Monthly Archives: December 2006

Sweet Success

I have been hearing a lot of success stories lately. They kind of drown out the roar of negative news about how the publishing industry is ruthlessly dropping authors who don’t sell enough, are trying to make authors sign over … Continue reading

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Michael Hauge talks about theme

This is an add-on to my post below on Rudolf’s theme. I emailed Michael Hauge, letting him know that I quoted him here and on my personal blog. He responded with a correction for the post on my personal blog, … Continue reading

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Let that nose shine — it’s the theme!

Theresa’s computer ate her blog, so we’re switching days just for this week. Theresa’s blog will be posted on Thursday. I’m reading Michael Hauge‘s Writing Screenplays that Sell, and I’m on the theme chapter. Usually I ignore themes, and I’m … Continue reading

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DEAR SANTA

I’ll frankly admit that I had swiped this letter from another loop (with permission), but it was just too good not to share. I just tweaked it a bit. Dear Santa, I’ve been a very good mom all year. I’ve … Continue reading

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The Week Ahead

Once again, next Saturday we’ll have a list of favourite past guest blogs up for you to look through.

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Review: A Fever in the Heart by Ann Rule

Title: A Fever in the Heart Author: Ann Rule Publisher: Time Warner ISBN: 0715115736 This book was released in 1996, so I’m a little behind, here, but I really couldn’t put this true crime book down. Ann Rule, with her … Continue reading

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Some Favourite Guest Blogs

We have loved every blog that our guests have posted. But sometimes, a particular blog really speaks to you, and we’ve each come up with one of the posts that helped us through a rough writing time, or inspired us … Continue reading

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I MET SCROOGE!

I met Scrooge Wednesday at WalMart. I usually buy food at Piggly Wiggly as y’all know, but a hair appointment placed me closer to Wally World. He was standing behind me in line, spreading ill-will with each breath he spewed. Continue reading

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Best Books of 2006

Lately I’ve been reading books that are so good, they’ve been keeping me up at night. On Monday, Tied to the Tracks by Rosina Lippi kept me up until after 1 a.m. Lippi also writes post-Revolutionary books as Sara Donati, … Continue reading

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Looking back

I thought it would be fun to revisit some of the great posts that have been generated by this blog. I won’t pick any guest blogs, because we are doing that in lieu of guest bloggers for the rest of … Continue reading

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