I hope everyone had a terrific weekend. Mine was spent at the East Texas Book Fest where I connected with some of my author friends, met some new ones, and chatted with visitors about how much fun it is to read. There is a real passion on both sides of the book, and I find […]
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Today’s Wednesday’s Guest is Stanley Schatt who is here to share about how his mystery, Silent Partner, came to be. Sometimes we writers to like to give a bit of the backstory. We are all influenced by other writers whose books we enjoy, and the story ideas don’t always come out of thin air. I
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Another week just whizzed by. It’s amazing how that happens, and every Friday I look back to see what I accomplished in the week. Some weeks are better than others, but I am sure that is true for most of us. On Monday I tied up some admin things for the drama camp – doing
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Please help me welcome Dorothy Johnston as today’s Wednesday’s Guest. She is a mystery author who lives and works in Australia – one of the places I would really love to visit – and she is here to tell us a bit about some of the research she has done for her series, which concluded
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There was an interesting pro and con debate on the death penalty in The Dallas Morning News last Sunday. Leon Neyfakh, a staff writer for the Boston Globe wrote, “People who share a deep worry about government overreach, who believe in the sanctity of life and who place great importance on fiscal responsibility should not
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Please help me welcome J. David Core as my Wednesday’s guest. We both share a love of theatre, so I was pleased to have him tell us some of the ways he has learned more about writing by being active on stage. I am still sick, but I have sprayed the blog with sanitizer, so
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As the political race heats up in Texas most of the candidates are waging war on Obama or fighting to stop his war on Texas. Ahem… I will repeat what I said a few weeks ago. Tell me what you are for, not what you are against, be respectful of the office of the president,
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This will be a short post as I still have company today. My daughter, Dany, came to go to the art fair with me yesterday. We had a grand time visiting with artists we’d met back in October and meeting new friends. Two ladies who are just beginning to write stories stopped by my table
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It was a brisk 30 degrees when I went for my walk this morning. Probably a warm spell for you folks north of the Mason Dixon Line, but for us in Texas that is cold, cold, cold. However not as cold as it was this weekend when temps dipped into the teens and we there
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That is the goal of writing, a piece of sculpture, a film, or any creation, really. Nothing flabby, nothing soft around the edges to hide a flaw or our sloth. Don’t turn away because that crisp thwack—complete with sound effect—makes you look, and thereafter, you don’t dare look away for want of it. Joy
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