Social
- Follow Noreen Lace on WordPress.com
Noreen Lace
Available on Amazon
Podcasts available: . . . . . . pilcrowdagger.com/podcasts
-
Recent Posts
Tag Archives: family
What’s New With You?
I’ve been remiss in my posting – which is a social media no-no. Can I tell you a secret? I’m really just an introverted writer and I really want to do is: Write! I had a fantastic … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Lecture, Poe, Poetry, Random, Uncategorized, Writing about writing
Tagged addiction, amazon, amediting, amwriting, art, ask author, author reading, authors, authorsigning, awp, awp18, blog, blogging, book lovers, book review, books, booksigning, bookworm, california, cats, children, creative writing, crime, dogs, dreams, ebook, edgar allan poe, emo, ereaders, family, films, flowers, friends, fun, funny, genre, google, gothic, happy, History, horror, humor, inspiration, joy, kdp, kindle, life, literature, lost, military, mondaymotivation, movies, music, mustread, neighbors, novels, ocd, opinion, party, photography, podcast, poem, Poetry, politics, positive, publish, quotes, Random, relationships, rescue, rescue cat, rescue dog, shopping, short fiction, smashwords, spirit, steampunk, teaching, video, whattoread, writerwednesday, writing, YA, yalit
Leave a comment
The Secret to a Joyful 2018
Happy New Year, Beautiful People! Reading comments on social media gives the impression many people are feeling quite negative about the New Year. There’s definitely positivity, people looking forward to the celebrations, but I was struck by so many people … Continue reading
Posted in Essay, Lecture, Uncategorized
Tagged 2018, accomplish, believe, choice, family, friends, goal setting, goals, happiness, happy, happy new year, joy, joyful, moving, myths, negativity, New Year, positive, positivity, secret, traditions, unhappy
Leave a comment
Existential Crisis or not?
After the farmer’s market, some mornings, I drive around, usually down Ventura Blvd. It’s been conducive to considering life, writing. I find that I usually stop somewhere for a coffee and write. Even though I’m widely published in literary journals … Continue reading
Posted in Essay, Uncategorized
Tagged 101, 405, art, authors, blogging, california, children, college, creative writing, dogs, encino, family, farmers market, Fiction, friends, fun, funny, genre, google, happy, History, humor, inspiration, library, life, literary, literary fiction, literature, lost, movies, music, neighbors, opinion, politics, purpose, quotes, Random, relationships, san fernando valley, silence, southern california, spirit, spirits, story, stress, studio city, tarzana, teachers, theory, ventura, ventura blvd, woodland hills, writers, writing, writing prompts
Leave a comment
Delphinium – with care, blooms twice
Sticking to their word, Delphinium blooms again. The lovely editors at REaDLips have promised to give some of the proceeds of Delphinium’s Summer Issue 2017 (and going into the future) to literacy programs. I’m beginning to appreciate Delphinium and those … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged african american, african american lit, art, art and literature, beauty, california, cats, children, college, creative writing, delphinium, dogs, donate, donation, dreams, family, Fiction, films, flowers, free, friends, fun, funny, google, History, humor, inspiration, life, literacy, literature, lost, military, movies, music, neighbors, novels, photography, podcast, poem, Poetry, politics, quotes, Random, read my lips, readlips, relationships, review, shopping, spirit, spirits, stress, teachers, Virginia, writing
Leave a comment
Namas-Cray
My friend Laura LaBrie from Lovely Lattitudes, first said this word to me. It describes life, don’t you think? My new book was all set to go, it just needed a title. I felt like this word, “Namas- Cray” accurately … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Uncategorized
Tagged art, beauty, california, cats, children, college, creative writing, dogs, dreams, family, Fiction, films, flowers, free, friends, fun, funny, giveaway, goodreads, google, History, humor, inspiration, life, literature, lost, military, movies, neighbors, novels, photography, podcast, poem, Poetry, quotes, relationships, review, spirit, students, teachers, writing
Leave a comment
Giving away Hope
Happy June, Beautiful People. May your summer be as pleasant as you are. My Goodreads giveaway for Life of Clouds has just begun! Described by one reader as: Much like a series of prose poems, Ms. Lace renders … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Uncategorized
Tagged addiction, anxiety, art, child abuse, children, children of alcoholics, family, fatherless daughters, friends, inspiration, life, literature, lost, neighbors, ocd, Poetry, relationships, spirit, writing
Leave a comment
The Evolution of Writing Style
A prompt in a writing group to think about style inspired me to consider the evolution of my own writing style. Writing evolves, grows, hopefully gets better, with all we learn and experience in life. But style is something a … Continue reading
Posted in Essay, Uncategorized
Tagged amazon, anxiety, art, aspca, author, beauty, california, cats, chicago, creative writing, crime, dad, daughters, depression, DIY, dogs, dreams, failure, family, Fiction, films, flowers, friends, fun, funny, ghosts, giveaway, google, harvey levin, History, holidays, hollywood, hombres, humor, inspiration, irony, joy, life, literature, lost, love, melancholy, military, mothers, music, nasty woman, neighbors, nostalgia, novels, photography, podcast, poem, Poetry, politics, psychology, publishing, purpose, quotes, Random, relationships, rescue, review, shopping, silence, sisters, success, tmz, Vacation, Virginia, win, writing, writing life, writing prompts, writing style
Leave a comment