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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
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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
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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
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Why Literature Matters …..
This is a repost of an article that appeared in the New York Times in 1985. In 1965 Congress passed The National Foundation of the Arts and Humanities Act to protect and support the arts. A nation is historicized … Continue reading
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Tagged after school programs, art, children, college, creative writing, dreams, Fiction, films, fun, hilary, History, humanities, humor, inspiration, life, literature, mfa, military, movies, music, novels, photography, podcast, Poetry, politics, programs, Random, students, teachers, trump, university, writing
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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
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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
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Enter to win
Ladies and gentlemen, To celebrate my summer release of as-of-yet-unnamed book of short stories, I’m giving away books for the next few months. Enter to win a copy of West End on GoodReads!
Posted in Fiction, Uncategorized, West End
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When your back’s against the wall…
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March 20, 2017
Tagged absinthe, anxiety, art, aspire, beauty, believe, birthday, california, creative writing, daughters, depression, dogs, dreams, failure, family, Fiction, fight, flowers, free, friends, fun, funny, ghosts, giveaway, google, holidays, hollywood, humor, inspiration, inspirational, inspire, joy, life, literature, lost, love, military, mothers, nostalgia, photography, play, podcast, poem, Poetry, positive, positive quotes, positive thinking, psychology, publishing, purpose, quotes, relationships, resist, review, roses, shopping, silence, sisters, songs, spirit, spirits, stress, success, Vacation, win, writing, writing prompts
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