with Grandma Lucy earlier in the day. It seems the grownups had been talking about Satan's wicked ways, and the dear child had done some thinking about the ideas floating... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 9, 2016

Family Story

The story goes Mom was visiting Aunt Ella one Saturday morning, and as they were having coffee in the kitchen Ella saw a car pull up outside. “It’s the guy here to collect for the sewing machine,” she said. “Poor guy, he won’t get his money this week, either.” My little sis Rosalee was skipping and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, April 8, 2016

Stories From The Center

Cindy brought Ruth along to the Write Your Own Story group yesterday. They're old friends, and Ruth was intrigued by what Cindy told her. I invited a friend. I hope that's all right, she said to me. Well, of course it is. So we went through the Amherst method, we all introduced ourselves, and then... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 7, 2016

The Write Angle

This morning's Job #1 is to get ready and go to The Center for the Write Your Own Story class. I was going to have the group test their scholarship by writing today's chapter in third person. Then I realized that was not exactly on target - what we're doing is putting together our stories. It ain't... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 6, 2016

"Back in Baby's Arms"

As "earworms" go, you could do worse than this one. IMHO there's never been a voice just like Patsy Cline's, and this was one of her hits. There's a commercial out now, some poor schlub who's been on a long airplane trip. The voice-over says something like 'for the past seven days you've been a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Buddies

I've got a buddy named Chris who's about twelve or thirteen. He comes into the library to chat with me from time to time. He's a charmer, got a great smile, and some time back he accepted the notion of me as his "bonus grandma." Chris comes to the library with his aunt, who gets on the computer... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 4, 2016

Not to bore you, but more about the Page Publishing thing

I think I mentioned that Richard - the first responder from that self-publishing house in New York City - told me I was a "fabulous author" and that the review team was very impressed with "Bloody Hell and a Slice of Pie." Of course, next phone call, when I asked if he'd read it, he said oh, no, and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 3, 2016

Nocturnal Visitor

A couple days ago, maybe an hour before sunrise, I was staring out the kitchen window into the dark and fog. The coffee was beginning to process next to me, taking far too long. Still half groggy from sleep - not sleeping - sleep - not sleeping, a darker shadow caught my eye. It had materialized on... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 2, 2016

Thursday's Memoir Writing Group

I was on time getting to The Center, ran off seven copies of the handout, picked up the sign-in sheet and set up in the classroom. Things were prepped and ready, a couple of the writers were in the room set aside as a re-sale 'boutique' doing a bit of shopping. And there were eight at the conference... Sign in to see full entry.

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