My guest today is Slim Randles. Sometimes his Home Country offerings are humorous stories about the gang down at the Mule Barn Truck Stop, but other times he gets a bit poetic. This is one of his more thoughtful pieces. Enjoy….. This is sunset one fall evening at Grandma’s Ranch. There’s something to be said […]
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When I first got the idea to write my woman’s novel, Play it Again, Sam, the divorce rate for people age 50 and older was just starting a slow climb. Most couples who were married for 20 years or more, usually stayed married and worked through the challenges of growing older, facing an empty nest,
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Shame on President Obama for doing the photo op at the Vietnam War Memorial on Memorial Day and double shame on him if it was his idea. I’m hoping it wasn’t. Even though I don’t always agree with him, I saw him as a man with more sensibilities and compassion. But maybe that was before
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Today I am over at The Blood Red Pencil with some writing tips from the comic strips. Come on over and join the fun, but first say hello to mystery author, J.H. Bogran, today’s Wednesday Guest at It’s Not All Gravy. He’s here today as part of his blog tour to celebrate the release of
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Cat Connor is a thriller/suspense writer and the author of the _byte series – a series of FBI thrillers starring SSA Ellie Conway. Ellie shares various cases and escapades that make her life a little more interesting and a lot more difficult than she would like. Cat with her dog, Romeo 1. How did
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Today’s guest is Marney K. Makridakis, who wrote an interesting new book and created a whole program around the concept of time. For writers and other creative people, Creating Time: Using Creativity to Reinvent the Clock and Reclaim Your Life, is right up there with The Author’s Journey and other books that inspire and gently
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First, thanks to Maryann for hosting me on It’s Not All Gravy! Schedule: Peg Herring’s Blog Tour for May (and one post in June) consists of a mix of interviews with Seamus, the Dead Detective, and posts on writing. Yesterday’s stop was at http://terryodell.blogspot.com. The next stop will be on May 21 at http://criminalmindsatwork.blogspot.com/ A
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I thought this excerpt from my humorous memoir might be fun on this the day after Mother’s Day. Yesterday mothers were treated like “Queen for a Day” and today it is back to business as usual. Enjoy…. Since we can’t have Mother’s Day every day, over the years mothers learned not to expect to much
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This has been a crazy upside-down day for me. Instead of being in my office first thing to do my blog and take care of other writing-related tasks, I was headed to town to do some publicity for a show coming to the Winnsboro Center for the Arts at the end of this month. This
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My friend Slim Randles is here again with an update on the wooing of Miss Emily Stickles by Dewey Decker with the help of Marvin and his Fly Tying Love Center. Enjoy…. The newly-formed love firm of Dewey Decker and Emily Stickles (she of the incredible cheekbones and watchful county eye) began yet another sensation
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