…well you get the idea. Good morning and Happy Cyber-Monday, all! I hope all of my American friends had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Now that it’s over, we all know what that means, right? It’s time for the Christmas rush to begin! I’m sure there are a lot of folks who think it’s still too early…
Month: November 2016
Synopsis or Root Canal?
This week I have been researching…real live researching to learn How To Write a Synopsis. For writers, research is a synonym for Alice’s rabbit hole, much like looking for ONE video on youtube. Author Joseph Finder – Nick Heller mystery thriller series – wrote a fun piece on the topic a couple of years ago…
Black Friday You Say???
I like to call it Day One of judgement free Christmas Season! We did brave the sale hunters for about an hour, and are now headed home. Travel safe y’all.
Happy Thanksgiving from Our Families to Yours
For our friends who are spending this Thursday marking the Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends, and for our friends around the world who celebrate big family-oriented holidays, this quick post is for you. Maybe you’re crying over chopping onions, or maybe you’re just crying…let’s face it, when we get everyone together over massive amounts…
A Monday To Savor
Good morning all and Happy Monday to you. It’s happy for me, because it’s a Monday that feels like a Wednesday. We usually think of Wednesday as “hump day”, the day we look forward to because it signals we are half-way to the Friday finish line. Mondays that act like Wednesdays are rare indeed, therefore…
Foolish Notion – part 2
Part two of an original short story. Part one can be found here. Please enjoy. **** Dex had been chattering nonstop, pointing out various parts of the city that had or hadn’t changed in the years that Streak had been away. Streak didn’t have to do much more than grunt as he stuck his cigarette…
Finish Strong – Saving 2016
Are you, like me, looking at the calendar and thinking “where did it go?” Maybe looking at the year and wondering “what the hell happened?” Too many artists taken too soon. Political battles dividing nations and families. Personal goals abandoned. All is not lost. Here are some ideas for finishing 2016 on a positive note….
Some Gluten Free Yum for the Holidays
Like so many of you, I am looking forward to having lots of family and company at my house over the next several weeks as we celebrate whatever holidays are meaningful to us. This always gets me inspired to plan menus, seek out or study new recipes…and this year, possibly for the first time in…
I Choose Kindness
Good morning and Happy Monday all. Did you know that yesterday, November 13, was World Kindness Day? I didn’t. Apparently, it’s been a thing since 1998 when the World Kindness Movement coalesced into a formal organization with over 25 member nations including Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, India, Italy, Japan, Liberia, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands,…
Big Bad Times Three
The Big Bad started as a TV trope1 – an evil force that works to corrupt, defeat, eliminate the protagonist of the story – and has become a term of art in fiction writing as well. A Big Bad is not, necessarily, the nastiest or even primary villain of the piece, but could be the…