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Other & Off-Topics => Bar & Grill [Public] => Topic started by: Vijaya on September 28, 2018, 10:29:56 PM
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I'm not seeing a thread for posting links to blogs, so starting one. Mods, if there's already a thread, please merge. Thanks.
I entered a writing contest to encourage others and here's my entry: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2018/09/you-are-enough.html
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Today's entry was dialogue from a creepy character in my series. :)
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Kidlit conference recap https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2018/10/carolinas-scbwi-conference-recap.html
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A look at my favourite post-apocalyptic novels.
http://samkates.co.uk/2018/10/04/this-is-the-way-the-world-ends/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2018/10/04/this-is-the-way-the-world-ends/)
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A link to my interview and giveaway with Janet Lee Carey: https://janetleecarey.com/dream-walks/author-vijaya-bodach-bound/
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My notes on the Credo: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2018/10/credo-i-believe.html
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Some good books I read last month: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2018/10/reading.html
Disappeared by Francisco X. Stork, Lucy Variations by Sara Zarr, Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys, Second Nature by Jacquelyn Mitchard
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Posted a few more of my older travel pictures:
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2018/10/more-old-pictures-part-3.html
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I just posted some photos of fall foliage. (http://corabuhlert.com/2018/10/16/photos-autumn-leaves-2018/)
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I just posted some photos of fall foliage. (http://corabuhlert.com/2018/10/16/photos-autumn-leaves-2018/)
Goodness gracious, those are gorgeous photos! You certainly have an eye for photography. Autumn is so beautiful. As a lover of locomotives as well, I appreciated the picture of the train. Grin
I posted on my blog today releasing two new things for readers: official artwork from my fantasy series, and the excerpt for the upcoming sixth and final book of the series. It was a pretty substantial update. I always love releasing art because it makes the site so beautiful and colorful (and it's just exciting seeing my characters come to life!).
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Glad you liked my photos, Rosie. The weather and foliage was really gorgeous this weekend.
The train was a regular regional commuter train, though the different types of waggons and locomotives are interesting. There is a vintage steam train operating in my area, which is very cool, when you catch it.
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My id likes to punish me. :dizzy
https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2018/10/wikipedia-dreams.html
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Enjoying all the pictures.
Proud mama alert: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2018/10/max-writer.html
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I used to be a conscientious blogger, blogging 4 days a week, but I wasn't getting a lot of interactions, so I've become pretty lazy...
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I announced my latest release today. (http://corabuhlert.com/2018/10/19/cozy-space-opera-with-food-the-taste-of-home-a-new-in-love-and-war-story/)
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Congratulations Cora! It's neat how these came from writing prompts. I think I am unable to write any story without some food in it. lol.
Mark, a lot of people don't interact but they still read so if you enjoy it, why not? Sometimes I feel if I don't blog my head might explode so I do. Still enjoying it after 10 yrs.
Today I wrote about loving librarians and my dream of winning the Printz: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2018/10/i-love-librarians.html
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Glad you enjoyed the post, Vijaya.
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The first in a short series about the world of editing. http://samkates.co.uk/2018/10/19/editing-part-1/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2018/10/19/editing-part-1/)
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Shared an old bio I wrote for the ICL class: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2018/10/a-biography-in-books.html
I didn't set out to write about the books that shaped me but that's what it turned out to be.
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My series is coming to an end in the next month, so I have started doing posts on the magic system, locations used in the story - that sort of thing. Posted my first http://victoriadeluis.com/blog/ogham-alphabet/
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Some of the books I read in Oct. https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2018/10/reading_30.html
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Today, I'm blogging at Galactic Journey, a retro SF site to which I contribute on occasion, and talk about Jim Knopf and Lukas the Train Engine Driver by Michael Ende, a classic German children's fantasy novel. (http://galacticjourney.org/4837-2/)
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One man's ongoing, losing battle with marketing: http://samkates.co.uk/2018/11/02/marketing-for-muppets-part-4/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2018/11/02/marketing-for-muppets-part-4/)
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New blog post up about my October writing output:
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2018/11/writing-stats-for-october-2018.html
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Sharing some beauty from the last couple of weeks: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2018/11/november-tidbits.html
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Upcoming promos...
https://randomstuffandbooks.blogspot.com/ (https://randomstuffandbooks.blogspot.com/)
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Is nobody else blogging? grint
I've just done a post about the 2 promos & the latest Amazon troubles (missing books).
https://randomstuffandbooks.blogspot.com/ (https://randomstuffandbooks.blogspot.com/)
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Is nobody else blogging? grint
I toss up a blog post every few days, but most of them aren't things I think anyone here would be particularly interested in.
My last post was just an embedded video from the YouTube channel "The Great War." Never forget the horror show that was WWI. :icon_cry:
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Here's what I've read over the summer and fall:
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2018/11/what-ive-read-in-2018-part-3.html
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Jeff, I should find you the link for the last minute of WWI. It's so beautiful:
https://metro.co.uk/2018/11/07/eerie-recording-reveals-moment-the-guns-fell-silent-at-the-end-of-ww1-8114109/?fbclid=IwAR1hFxF0WJhduykG-tO-YhVXJazHdKaiUxV4fCMJgyvQESzWlsfzHcG5N58
My notes on the Eucharist and scandal
https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2018/11/marian-eucharistic-conference-part-1.html
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Roy Clark, one of the most talented and skilled musicians to ever walk this Earth, has passed away. :icon_cry:
Roy Clark has passed away (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2018/11/roy-clark-has-passed-away.html)
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My first foray into the world of audiobooks came to fruition this week with publication of the audio version of The Cleansing. An opportune time, then, to blog about the process that went into producing it.
http://samkates.co.uk/2018/11/16/audiobooks/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2018/11/16/audiobooks/)
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Am sharing a (first draft) chapter each Friday of my story about a sweary Scottish vampire. Prologue posted Wednesday. Chapter One posted today.
https://gayleramagewrites.weebly.com/news/jockula-chapter-one (https://gayleramagewrites.weebly.com/news/jockula-chapter-one)
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My first foray into the world of audiobooks came to fruition this week
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The cheap quickies 99c/99p promo.
https://randomstuffandbooks.blogspot.com/ (https://randomstuffandbooks.blogspot.com/)
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How Tron in particular was an early influence on my interest in virtual reality:
https://agentsofdisrupt.com/index.php?threads/tron-and-tron-legacy.42/
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My just released perpetual calendar (paperback) that was a loooong time coming.
Partly due to not fully trusting the new KDP print, sorry KDP, it was a lot easier & quicker than I thought it would be.
Partly due to it being 400 pages & 365 of those pages having an original (by me) quatrain.
(A mammoth task that took longer than I thought it would but I still reached by self-imposed deadline for completion).
https://randomstuffandbooks.blogspot.com/ (https://randomstuffandbooks.blogspot.com/)
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A look at my favourite post-apocalyptic novels.
http://samkates.co.uk/2018/10/04/this-is-the-way-the-world-ends/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2018/10/04/this-is-the-way-the-world-ends/)
Was the book I am Legend better than the movie. I just wasn't impressed with the movie at all. I liked World War Z so much better.
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The perils of self-publishing: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2018/11/i-apologize.html
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I wrote a blog post on how I "won" NaNoWriMo 2018. It seems to be fairly popular.
https://dglenncasey.wordpress.com/2018/11/23/how-i-won-nanowrimo-2018/ (https://dglenncasey.wordpress.com/2018/11/23/how-i-won-nanowrimo-2018/)
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Congratulations on "winning" Nanowrimo, dgcasey. I like the spreadsheet you use. I use to use Scrivener to keep on top of my daily wordcount but it's installed on my laptop where I rarely do my writing (it's usually on my phone or tablet).
Apart from blogging about the Cheap Quickies promo, I've also just put up Chapter 2 of my sweary scottish vampire story in a blog post.
bit.ly/JockulaCha2 (http://bit.ly/JockulaCha2)
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A hugely important book for those who suffer from chronic pain: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2018/11/chronic-migraines-and-healing.html
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I had a guest post at File 770 today, a review of the cross-genre anthology Terror at the Crossroads, edited by Emily Hockaday and Jackie Sherbow. (http://file770.com/review-terror-at-the-crossroads-tales-of-horror-delusion-and-the-unknown-edited-by-emily-hockaday-and-jackie-sherbow/)
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A look at my favourite post-apocalyptic novels.
http://samkates.co.uk/2018/10/04/this-is-the-way-the-world-ends/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2018/10/04/this-is-the-way-the-world-ends/)
Was the book I am Legend better than the movie. I just wasn't impressed with the movie at all. I liked World War Z so much better.
Apologies - only now noticed this. In my opinion, the book was (as usual) a great deal better than both movie versions I've seen. Like I say in the blog post, the ending of the book is deliciously dark and I wish the film makers had been faithful to the book.
As for World War Z, I don't think they made a terrible attempt with the movie but, again, the book for me is far superior. As an aside, one of the more interesting parts of the movie is when the plane is coming in to try to land at Cardiff Airport. That's about twenty minutes up the road from my house and it's not often I see it mentioned in a major movie. In fact, I can't think of another one.
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A departure from the norm as I welcome my first guest. Tom East and I go back a long way, and I'm delighted to host him on my blog on the day his first venture into the world of independent publishing begins. Not bad for a septuagenarian.
http://samkates.co.uk/2018/11/30/guest-post-tom-east/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2018/11/30/guest-post-tom-east/)
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I've put up Chapter 3 of 'Jockula' - a gritty, witty urban fantasy set in contemporary Edinburgh.
bit.ly/JockulaCha3 (http://bit.ly/JockulaCha3)
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Sam, Congratulations to your friend Tom!!!
Following up with the physical things that need to be addressed with chronic pain: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2018/11/chronic-conditions-and-healing.html
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Sam, Congratulations to your friend Tom!!!
Thank you, Vijaya - I shall pass it on. He doesn't do social media, despite my nagging, but he'll appreciate your good wishes.
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Please pass along my best wishes, too, Sam. :cheers
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Please pass along my best wishes, too, Sam. :cheers
Thank you, Jeff, I certainly will. I'll encourage him to become a member here, but shan't hold my breath. He's seventy and au fait with technology - he has his own website and had no problem navigating through the kdp process - but has never attempted social media and has no desire to.
Sometimes, I envy him.
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Sam, I know the feeling. I was a latecomer to SM and still find it unwieldy. I do enjoy blogging though, and mostly it's become a great resource for me. You have no idea how many photographs are only saved because they're on my blog...many were lost with hard-disk crashes, etc.
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I enjoy blogging, too, Vijaya, though only post once every two weeks because I was finding it too much of a time drain to write posts weekly.
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After the heavy health-related posts, I now offer cat-watching: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2018/12/cat-watching.html
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The pitfalls of selling on Amazon FBA:
Before you start selling custom goods on Amazon FBA … (http://leanmedia.org/before-you-start-selling-custom-goods-on-amazon-fba/)
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More words written in November:
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2018/12/writing-stats-for-november-2018.html
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How to use Internet graphics in your book – medical illustrations example (http://leanmedia.org/how-to-use-internet-graphics-in-your-book-medical-illustrations-example/)
Includes discussion of copyright, licensed stock art, recreating graphics, and the pros and cons of creative commons images.
(http://leanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/c3-Fig-7-upper-endoscopy-annotated-small.jpg)
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Got tired of writing about cancer, so I did a post about the five (pretty terrible) holiday movies I'm watching this month.
https://dmguay.wordpress.com/2018/12/01/five-pretty-terrible-holiday-movies-im-totally-watching-this-month/ (https://dmguay.wordpress.com/2018/12/01/five-pretty-terrible-holiday-movies-im-totally-watching-this-month/)
And before that, the funniest headlines during the 2018 midterm elections.
https://dmguay.wordpress.com/2018/11/07/priceless-political-headlines-from-the-2018-midterm-elections/ (https://dmguay.wordpress.com/2018/11/07/priceless-political-headlines-from-the-2018-midterm-elections/)
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How Michael Tucker's latest episode of Lessons From the Screenplay helped me solve a scene in my WIP:
https://agentsofdisrupt.com/index.php?threads/lessons-from-the-screenplay.46/#post-49 (https://agentsofdisrupt.com/index.php?threads/lessons-from-the-screenplay.46/#post-49)
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Double-cross lit 99c/99p promos from Feb 2019.
https://randomstuffandbooks.blogspot.com/ (https://randomstuffandbooks.blogspot.com/)
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Pictures from the Keys https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-keys-and-hemingways-cats.html
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Posted a few pictures from a past drive at my blog today:
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2018/12/more-old-pictures-part-4.html
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Busy Advent https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2018/12/catholics-come-home-divine-mercy-and.html
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The 4th Annual Sam Kates office party: http://samkates.co.uk/2018/12/14/the-4th-annual-sam-kates-office-party/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2018/12/14/the-4th-annual-sam-kates-office-party/)
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Sharing my joy--books, music, homily, kids...: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2018/12/gaudete-sunday.html
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A merry Christmas post http://samkates.co.uk/2018/12/21/a-very-merry-christmas/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2018/12/21/a-very-merry-christmas/)
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Christmas decorations and music: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2018/12/merry-christmas.html
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Christmas pictures: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2018/12/christmas-pictures_26.html
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It's my one-year cancerversary.
https://dmguay.wordpress.com/2018/12/28/im-fking-still-alive-hallelujah/ (https://dmguay.wordpress.com/2018/12/28/im-fking-still-alive-hallelujah/)
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It's my one-year cancerversary.
https://dmguay.wordpress.com/2018/12/28/im-fking-still-alive-hallelujah/ (https://dmguay.wordpress.com/2018/12/28/im-fking-still-alive-hallelujah/)
Such wonderful news! Happy Holidays!!!
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You are such a trouper DmGuay. Here's wishing you a happy, healthful, and write-ful 2019.
I share the best books in my parish newsletter twice a year. https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2018/12/book-reviews-in-star.html
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Wishing you a happy and healthier 2019, DM Guay.
I forgot about this thread, but I have been blogging. You can find some Christmas (http://corabuhlert.com/2018/12/29/christmas-2018/) (one pic may not be quite safe for work) and New Year's Eve photos (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/01/01/happy-new-year-2019-and-some-links/) and I also waded into the hopepunk debate (http://corabuhlert.com/2018/12/30/the-hopepunk-debate/).
I also have a review of Ordeal in Otherwhere by Andre Norton (http://galacticjourney.org/december-31-1963-a-not-unpleasant-ordeal-ordeal-in-otherwhere-by-andre-norton/) and the recipe for spaceman's punch, a vintage 1960s party drink (http://galacticjourney.org/spacemans-punch-raumfahrer-bowle/), at Galactic Journey, a retro science fiction blog I sometimes contribute to.
Finally, I also have a poem called "The Mystery of the Compost Heap" out in the poetry and photography zine Umbel & Panicle today. (https://umbelandpanicle.weebly.com/issue-eleven-cora-buhlert.html)
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I started the new year with awarding the 2018 Darth Vader Parenthood Award for Outstandingly Horrible Fictional Parents on my blog (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/01/02/and-the-2018-darth-vader-parenthood-award-for-outstandingly-horrible-fictional-parents-goes-to/) and also posted an eligibility post type round-up of 2018 blog posts, guest posts and fiction publications (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/01/03/a-handy-guide-to-all-sff-related-posts-and-works-of-2018/).
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Writing stats for December and for 2018:
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2019/01/writing-stats-for-december-2018.html
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I blogged about the release of my newest title, Shattered Prisons.
https://dglenncasey.wordpress.com/2019/01/06/welcome-to-your-next-nightmare/ (https://dglenncasey.wordpress.com/2019/01/06/welcome-to-your-next-nightmare/)
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Editing - Part 2
http://samkates.co.uk/2019/01/11/editing-part-2/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2019/01/11/editing-part-2/)
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What I read towards the end of the year, and how many books I read in 2018:
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2019/01/what-ive-read-in-2018-part-4.html
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New Year bits and bobs: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/01/happy-new-year.html
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Mad honey. :smilie_zauber:
The sweetest high (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-sweetest-high.html)
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Now I want to set up a couple of beehives at the Bremen rhododendron park for scientific purposes. :goodpost:
Meanwhile, I wrote a response to the latest "science fiction is broken/dying" article to point out that no, it's not. (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/01/17/science-fiction-is-dying-again-the-hopepunk-edition/)
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A round-up of the handful of children's books I've read in the last month
https://writingswanderings.blogspot.com/2019/01/january-childrens-books.html (https://writingswanderings.blogspot.com/2019/01/january-childrens-books.html)
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I have a guest post at the Skiffy and Fanty Show today, where I talk about my love for space opera as part of their Month of Joy project. (https://skiffyandfanty.com/blogposts/blogseries/monthofjoy/2019joycorabuhlert/)
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I'm in the process of doing a "teardown to the studs" remodel of my website. It's probably going to take me the rest of the day to get it finished.
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Today I blogged about where I am with my current project, with some comments about weather, the cat and 'The Favourite' thrown in: https://ceciliapeartree.wordpress.com/2019/01/19/where-i-am/
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I blogged about the return of Star Trek Discovery. (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/01/19/star-trek-discovery-is-back-and-it-actually-feels-like-star-trek-for-a-change/)
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My notes, 3 months after, from Fr. Frank Pavone: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/01/notes-from-marian-eucharistic.html
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Being done with my new website: https://michellelouring.com/new-and-shiny-website/
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I only blog when I have something to say, something that I just have to get out or it will annoy me too much.
https://historical-fiction-on-kindle.blogspot.com/2019/
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I only blog when I have something to say, something that I just have to get out or it will annoy me too much.
That was an entertaining mini-rant. :clap:
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Meanwhile, I rant about this year's rather lacklustre Academy Award nominees. (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/01/23/a-few-words-on-some-very-lackluster-academy-award-nominees/)
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An update on my writing and an invitation to my newsletter. Plus, a photo of my new business cards grint
https://writingswanderings.blogspot.com/2019/01/january-writing-update.html
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Just got another author interview up on my blog. I like to focus on Indie authors, but I also interview small and mid press authors too. I'm doing the occational book review too, but the author interviews seem to be more popular.
Love giving back to the Indie community and it gets content on my blog too.
If you'd like to take a look at what I've done, here is a link to my children's author blog:
Indie Children's Author Connection
http://crystalkeeper.wordpress.com
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Meanwhile, I rant about this year's rather lacklustre Academy Award nominees. (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/01/23/a-few-words-on-some-very-lackluster-academy-award-nominees/)
Another entertaining rant. Bravo! (I take issue with only one point: I thought Jupiter Ascending was truly dreadful.)
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A look at some of my favourite, and not so favourite, books by one of my go-to authors, Stephen King.
http://samkates.co.uk/2019/01/25/stephen-king-books/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2019/01/25/stephen-king-books/)
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A look at some of my favourite, and not so favourite, books by one of my go-to authors, Stephen King.
http://samkates.co.uk/2019/01/25/stephen-king-books/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2019/01/25/stephen-king-books/)
Couldn't stand Insomnia - I thought as I read it that my favourite author had taken one drug too many. The Green Mile upset me so much I stopped reading Stephen King books for a long time.
I used to preorder everything he wrote, but couldn't get into some of his later ones. I think that's me, though; my tastes changing, crumbling probably along with my bones.
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Couldn't stand Insomnia - I thought as I read it that my favourite author had taken one drug too many. The Green Mile upset me so much I stopped reading Stephen King books for a long time.
I used to preorder everything he wrote, but couldn't get into some of his later ones. I think that's me, though; my tastes changing, crumbling probably along with my bones.
It's good that our tastes differ so much - what a boring world it would be otherwise. And our tastes definitely change as we grow older. I used to get excited around November each year when he was due to release a new novel, but haven't felt that way for years.
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New in-person picture book critique group!!! I'm so happy to be part of such a talented group of writers and illustrators. https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/01/new-beginnings.html
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Meanwhile, I rant about this year's rather lacklustre Academy Award nominees. (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/01/23/a-few-words-on-some-very-lackluster-academy-award-nominees/)
Another entertaining rant. Bravo! (I take issue with only one point: I thought Jupiter Ascending was truly dreadful.)
Glad you liked my post. :icon_cool:
As for Jupiter Ascending, it was/is a very divisive movie. I blogged about it and the very disparate reactions to the film back when it came out (http://corabuhlert.com/2015/03/07/the-disparate-reviews-of-jupiter-ascending/).
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My latest entries are for my own most recent release (perpetual calendar paperback) & some author spotlight posts (requests from my Twitter offer).
https://randomstuffandbooks.blogspot.com/
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Glad you liked my post. :icon_cool:
As for Jupiter Ascending, it was/is a very divisive movie. I blogged about it and the very disparate reactions to the film back when it came out (http://corabuhlert.com/2015/03/07/the-disparate-reviews-of-jupiter-ascending/).
Another interesting read. I don't think my reaction to the film was down to being male - my younger daughter watched it with me and didn't like it, either. We both thought it was a mish-mash that didn't work for us.
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A detour to a National Park site during my weekend trip to Detroit.
https://writingswanderings.blogspot.com/2019/01/remember-alamo-well-known-battle-cry.html
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Glad you liked my post. :icon_cool:
As for Jupiter Ascending, it was/is a very divisive movie. I blogged about it and the very disparate reactions to the film back when it came out (http://corabuhlert.com/2015/03/07/the-disparate-reviews-of-jupiter-ascending/).
Another interesting read. I don't think my reaction to the film was down to being male - my younger daughter watched it with me and didn't like it, either. We both thought it was a mish-mash that didn't work for us.
Oh, there were certainly a lot of women who didn't like Jupiter Ascending as well as a few men who did.
Meanwhile, I continue my episode by episode reviews of Star Trek Discovery with episode 2, "New Eden". (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/01/26/star-trek-discovery-visits-new-eden-and-still-feels-like-star-trek/)
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I enjoyed Jupiter Ascending for the audacity of the scope and ideas. Where they lost me was in the third act with all the busy-work saving her family. It could have been just one favorite at risk. Then the owner of the galaxy goes back to cleaning toilets? Not happening, suspension of disbelief broken.
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Yup, going back to toilet cleaning was a bit strange. Not that there's anything wrong about being a cleaner, but it's usually not a job anybody does for the love of it.
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General Chuck Yeager can tweet faster than the speed of sound.
Chuck Yeager tweets (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2019/01/chuck-yeager-tweets.html)
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Just posted about my latest release, Replication (Kid Sensation #6):
http://www.kevinhardmanauthor.com/at-long-last-replication-kid-sensation-6-has-been-released/
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My new pen name for my fantasy/paranormal books.
It's more work, but much easier to target certain groups on social media. :smilie_zauber:
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January Reading Wrap-Up (just a day or two late...)
https://writingswanderings.blogspot.com/2019/02/january-books.html
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I continue my episode by episode reviews of Star Trek Discovery with "Point of Light". (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/02/02/star-trek-discovery-suddenly-remembers-that-season-1-existed-with-point-of-light/)
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A new month! I have some great reading recs for the writing life in the pile: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/02/reading-and-writing.html
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Does guesting on another author's blog count? Last week, I was interviewed as me; today, one of my characters is interviewd. It's Jack from The Elevator trilogy, a young man with issues. First time I've done a character interview - it was a great deal of fun.
https://www.maryrwoldering.com/single-post/2019/02/04/Want-a-Medjoola-Date-Naibes-candy-Sam-Kates-Jack-J-F-Holmes-and-a-signing (https://www.maryrwoldering.com/single-post/2019/02/04/Want-a-Medjoola-Date-Naibes-candy-Sam-Kates-Jack-J-F-Holmes-and-a-signing)
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I'd think so, Sam. I'll add my interview: https://carolbaldwinblog.blogspot.com/2019/02/behind-scenes-of-bound-author-interview.html
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Good writing progress to start the year:
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2019/02/writing-stats-for-january-2019.html
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Amazon made my look inside longer for my fantasy/fairytale. I was so excited I blogged about it. LOL
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You forgot to post the link, Lorri. :link
Meanwhile, I posted about a science fiction promo on StoryOrigins I'm part of and about the fact that one of my characters, Richard Blakemore, protagonist of the Silencer series who's also a writer, started his own blog. (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/02/06/a-science-fiction-promo-and-richard-blakemore-blogs/)
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You forgot to post the link, Lorri. :link
Meanwhile, I posted about a science fiction promo on StoryOrigins I'm part of and about the fact that one of my characters, Richard Blakemore, protagonist of the Silencer series who's also a writer, started his own blog. (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/02/06/a-science-fiction-promo-and-richard-blakemore-blogs/)
I didn't think we could post a link to our story. :hehe
In case it gets deleted...white horse standing under trees (not pulling sleigh) book.
https://lavenderlassbooks.com/2019/02/05/read-more-of-my-fantasy-story-for-free/
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Today I remember the Czech film director Vaclav Vorlicek who died yesterday aged 88. (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/02/07/in-memoriam-vaclav-vorlicek/) His films and TV shows were an important part of my childhood and when I couldn't find an English language obituary to link to, I decided to write my own.
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Delightful, Cora! Thank you for introducing me to this marvelous filmmaker!!! RIP, VV.
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Movie review The Least of These: Graham Staines' story https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-cost-of-evangelization-graham.html
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A note that my novella releases in exactly three weeks!
https://writingswanderings.blogspot.com/2019/02/three-weeks-to-launch.html (https://writingswanderings.blogspot.com/2019/02/three-weeks-to-launch.html)
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Not really a blog post, and not actually today, but I'm trying some GIFs on Twitter that are related to books in my genre:
https://twitter.com/agentsofdisrupt/status/1092882591525548039 (https://twitter.com/agentsofdisrupt/status/1092882591525548039)
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One writer's ongoing struggle with marketing, though he's showing some signs of improvement.
http://samkates.co.uk/2019/02/08/marketing-for-muppets-part-5/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2019/02/08/marketing-for-muppets-part-5/)
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My book has been reviewed in my alumni magazine. I don't know how many will make the connection that the scientist they knew is the writer me. I went by my maiden name back then: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/02/bound-reviewed-in-wsu-magazine.html
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My book has been reviewed in my alumni magazine. I don't know how many will make the connection that the scientist they knew is the writer me. I went by my maiden name back then: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/02/bound-reviewed-in-wsu-magazine.html
That is so cool. Congrats!
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You know, this was such cool research, I have to share. I participated in a paranormal investigation at the Queen Mary last weekend with Nick Groff from Paranormal Lockdown. I just wrote up a blog post about the experience. Best research I've done for a novel so far. It was for my supernatural romance which involves a TV show paranormal investigator and a skeptic tour guide at the place he is investigating. So, got some first hand experience investigating and even witnessed a seance in the most haunted room on the ship: B340.
Here is the link to the blog post:
https://marilynvix.com/2019/02/08/i-went-on-a-paranormal-investigation-to-research-my-new-novel-my-experience-on-nick-groffs-tour-on-the-queen-mary/
Like I said, some of the best research ever. Had way too much fun. -Tiff/Marilyn Vix
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That sounds like a very cool experience, Tiffmeister.
Meanwhile, I continue my episode by episode reviews of Star Trek Discovery with "An Obol for Charon". (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/02/09/star-trek-discovery-pays-an-obol-to-charon-and-gets-back-on-form/)
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Part II of interview is up on Carol's blog: https://carolbaldwinblog.blogspot.com/2019/02/behind-scenes-of-bound-author-interview_11.html
Leave a comment for a chance to win a paperback copy of Bound. Giveaway ends Feb. 14th.
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What I've read to start the year:
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2019/02/what-ive-read-in-2019-part-1.html
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Author interview + giveaway https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/02/a-conversation-with-cadence-mcmanimon.html
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I published a book. :icon_mrgreen:
Ruined Worlds, Wheel of Fire #3, is now live! (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2019/02/ruined-worlds-wheel-of-fire-3-is-now.html)
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I published a book. :icon_mrgreen:
Ruined Worlds, Wheel of Fire #3, is now live! (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2019/02/ruined-worlds-wheel-of-fire-3-is-now.html)
Yay! Good luck!
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Cover Reveal for my upcoming novella Decision in Paris.
https://writingswanderings.blogspot.com/2019/02/decision-in-paris-cover-real.html
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History's so metal. \m/ :cool: :band: :cool:
Coolest collaboration ever (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2019/02/coolest-collaboration-ever.html)
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I didn't tell y'all about this beforehand, and I hope you'll all forgive me for that. I'm sure some of you would have wanted to follow the results in real time. But I was afraid of jinxing it, so I kept it to myself. :icon_redface:
I had my first Bookbub yesterday. :banana:
Bookbub after-action report (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2019/02/bookbub-after-action-report.html)
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Spectacular! :clap:
Congrats! :cheers
I was wondering why you've been so quiet lately. All that work! Whew!
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Wow! You had me biting my nails.
My notes from Gloria's talk. https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/02/gloria-purvis-and-catholic-radio.html
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I didn't tell y'all about this beforehand, and I hope you'll all forgive me for that. I'm sure some of you would have wanted to follow the results in real time. But I was afraid of jinxing it, so I kept it to myself. :icon_redface:
I had my first Bookbub yesterday. :banana:
Bookbub after-action report (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2019/02/bookbub-after-action-report.html)
I know - I picked it up from my daily deal email. :clap:
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Guest hosting today - a multi-talented author of, amongst other things, comic books: http://samkates.co.uk/2019/02/22/guest-post-bill-mccormick/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2019/02/22/guest-post-bill-mccormick/)
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I got a picture of the cutest little critter https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/02/local-beauty.html
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I got a picture of the cutest little critter https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/02/local-beauty.html
When I was growing up, we'd occasionally find a box turtle in the backyard. I haven't seen a live one in many years, though. I miss them. :icon_sad:
Thanks for posting those photos, Vijaya. Neat stuff. :cheers
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Aw, thanks. I love these little turtles. I'm always rescuing them too... Jeff, I couldn't figure out how to post the picture on the "smile thread." I know I'm supposed to use the [img][img] button but when I click on the picture to copy and paste, nothing shows up.
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Aw, thanks. I love these little turtles. I'm always rescuing them too... Jeff, I couldn't figure out how to post the picture on the "smile thread." I know I'm supposed to use the [img][img] button but when I click on the picture to copy and paste, nothing shows up.
I upload a pic to imgur first. Then I use the link they give me for BBS/forums. But I think a photo has to be hosted somewhere off-site before you can post it here using the img tags. I think. :icon_think:
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Aha! I think I'm too lazy to make yet another account. Thanks Jeff.
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You don't have to make an account at Imgur. I don't have an account there. I just click the "new post" button and upload a pic. Then I hover the cursor over the upper-right corner of the pic to get the link list to show up. Then I copy the BBS/forum link and use it here.
Once you do it a few times, you get in the habit, and then it goes pretty fast.
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Woot! More good news!
https://dmguay.wordpress.com/2019/02/26/stuck-between-an-almond-and-a-grape/ (https://dmguay.wordpress.com/2019/02/26/stuck-between-an-almond-and-a-grape/)
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Woot! More good news!
https://dmguay.wordpress.com/2019/02/26/stuck-between-an-almond-and-a-grape/ (https://dmguay.wordpress.com/2019/02/26/stuck-between-an-almond-and-a-grape/)
That is indeed good news. Best wishes, D.M. :Healing:
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Sigh. My assessment of the current state of self and trad publishing.
It's just one woman's opinion...
https://dmguay.wordpress.com/2019/02/27/copypastecris-and-the-sad-reality-of-book-publishing/ (https://dmguay.wordpress.com/2019/02/27/copypastecris-and-the-sad-reality-of-book-publishing/)
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My very busy week (a rarity) and the winner of my giveaway: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/03/mirka-breen-is-winner.html
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I finished another novel last month!
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2019/03/writing-stats-for-february-2019.html
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I've been blogging quite a lot recently, though I forgot to post in this thread.
For example, I continued my Star Trek Discovery reviews with "The Sound of Thunder" (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/02/23/star-trek-discovery-delivers-a-saru-centric-episode-with-the-sound-of-thunder/) and "Light and Shadow" (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/03/02/star-trek-discovery-visits-vulcan-in-light-and-shadow/).
I also shared my thoughts on the 2019 Academy Award winners. (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/02/26/some-comments-on-the-2019-academy-award-winners/)
Finally, I also announced a new series (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/02/24/introducing-thurvok-and-the-return-of-richard-blakemore/) and posted a free short story (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/03/04/first-monday-free-fiction-big-puffball/).
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I wrote a little something for British authors thinking about writing in American English.
https://www.emilynemchickediting.com/blog/should-a-british-author-write-in-us-english
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Sigh. My assessment of the current state of self and trad publishing.
It's just one woman's opinion...
https://dmguay.wordpress.com/2019/02/27/copypastecris-and-the-sad-reality-of-book-publishing/ (https://dmguay.wordpress.com/2019/02/27/copypastecris-and-the-sad-reality-of-book-publishing/)
Great article!
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I'm taking my books out of Kindle Unlimited, which was actually my last blog post. This one has the last "free day" for my sweet Scottish romance. Once I'm out of KU, free days will be more difficult to schedule...but I can have longer excerpts on BookFunnel and my website. Here's the link!
https://lavenderlassbooks.com/2019/03/05/sweet-scottish-romance-free-on-thursday/
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The sixth and perhaps final Marketing for Muppets post: http://samkates.co.uk/2019/03/08/marketing-for-muppets-part-6/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2019/03/08/marketing-for-muppets-part-6/)
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My big kids! https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/03/spring-break-for-big-kids.html
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My rapid descent into Crazy Owl Lady territory.
https://michellelouring.com/reading-to-my-owl/
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Finishing a photo gallery for my Sgt. Dunn series on my website. A few years ago I created one on Pinterest for six books. It looks fine, but Pinterest is much harder to work with than my website. I put books 7 - 11 on my website and it was so much easier to manage.
https://ronnonwriting.blogspot.com/2019/03/new-sgt-dunn-photo-gallery-finished.html
http://ronnmunsterman.com/index.php?p=1_10_Gallery
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My rapid descent into Crazy Owl Lady territory.
https://michellelouring.com/reading-to-my-owl/
That's nothing. I co-wrote a story with my dove for an issue of my newsletter. grint
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I've featured a book (co-)written by the author's cat at the Speculative Fiction Showcase, but I've never had a dove author so far.
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My rapid descent into Crazy Owl Lady territory.
https://michellelouring.com/reading-to-my-owl/
That's nothing. I co-wrote a story with my dove for an issue of my newsletter. grint
I'm impressed! Last time the owl landed on my keyboard, he just opened up Chrome's debugging page.
Not expecting a lot of storytelling from him.
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Happy Pi Day! (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2019/03/happy-pi-day.html)
:banana: :dance: :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em :smilie_zauber:
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Two recent blog posts.
One about my newest release (under a pen name)
https://izzyhunterwrites.weebly.com/news/happy-publication-day (https://izzyhunterwrites.weebly.com/news/happy-publication-day)
The other a reminder and sneak-peak regarding an irvine-welsh inspired, scottish urban fantasy story I'm writing.https://gayleramagewrites.weebly.com/news/a-bloody-scot (https://gayleramagewrites.weebly.com/news/a-bloody-scot)
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My rapid descent into Crazy Owl Lady territory.
https://michellelouring.com/reading-to-my-owl/
Michelle, perhaps you and your owl will enjoy Owl Moon by Jane Yolen.
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My rapid descent into Crazy Owl Lady territory.
https://michellelouring.com/reading-to-my-owl/
Michelle, perhaps you and your owl will enjoy Owl Moon by Jane Yolen.
I'll check it out. Thanks Vijaya!
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A short post on how Hardcore History inspired my latest novel:
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2019/03/empire-breaker-and-hardcore-history.html
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Today I posted a quick interview with Ray Kenderdine, a Shanghai-based writer, director, and all-around fascinating guy.
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A guest post: American author Mike Van Horn talking about the role of music in his science fiction works.
http://samkates.co.uk/2019/03/22/guest-post-mike-van-horn/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2019/03/22/guest-post-mike-van-horn/)
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A guest post: American author Mike Van Horn talking about the role of music in his science fiction works.
http://samkates.co.uk/2019/03/22/guest-post-mike-van-horn/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2019/03/22/guest-post-mike-van-horn/)
That's kind of funny about the singer being nervous because "the lyricist" was there. I can imagine how Mike must have felt when he heard her say that.
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On my own blog, I continue my series of episode by episode reviews of Star Trek Discovery (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/03/23/star-trek-discovery-dishes-up-more-shocking-twists-tm-in-the-hunt-for-the-red-angel/).
And at Galactic Journey, a retro science fiction blog to which I contribute, I have an article about modern architecture (modern from a 1964 POV) with lots of photos. (http://galacticjourney.org/march-21-1964-building-the-city-of-the-future-upon-ruins-a-look-at-postwar-architecture-in-germany-europe-and-the-world/)
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A guest post: American author Mike Van Horn talking about the role of music in his science fiction works.
http://samkates.co.uk/2019/03/22/guest-post-mike-van-horn/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2019/03/22/guest-post-mike-van-horn/)
That's kind of funny about the singer being nervous because "the lyricist" was there. I can imagine how Mike must have felt when he heard her say that.
I thought the same. And I'd feel like he did - imposter syndrome.
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I'm running a YA paranormal ebook giveaway via Amazon . Because, well, my book still isn't out and I gotta do something!
https://dmguay.wordpress.com/2019/03/20/binge-worthy-paranormal-fantasy-ebooks-plus-free-stuff/ (https://dmguay.wordpress.com/2019/03/20/binge-worthy-paranormal-fantasy-ebooks-plus-free-stuff/)
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I've been reading some wonderful books with a musical theme: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/03/reading-writing-singing.html
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How publishers should navigate the Amazon terms of service (TOS):
First thing to understand about the Amazon TOS: There are actually several terms of services. Each program has its own terms, and sometimes the Amazon TOSes aren’t in sync.
For instance, Amazon Advertising lets you use competitor keywords. Amazon KDP doesn’t.
Or: Customer service for one Amazon group will even ask you to do something that would be a violation in another.
To give you an example, I ...
Read the rest of the post (http://leanmedia.org/how-publishers-should-navigate-the-amazon-terms-of-service-tos/)
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How publishers should navigate the Amazon terms of service (TOS):
First thing to understand about the Amazon TOS: There are actually several terms of services. Each program has its own terms, and sometimes the Amazon TOSes aren’t in sync.
For instance, Amazon Advertising lets you use competitor keywords. Amazon KDP doesn’t.
Or: Customer service for one Amazon group will even ask you to do something that would be a violation in another.
To give you an example, I ...
Read the rest of the post (http://leanmedia.org/how-publishers-should-navigate-the-amazon-terms-of-service-tos/)
Nice post, Ian.
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My blogging really fell off in the last two months but I managed a post before the end of March!
https://writingswanderings.blogspot.com/2019/03/march-literary-wrap-up.html
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I saw the first hummingbird of the season at the feeder.
First hummingbird (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2019/04/first-hummingbird.html)
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Oh man, I want a hummingbird feeder, but the bears...
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My March writing progress:
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2019/04/writing-stats-for-march-2019.html
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My review of the movie Unplanned: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/04/unplanned.html I really liked it and the book is great too.
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I finished my spy story! And to celebrate, I made the second 'book' free on my website. :cheers
https://lavenderlassbooks.com/2019/04/03/my-complete-paranormal-suspense-story-now-available/
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Another guest post - the delightful Maggie Plummer talking about turning life into fiction: http://samkates.co.uk/2019/04/05/guest-post-maggie-plummer/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2019/04/05/guest-post-maggie-plummer/)
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Book reviews of a sweet YA and two outstanding PBs: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/04/reading.html
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Magazine publication of my conversion story and a book review: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/04/a-hole-in-my-heart.html
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A deleted scene from my most recent release Discord in Provence: https://writingswanderings.blogspot.com/2019/04/a-deleted-scene.html. I really liked talking about the French tradition of santons but my editor was right that it only slowed the story down.
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My daughter's art and Bach--need I even mention heaven? https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/04/art-music-mass.html
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Posted an excerpt from the next book in my Kid Sensation series: http://www.kevinhardmanauthor.com/excerpt-from-incarnation-kid-sensation-7/
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Posted an excerpt from the next book in my Kid Sensation series: http://www.kevinhardmanauthor.com/excerpt-from-incarnation-kid-sensation-7/
Reading your excerpt makes me want to write something in first-person again. Good luck with the book. :cheers
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How ballads inspired the first novel in my new "Witch Queen" series:
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2019/04/young-maisy-and-ballads.html
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Author interview and GIVEAWAY: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/04/a-conversation-with-michael-seagriff.html
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I wrote a poem...
Generation Gap - https://www.willowthomson.com/ramblings/a-poem
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That's so poignant, Willow.
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A not-too-serious look at some grammar 'rules'
http://samkates.co.uk/2019/04/19/grammar-part-3/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2019/04/19/grammar-part-3/)
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Some thoughts and pictures from my hoppy Easter book signing: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/04/hoppy-easter.html
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Guest post: Kath Middleton talking about genre.
http://samkates.co.uk/2019/05/03/guest-post-kath-middleton/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2019/05/03/guest-post-kath-middleton/)
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Winners! And a homecoming :https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/05/winners.html
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I neglected my blog for much of April but this month has seen two posts highlighting my April Reading.
Children's Books: https://writingswanderings.blogspot.com/2019/05/childrens-books-in-april.html
Other Reading: https://writingswanderings.blogspot.com/2019/05/april-reads.html
Janet Evanovich has gotten a lot of attention from me in the last two months!
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I keep forgetting to post to this thread, though I blog quite frequently.
Anyway, today I posted a free Steampunk story called "Tea and Treachery" as part of my First Monday Free Fiction experiment (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/05/06/first-monday-free-fiction-tea-and-treachery/). So far (it's the third month I'm doing this) the experiment has been successful, because sales for the stories I post for free actually increased and last month I even had people buy the whole series to which the free story belongs.
Other recent posts include a rebuttal to someone proclaiming Steampunk dead (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/05/05/the-premature-death-announcement-of-steampunk/) and a post about the joy of writing, how to lose it and how to get it back (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/04/29/the-joy-of-writing-how-to-lose-it-and-how-to-get-it-back/).
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April writing stats; finished one novel and started another:
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2019/05/writing-stats-for-april-2019.html
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My daughter! https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/05/my-most-beautiful-art.html
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Today, I take a closer look at the finalists for the 1944 Retro Hugo Awards and point out that the Golden Age of Science Fiction is a lot more diverse than most people think. (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/05/12/the-golden-age-was-more-diverse-than-you-think/)
ETA: I forgot to add the link and rectified that.
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The connection between a 9 year-old boy who narrowly escaped the death sentence in London and Australian Aboriginal languages.
https://jbthewriter.wordpress.com/2019/05/13/lost-to-history/ (https://jbthewriter.wordpress.com/2019/05/13/lost-to-history/)
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New post on the books I've read recently:
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2019/05/recently-read.html
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A reading post today - a look at some of my favourite thrillers: http://samkates.co.uk/2019/05/17/thrills-and-spills/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2019/05/17/thrills-and-spills/)
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I blink and another year goes by... https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/05/growing-growing-gone.html
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The Mystery Novel: A look at the different categories of Mystery Novels - with a twist and a touch of spice! https://www.brigidgeorge.com/wwwbrigidgeorge/masala-mysteries (https://www.brigidgeorge.com/wwwbrigidgeorge/masala-mysteries)
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Our first fruits of hydroponic gardening https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/05/how-our-garden-grows.html
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Even the cats are celebrating with our senior! https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/05/senior-celebrations.html
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A few favorite words from today's national spelling bee
https://writingswanderings.blogspot.com/2019/05/throwback-thursday-spelling-bee-memories.html
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Guest post: Zachry Wheeler, the author of Transient, discussing self-editing: http://samkates.co.uk/2019/05/31/guest-post-zachry-wheeler/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2019/05/31/guest-post-zachry-wheeler/)
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I keep forgetting to post in this thread, but I have been blogging quite a bit of late.
For example, I have continued my loose series of posts about the golden age of science fiction (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/06/01/more-about-the-golden-age/) and how it was more diverse and less monolithic than many people think (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/05/28/dispelling-more-misconceptions-about-the-golden-age/).
I also wrote two posts (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/05/17/the-problem-about-the-bells-and-game-of-thrones-that-no-one-talks-about/) about the ending of Game of Thrones (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/05/20/and-the-iron-throne-goes-to/).
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Today, I posted "Lovers' Lane", this month's free short story on my blog (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/06/03/first-monday-free-fiction-lovers-lane/). I got the idea from Kristine Kathryn Rusch who posts a new free short story on her blog every week, then she takes it down and posts the next one.
I don't have as many stories as Kristine Kathryn Rusch, so I post one a month. And yes, these free stories sell books. I've had people buy the story in question and sometimes an entire series.
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Graduation! Thanking all who've helped us get to this point. https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/06/letting-go-moving-on.html
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More writing progress in May:
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2019/06/writing-stats-for-may-2019.html
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My writing process - I think this is a very female approach to procrastinating...
https://www.willowthomson.com/ramblings/my-writing-process
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I'm blogging at Galactic Journey today and talk about the German Edgar Wallace movies of the 1960s. (http://galacticjourney.org/june-4-1964-weird-menace-and-villainy-in-the-london-fog-the-west-german-edgar-wallace-movies/)
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Today, I blog about the gradual vanishing of the planetary romance subgenre of science fiction. (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/06/08/the-slow-vanishing-of-the-planetary-romance/)
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After nearly five years of having a presence on Scribd and never seeing a single cent, I've finally made some money on that platform. :banana:
A new milestone (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2019/06/a-new-milestone.html)
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Cool. Congrats. :banana: :dance: :banana:
Scribd has been good to me in the past, but since they've changed their business model yet again, my sales there have dried up.
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Cool. Congrats. :banana: :dance: :banana:
Scribd has been good to me in the past, but since they've changed their business model yet again, my sales there have dried up.
Sorry to hear that. What was the change they made?
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I was so excited to see Bound in our local library when we had our PB critique group: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/06/bound.html
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Cool. Congrats. :banana: :dance: :banana:
Scribd has been good to me in the past, but since they've changed their business model yet again, my sales there have dried up.
Sorry to hear that. What was the change they made?
There have been several changes. For a while, Scribd kicked all romance titles out of its catalogue, because romance readers read too much. Then, they started allowing subscribers to borrow only certain books from the author's catalogue. And of course, you could never borrow a whole series at the same time.
My Scribd sales collapsed in late summer 2018, so I suspect they made another change then.
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Cool. Congrats. :banana: :dance: :banana:
Scribd has been good to me in the past, but since they've changed their business model yet again, my sales there have dried up.
Sorry to hear that. What was the change they made?
There have been several changes. For a while, Scribd kicked all romance titles out of its catalogue, because romance readers read too much. Then, they started allowing subscribers to borrow only certain books from the author's catalogue. And of course, you could never borrow a whole series at the same time.
My Scribd sales collapsed in late summer 2018, so I suspect they made another change then.
I remember when Romance got the boot, but I hadn't heard about those other things.
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I did a little stargazing and saw something I've never seen before.
A clear night brings success! (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2019/06/a-clear-night-brings-success.html)
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Random, lighthearted musings on the believability, or not, of speculative fiction:
http://samkates.co.uk/2019/06/14/utter-bunkum-part-1/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2019/06/14/utter-bunkum-part-1/)
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What I've been reading:
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2019/06/recently-read.html
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One of the weird projects I take on when I really should be writing:
https://michellelouring.com/web-designer-for-hire-will-work-for-swords/
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Great bartering story, Michelle.
It's a feast day! We are practicing! Cats are supervising: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/06/feast-of-corpus-christi.html :catrun
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A good life!!! https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/06/practice-makes-perfect.html
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I keep forgetting to post anything in here despite having several active blogs, but I'm full of enthusiasm having published two novels within a month of each other (though they both took a while to write) so here I am gloating about it: https://ceciliapeartree.wordpress.com/2019/06/21/mission-accomplished/
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Sharing a few not-completely random thoughts: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/06/singing-summer-solstice-and-st-john.html
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I reviewed the 1964 science fantasy novel The Valley of Creation by Edmund Hamilton for Galactic Journey, a retro science fiction blog to which I contribute. (http://galacticjourney.org/june-18-1964-galactoscope/)
And on my own blog, I talk about the German fantasy film Münchhausen, which is a finalist for the 1944 Retro Hugo Awards, and explain why Hugo voters should not dismiss the movie out of hand, because they don't like where it was made. (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/06/22/why-you-should-not-dismiss-munchhausen-out-of-hand/)
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Gearing up for a mini-writing retreat while my family goes camping. We are so blessed to have this writing life: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/06/beautiful-carolina.html
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Another in an ongoing series about grammar. This week, run-on sentences and the misuse of 'like'
http://samkates.co.uk/2019/06/28/grammar-part-4/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2019/06/28/grammar-part-4/)
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A post about drawing, including some of my woeful drawings of Michael Sheen, David Tennant, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.
https://gayleramagewrites.weebly.com/news/trying-my-hand-at-drawing (https://gayleramagewrites.weebly.com/news/trying-my-hand-at-drawing)
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More words written in June:
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2019/07/writing-stats-for-june-2019.html
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Bound is one year old! https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/07/one-year-book-birthday-sale.html
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Kicked off SPFBO 5 with a reading list of entries with LGBTQ characters:
https://www.kristenwalker.net/2019/07/spfbo-5-and-lgbtq-characters/
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I'm cuirrently doing a "story per day" writing challenge and have been posting my progress on my blog in a post I update daily. (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/07/04/the-2019-july-short-story-challenge-day-by-day/)
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So many good things: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/07/blessings-blessings-all-around.html
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Today I'm hosting American science fiction author A. R. Kavli, talking about producing his own audiobooks: http://samkates.co.uk/2019/07/12/guest-post-a-r-kavli/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2019/07/12/guest-post-a-r-kavli/)
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My review, plus the ghosts in my life: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/07/ghost-cat-by-kevan-atteberry.html
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I was over at Galactic Journey again last week to write about the Dr. Mabuse movies of the 1960s. (http://galacticjourney.org/july-8-1964-the-immortal-supervillain-the-remarkable-forty-two-year-career-of-dr-mabuse/)
And by sheer coincidence, one day before my Dr. Mabuse article was posted, Artur Brauner, producer of the Dr. Mabuse movies and dozens of other, died aged 100. He was an amazing man with a fascinating life, so I wrote a tribute to him at my own blog (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/07/09/remembering-artur-brauner-and-dr-mabuse/).
Meanwhile, I'm still doing the July short story challenge, where I write a story per day in July 2019. I have written 13 stories to date and you can follow along in real time in this blog post I update every day. (http://)
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What I've read recently (or re-read, I should say):
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2019/07/recently-read.html
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Recap of a pro-life convention: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/07/my-first-national-right-to-life.html
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Team Dusty has just been to Broome, Western Australia where the red desert meets the turquoise sea.
https://www.brigidgeorge.com/wwwbrigidgeorge/dusty-kent-in-broome (https://www.brigidgeorge.com/wwwbrigidgeorge/dusty-kent-in-broome)
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A post about the building blocks of a writer's world - words.
http://samkates.co.uk/2019/07/26/weird-words-1/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2019/07/26/weird-words-1/)
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Writing stats for July:
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2019/08/writing-stats-for-july-2019.html
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I compared the digital file of Alfred Bester's The Demolished Man to the print version. I figured beforehand that they wouldn't be identical due to the book's weird typography, and I was right.
Tension, apprehension, and dissension (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2019/08/tension-apprehension-and-dissension.html)
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I've completed the first draft of a book. :banana:
First draft is done (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2019/08/first-draft-is-done.html)
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I did a post-mortem of the July short story challenge (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/08/03/the-2019-july-short-story-challenge-post-mortem-31-stories-in-31-days/) and posted a free short story to my blog (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/08/05/first-monday-free-fiction-albrecht-the-nightmare/).
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Two blog posts for my redesigned website.
First up, news on the continuation of my Edinburgh Elementals series.
https://www.gayleramage.co.uk/post/more_stories (https://www.gayleramage.co.uk/post/more_stories)
And then a Photo Prompt one-shot story, based on an image from Unsplash.
https://www.gayleramage.co.uk/post/photo-prompt-1 (https://www.gayleramage.co.uk/post/photo-prompt-1)
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I have waited a long time to spill this news. My memoir for kids, Tongue-Tied, is finally out!!! https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/08/tongue-tied-conferences-and-quiet.html
At the time of signing contracts, I had no idea it would take this long. I was also not ready to publish something myself, but now, watch out! Okay, I'm still a snail...
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I've completed the first draft of a book. :banana:
First draft is done (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2019/08/first-draft-is-done.html)
Yay! That wonderfully weird feeling of ecstasy and loss all rolled into one.
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A personal post this week about how I'm going to become a full-time writer from November. Eek!
http://samkates.co.uk/2019/08/09/living-the-dream/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2019/08/09/living-the-dream/)
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On the 8th August, I celebrated 8 years of being an indie author, and wrote a short post about it.
https://www.gayleramage.co.uk/post/eight-years-ago-today
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Plumbers earn every penny (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2019/08/plumbers-earn-every-penny.html)
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I'm so happy I get to recommend good books in our parish newsletter: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/08/summer-reading.html
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For our 25th wedding anniversary we took this pilgrimage. Best ever!!!
https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/08/a-literary-pilgrimage.html
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A bit of a change for today's post - it's in the form of a book quiz:
http://samkates.co.uk/2019/08/23/utter-bunkum-part-2/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2019/08/23/utter-bunkum-part-2/)
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Killing off a bunch of protagonists at one time? Sorry, Game of Thrones, but you're not the first to do it.
Before there was a Red Wedding (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2019/08/before-there-was-red-wedding.html)
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Killing off a bunch of protagonists at one time? Sorry, Game of Thrones, but you're not the first to do it.
Before there was a Red Wedding (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2019/08/before-there-was-red-wedding.html)
I remember that!
I also remember walking out of the theater dazed and gutted. I never watched The Transformers after that. I wasn't interested.
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I blogged about the new book I am in the middle of editing and about my discovery that the previous one in the series with which I wrestled almost endlessly, has surprised me: http://ceciliapeartree.wordpress.com
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Did an author interview.
Author interview with NFReads (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2019/08/author-interview-with-nfreads.html)
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Did an author interview.
Author interview with NFReads (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2019/08/author-interview-with-nfreads.html)
Enjoyed that - an interesting take on many aspects of writing.
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I enjoyed your interview. Laughing over the genetic engineering--former microbiologist/biochemist here--if you knew what goes on in the lab, you wouldn't want anybody messing with your DNA. But it's great for SF.
I blogged about my kids going off to college down to FL...and Dorian on its way there. https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/08/and-off-they-go.html
Gosh, it feels like deja vu.
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More words written in August:
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2019/09/writing-stats-for-august-2019.html
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Our hurrication: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/09/embracing-uncertainty.html
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After Hurricane Dorian.... https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/09/a-beautiful-day.html
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Clouds of Venus is in a group promo. All books are free. :cool:
Fantastic Journeys (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2019/09/fantastic-journeys.html)
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For a chance to win $25 Amazon Gift Card, visit our own Tiffmeister's Back to School Giveaway! So pleased to have a chance to speak about my childhood reading and my grown-up writing. Thank you Tiffany!
https://crystalkeeper.wordpress.com/2019/09/10/day-2-of-the-2019-back-to-school-blog-tour/
It started yesterday, so check out the previous interview too.
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Our own Tiffmeister's $25 giveaway and a short review of Kugel for Hanukkah? https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/09/back-to-school-giveaway.html
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Finally being able to show the covers for the new editions of my books :heart:
https://michellelouring.com/new-covers-angels-voice-series/
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Very pretty Michelle!
https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-three-year-experiment.html that ended in failure. But I'm not upset. And so thankful that these boards don't have the like button. :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em
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Thanks, Vijaya!
Technically this was posted yesterday, but I'm going to give myself a pass :hehe I announced the release date and revealed the cover for my next book: https://michellelouring.com/ghostly-scream-release-date-and-cover-reveal/
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Back from Corfu after one of the most chilling holidays ever. A good excuse to blog about one of my favourite books: http://samkates.co.uk/2019/09/20/in-the-durrells-footsteps/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2019/09/20/in-the-durrells-footsteps/)
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It's been a busy weekend at the Write 2 Ignite conference. Some of my notes might be of interest to Christian writers: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/09/write-2-ignite-true-witness-conference.html
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Got the first paperbacks of the new editions of my books: https://michellelouring.com/paperbacks-oh-paperbacks/ grint
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Wow they are so pretty, and brandtastic.
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Wow they are so pretty, and brandtastic.
Thank you grint I have been working my ass off to get them ready, so it's nice that I'm getting some positive reactions.
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More writing progress in September:
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2019/10/writing-stats-for-september-2019.html
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Sale announcement and some thoughts on marketing. https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/10/respect-life-bound-sale.html
I also wrote a little piece on rejections: https://write2ignite.com/2019/10/03/what-about-rejections-part-ii/
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Things are getting a little cutthroat in the financial sector. :icon_eek:
Broker Wars (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2019/10/broker-wars.html)
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On deciding to begin narrating my own audiobooks: http://samkates.co.uk/2019/10/04/audiobooks-part-2/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2019/10/04/audiobooks-part-2/)
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I have my Scottish romance free this week. It's loosely based on my great-great-great grandparents...and my wedding anniversary is Friday...so it seemed like a fun thing to do. :kiss:
https://lavenderlassbooks.com/
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Congratulations Lorri!!! And many more!!!
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Happy anniversary, Lorri. :cheers
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Thank you!
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A long post with lots of pictures and tidbits from the Carolinas SCBWI conference. Enjoy: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/10/carolinas-scbwi-recap.html
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What I read last month:
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2019/10/recently-read.html
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Gardening and how much it's like writing. https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/10/peppers-okra-eggplant.html
Happy Fall and Happy Thanksgiving to our Canadians here!
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Why Amazon’s “Buy Box” policy attracts counterfeit books and cheaters (http://blogs.harvard.edu/lamont/2019/10/16/amazons-buy-box-policy-forces-publishers-counterfeit-cheats/)
Covers pirates, used books being sold as new, and bogus shipping costs.
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Released my new book, Ghostly Scream, today.
https://michellelouring.com/ghostly-scream-is-out-today/
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Let's cut to the chase. :cool:
The King of Cool (http://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-king-of-cool.html)
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Weird Words 2: http://samkates.co.uk/2019/10/18/weird-words-2/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2019/10/18/weird-words-2/)
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Been watching some classic MST3K for a while now, so I thought I’d list what I’ve seen so far at my blog:
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2019/10/what-ive-watched.html
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My co-author and I are not going to make our self-imposed Halloween deadline...so I'm offering a few FREE ebooks this month instead. Hoping to have the third and final book finished very soon! :catrun
https://lavenderlassbooks.com/2019/10/23/three-free-ebooks-this-month/
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Who stands with Queen Wendy against the hordes of frozen beef?
For Freshtovia! (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2019/10/for-freshtovia.html)
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All the gifts in my life recently, from art to vegetables: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/10/blessings.html
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My top ten favourite film adaptations of books I've read - always difficult to know when compiling a list of favourite anythings what to leave out: http://samkates.co.uk/2019/11/01/from-page-to-screen-part-3/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2019/11/01/from-page-to-screen-part-3/)
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It's the first Monday of the month, so time for First Monday Free Fiction, where I post a free short story on my blog for one month only and then take it down. This month's free story is "Loot", a humorous crime short. (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/11/04/first-monday-free-fiction-loot/)
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Decent writing output in October:
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2019/11/writing-stats-for-october-2019.html
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I'm at Galactic Journey again today and talk about the German science fiction series Perry Rhodan. (http://galacticjourney.org/november-5-1964-the-state-of-the-solar-empire-perry-rhodan-in-1964/)
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Beautiful picture books on the menu! https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/11/picture-books-to-delight.html
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My holiday sale!
https://lavenderlassbooks.com/2019/11/03/ebooks-on-sale-for-the-holidays/
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Today I'm at File 770 as one of 18 European writers, critics and fans who recommend recentish SFF works from their respective countries. (http://file770.com/discover-the-old-continent-ninety-remarkable-european-speculative-books-from-the-last-decade/)
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In Flanders fields the poppies blow...
In remembrance (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2019/11/in-remembrance_11.html)
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Selling books at a Danish pop culture convention I attend every year.
https://michellelouring.com/koyocon-2019-the-one-where-i-went-ginger-and-sold-a-lot-of-books/
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The second book in my “Tradecraft” series is out:
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2019/11/tradecraft-revenge.html
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I have a guest post at Homepunks today, where I share my family recipe for cider-pickled pumpkin. (https://thehomepunks.wordpress.com/2019/11/12/ciderpickledpumpkin/)
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The trials and tribulations of trying to produce audiobooks at home: http://samkates.co.uk/2019/11/15/audiobooks-part-3/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2019/11/15/audiobooks-part-3/)
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What it is like to be bored in a War Zone.
An excerpt from The Disaster Tourist - Journalists and Relief Workers Searching for Beer in Disaster Areas (in pre-Production)
https://rickgrantwriter.com/bored-to-death-in-a-war-zone/
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What I’ve read in the last month:
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2019/11/recently-read.html
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I have long post recapping a religious conference: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/11/notes-from-7th-marian-eucharistic.html
In the past I've had 2 or 3 parts. This time, I just kept typing, lol. First part has pictures from the BMW factory tour.
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Been watching more Mystery Science Theater 3000:
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2019/11/what-ive-watched.html
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Happy Thanksgiving, all! https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/11/thanksgiving-blessings.html
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Schwab acquires TD Ameritrade.
Broker war ceasefire (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2019/11/broker-war-ceasefire.html)
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Happy Thanksgiving, all! https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/11/thanksgiving-blessings.html
Happy Thanksgiving to you, too. :cheers
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My first (and last) marketing post in a while, talking about my recent US BookBub adventure: http://samkates.co.uk/2019/11/29/marketing-for-muppets-part-7/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2019/11/29/marketing-for-muppets-part-7/)
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I posted the free story for December today. It's a holiday story called The Bakery on Gloomland Street. (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/12/02/first-monday-free-fiction/)
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More works completed in November:
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2019/12/writing-stats-for-november-2019.html
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We finished the series! :catrun
https://lavenderlassbooks.com/2019/11/29/the-trilogy-is-complete/
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Congratulations Lorri!
I decided to use my blog to start recording my recipes. I want my kids to have them. Today, pita bread.
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Congratulations Lorri!
I decided to use my blog to start recording my recipes. I want my kids to have them. Today, pita bread.
Amanda, that's a great idea! Do you have a link to your blog? :dog1:
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Today on my blog, I announce new releases in two of my series. (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/12/09/two-new-in-love-and-war-stories-and-a-new-thurvok-story/)
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I’ve recently read books by Gail Carriger & Victorian fantasy author George MacDonald:
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2019/12/recently-read.html
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Pictures from Thanksgiving, esp. Hemingway's cats: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/12/thanksgiving-and-advent.html
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I'm over at Galactic Journey again, where I review two very good science fiction books by Margaret St. Clair from 1964 and our editor reviews some not very good science fiction books from 1964. (http://galacticjourney.org/december-11-1964-december-galactoscope/)
And at my personal blog, I have a companion post wondering why Margaret St. Clair isn't better known, considering how good the two books I reviewed for Galactic Journey were. (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/12/12/the-women-science-fiction-fans-dont-see/) I also go into a couple of things I couldn't talk about in my Galactic Journey review, because Galactic Journey exists 55 years in the past, so I can't talk about anything there that happened after 1964.
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Sugar cookie recipe and the ones we decorated for Xmas (last week). None left now but I still have some plain frozen ones and extra icing. But I have to stop eating so much junk.
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:link You forgot the link. And who doesn't want holiday cookie recipes? :ices_angel_g:
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https://wilhelmab.wordpress.com/2019/12/13/sugar-cookies-for-the-holidays/
I think the links work automatically, but if not, I'm lost.
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Okay, it works now. :clap:
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Isn't it like 3 in the morning in Germany now?
No offense, I'm just kind of in awe of that. If I stay up past 10PM I'm wrecked for weeks.
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I'm naturally nocturnal, so it's no problem.
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Watched more MST3K:
http://robertlcollins.blogspot.com/2019/12/what-ive-watched.html
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Books, books, books--some of the best I've read this fall: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/12/reading.html
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On this Christmas Eve, a medieval chant for you: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/12/kyrie-eleison.html
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On this Christmas Eve, a medieval chant for you: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/12/kyrie-eleison.html
Here's a slightly different version you might like:
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I do like! But it sounds modern and Western to my ear with the strong beat. Btw, I'm always amazed how many times the Dies irae sequence is used in movie soundtracks.
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My most favorite recording of Handel's Messiah: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2019/12/messiah-by-handel.html Merry Christmas!
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Winter promos!
https://lavenderlassbooks.com/
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I'm a bit late in posting here (considering I scheduled the blog post for 31st December), but festivities got in the way of forum use :icon_cool:
Round-up of all the books I read in 2019 (with the mandatory owl photo for each):
https://michellelouring.com/my-year-in-books-and-owls-2019/
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Gosh, Michelle, those are all such gorgeous photos of your very literary owl.
I posted mostly about the good books I read during the holidays; https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/01/happy-holidays.html
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Put the taps out yesterday.
https://wilhelmab.wordpress.com/2020/01/06/time-to-tap-the-trees/
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I've been pretty busy blogging since I last posted in this thread.
I announced two new holiday stories (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/12/24/two-new-holiday-stories-available-christmas-after-the-end-of-the-world-and-santas-sticky-fingers/) and put up a free short story called "Shelter" on my blog (http://corabuhlert.com/2020/01/06/first-monday-free-fiction-shelter/).
I shared my thoughts about The Rise of Skywalker (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/12/29/the-end-of-a-saga-the-rise-of-skywalker/) and The Mandalorian (http://corabuhlert.com/2020/01/05/lone-mandalorian-and-yoda-cub-some-thoughts-on-the-mandalorian/).
I named the winner of the 2019 Darth Vader Parenthood Award for Outstandingly Horrible Fictional Parents (http://corabuhlert.com/2019/12/29/the-2019-darth-vader-parenthood-award-for-outstandingly-horribe-fictional-parents/) and posted a 2019 eligibility post (http://corabuhlert.com/2020/01/01/a-handy-guide-to-all-sff-related-posts-and-works-of-2019/).
Finally, I created a recommendation spreadsheet for the 1945 Retro Hugo Awards (http://corabuhlert.com/2020/01/07/introducing-the-1945-retro-hugo-spreadsheet-and-retro-science-fiction-reviews/) and a new site called Retro Science Fiction Reviews, where I review works eligible for the 1945 Retro Hugos. The first review is for "Terror Out of Space" by Leigh Brackett. (https://retrosfreviews.blogspot.com/2020/01/retro-review-terror-out-of-space-by.html)
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I have another retro science fiction review up today. This one is for "The Wedge" a.k.a. "The Traders", a 1944 Foundation story by Isaac Asimov. (https://retrosfreviews.blogspot.com/2020/01/retro-review-wedge-aka-traders-by-isaac.html)
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Kicking off the New Year with a guest post, discussing the meaning of success: http://samkates.co.uk/2020/01/10/guest-post-claire-buss/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2020/01/10/guest-post-claire-buss/)
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I have another retro science fiction review up today. This one is for "The Big and the Little" by Isaac Asimov. (https://retrosfreviews.blogspot.com/2020/01/retro-review-big-and-little-aka.html)
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How is the New Year shaping up for you? https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/01/retreatand-write.html
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Today I posted a round-up of links to other reviews at my Retro Reviews site. (https://retrosfreviews.blogspot.com/2020/01/retro-review-links-for-january-15-2020.html)
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I posted another retro review today. This one is for "Guard in the Dark", a horror story by Allison V. Harding. (https://retrosfreviews.blogspot.com/2020/01/retro-review-guard-in-dark-by-allison-v.html)
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The U.S. Space Force has "new" uniforms. :confused:
Space Force uniforms (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2020/01/space-force-uniforms.html)
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At my personal blog, I posted about being a candidate for GUFF, the 2020 Going Under Fan Fund. (http://corabuhlert.com/2020/01/20/cora-is-a-2020-guff-candidate/)
And at my Retro Reviews blog, I posted a review of the 1944 ghost story "The Man Who Wouldn't Hang" by Stanton A. Coblentz. (https://retrosfreviews.blogspot.com/2020/01/retro-review-man-who-wouldnt-hang-by.html)
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First Museum Monday post in several months, a little peek at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute in Alabama.
https://writingswanderings.blogspot.com/2020/01/museum-monday-birmingham-civil-rights.html (https://writingswanderings.blogspot.com/2020/01/museum-monday-birmingham-civil-rights.html)
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On my Retro Reviews site, I have a round-up of links to other people's reviews. (https://retrosfreviews.blogspot.com/2020/01/retro-review-links-for-january-22-2020.html)
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A day of prayer and penance: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/01/a-day-of-prayer-and-penance.html
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The author I blame for my love of all things fantastical: http://samkates.co.uk/2020/01/24/enid-bloody-blyton/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2020/01/24/enid-bloody-blyton/)
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Loved your tribute to my favorite childhood author, Sam.
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I loved Enid Blyton's books as a kid as well, Sam.
At my personal blog, I share my thoughts about the fantasy series The Witcher (http://corabuhlert.com/2020/01/23/toss-a-coin-to-your-witcher-some-thoughts-on-the-witcher/) and the first episode of Star Trek: Picard (http://corabuhlert.com/2020/01/25/a-rememberance-of-the-next-generation-some-thoughts-on-star-trek-picard/).
And at my Retro Science Fiction Reviews site, I review the 1944 short story "The Lake" by Ray Bradbury (https://retrosfreviews.blogspot.com/2020/01/retro-review-lake-by-ray-bradbury.html).
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I posted another Retro Review. This one is for the 1944 planetary romance novella "The Jewel of Bas" by Leigh Brackett. (https://retrosfreviews.blogspot.com/2020/01/retro-review-jewel-of-bas-by-leigh.html)
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Pictures that my kids sent me from DC: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/01/march-for-life-pictures.html
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I posted another Retro Review. This one is for the science fiction story "Catch That Rabbit" by Isaac Asimov. (https://retrosfreviews.blogspot.com/2020/01/retro-review-catch-that-rabbit-by-isaac.html)
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My brain is still in January even though we've been preparing for the last day of the Christmas season, which is Feb 2nd. Links to music, pictures of my bad kitties, and the incredible desire to work on shiny new ideas: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/02/feast-of-presentation-of-jesus.html
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I know the Christian holiday on February 2 by the name "Candlemas". It's not celebrated in my region, but in others not far away.
I posted another Retro Review for "Morgue Ship" by Ray Bradbury (https://retrosfreviews.blogspot.com/2020/02/retro-review-morgue-ship-by-ray-bradbury.html)
And on my personal blog, I posted my free short story for February, a science fiction story called "Valentine's Day on Iago Prime". (http://corabuhlert.com/2020/02/03/first-monday-free-fiction-valentines-day-on-iago-prime/)
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Today, I'm over at Galactic Journey, where I review the 1965 science fiction novel The Escape Orbit a.k.a. Open Prison by James White. (http://galacticjourney.org/february-6-1965-space-prison-of-opera/)
And at my Retro Science Fiction Reviews blog, I posted another round-up of links to other reviews. (https://retrosfreviews.blogspot.com/2020/02/retro-review-links-for-february-5-2020.html)
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Cora, yes, Feb. 2nd is known by several names, including Candlemas. It's when we bless all the candles used for devotional and liturgical use.
Today's post on awards. Your thoughts? https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/02/on-disappointments-and-surprises.html
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Took advantage of today's snow day to do some grading but also write a blog entry on recent top read: https://writingswanderings.blogspot.com/2020/02/five-star-friday-for-everyone.html
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Something frozen this way comes (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2020/02/something-frozen-this-way-comes.html)
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Just another day in a hotel room somewhere...
If lightning was music (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2020/02/if-lightning-was-music.html)
(I have no idea who these guys are, but I hope they have the professional success they deserve.)
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The wonderful books I've read: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/02/reading.html
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Just got done hitting the ol' publish button. :banana:
A book is born (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2020/02/a-book-is-born.html)
Once it's live, I'll post in the promotion area and add the link to my sig.
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Congratulations Jeff!!!
I wrote about a long awaited book that's finally in my hands! https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/02/st-joseph.html
And a happy St. Valentine's to all :heart:
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Today is "Fire from Heaven" Day. :haironfire
Fire from Heaven (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2020/02/fire-from-heaven.html)
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A brief post to explain why I haven't been around this week and won't be for a while: http://samkates.co.uk/2020/02/21/national-heroes-service/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2020/02/21/national-heroes-service/)
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Sorry to hear that, Sam. I hope your recovery goes well.
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"I am at home among trees."
-- J.R.R. Tolkien
Bring back the Chestnut! (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2020/02/bring-back-chestnut.html)
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I've been really sick but what a nice surprise to see my Gospel reflection up in which I remember my mother: http://catholicmom.com/2020/02/26/daily-gospel-reflection-for-february-26-2020-ash-wednesday/
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After a long hiatus, back to blogging. Sharing some of my favorite ebooks: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-longest-lentreading.html
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My consecration...the last time I was at our beautiful Stella Maris: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-longest-lent-consecration.html
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What we've been doing this month: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-longest-lent-home.html
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The computer models predicting deaths from Covid-19 are all over the place. They leave a lot to be desired...
So I made my own model (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2020/04/so-i-made-my-own-model.html)
:banana-riding-llama-smiley-em
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Jeff, good try. I think the re-iterative approach is the best. As I tell my kids, you have to check the assumptions even with that approach because it can make the difference between 20,000 deaths vs 1 million.
Some thoughts on today's readings: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-longest-lent-using-our-gifts.html
and a picture of our bees!!!
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Missing church, sharing some beautiful reflections: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-longest-lent-good-friday.html
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Happy, Hoppy Easter: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-longest-lent-happy-easter.html
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Interview and a giveaway for those who love middle grade fiction. This was one of the best MG books I've read. Perfect for Easter. https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/04/a-conversation-with-carol-ann-soisson.html
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I'm back and so's my blog: http://samkates.co.uk/2020/04/17/national-heroes-service-part-2/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2020/04/17/national-heroes-service-part-2/)
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I won a book I've been drooling over ever since I first read about it on PW!!!
https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-longest-lent-easter-blessings.html
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We don't live in normal times, but I'm trying to get back as far as possible to normality with my blog. So here, delayed by around eight weeks or so from when I'd intended to post it in pre-lockdown, is the post about a trip to Dublin I took in February with some old friends. http://samkates.co.uk/2020/05/01/in-dublins-fair-city/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2020/05/01/in-dublins-fair-city/)
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Sam, what a great trip.
I teamed up with an amazing artist and entered a writing contest for children about this pandemic! So fun to work with people who are brilliant.
https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/04/what-we-can-do-in-six-days.html
Today is a very special day. I post some amazing art for your contemplation: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/05/three-hearts.html
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We don't live in normal times, but I'm trying to get back as far as possible to normality with my blog. So here, delayed by around eight weeks or so from when I'd intended to post it in pre-lockdown, is the post about a trip to Dublin I took in February with some old friends. http://samkates.co.uk/2020/05/01/in-dublins-fair-city/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2020/05/01/in-dublins-fair-city/)
Glad you had a nice time with your friends, Sam, and glad you made it back safely.
Hard to believe, though, that there's not a single bridge between Britain and Ireland. That convoluted flight should have been a four-hour drive. :confused:
It's cool you got to see Bram Stoker's house. :cool:
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Glad you had a nice time with your friends, Sam, and glad you made it back safely.
Hard to believe, though, that there's not a single bridge between Britain and Ireland. That convoluted flight should have been a four-hour drive. :confused:
It's cool you got to see Bram Stoker's house. :cool:
The only other cheap option is the ferry, but it can be a little rough crossing the Irish Sea in good weather - Storm Ciara ensured all ferry crossings home were cancelled, together with quite a few flights, so we were lucky to get home when we did. A bridge, though, would be darned handy...
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Scenes from our little patch of paradise: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/05/motherhood-and-more.html
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I'm a short story and magazine writer. Well, I finally collected a bunch of EZ stories and compiled them into a little book. Best of all, my daughter made the line art for it. So, so fun to work together. I'd also entered a writing contest about the pandemic and although we didn't win, we are happy with the book, so released it ourselves (sans Amazon). I wrote about both these short books here: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/05/my-short-books-for-kids.html
Soon, I'll add the pictures to my signature. But the glamorous life of a writer includes taking dog out for a walk, cleaning the cat box, hanging out the laundry. So later...
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More weird words: http://samkates.co.uk/2020/05/15/weird-words-3/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2020/05/15/weird-words-3/)
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Home projects--haircut, movies, honey: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/05/movies-and-more.html
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Trilogy is 40% off at Kobo. :banana:
Box set sale (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2020/05/box-set-sale.html)
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Trilogy is 40% off at Kobo. :banana:
Box set sale (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2020/05/box-set-sale.html)
Good luck Jeff
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Remembering https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/05/memorial-day.html with a link to dambusters.
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A guest talking about writing fiction during a pandemic: http://samkates.co.uk/2020/05/29/guest-post-maggie-plummer-part-2/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2020/05/29/guest-post-maggie-plummer-part-2/)
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Praying for the Holy Spirit to renew the face of the earth: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/05/come-holy-spirit.html
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Stunning art that arrived in the mail today: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/05/st-joan-of-arc.html
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Reading some good books: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/06/countdown-silenced-and-house-of-gold.html
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Grammatical miscellanea: http://samkates.co.uk/2020/06/12/what-big-teeth-grammar-part-5/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2020/06/12/what-big-teeth-grammar-part-5/)
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A new picture book about one of my favorite authors and more: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/06/flannery-gardening-and-art.html
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Missing choir and celebrating St. John's Nativity: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/06/so-many-feasts-nativity-of-john-baptist.html
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Guest post about self-editing: http://samkates.co.uk/2020/06/26/guest-post-desiree-villena/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2020/06/26/guest-post-desiree-villena/)
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Father's Day photos and musings: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/06/faith-of-our-fathers.html
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A few old quotes and a few thoughts on this more subdued July 4th: Independence Day--Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/07/independence-day-life-liberty-and.html
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On the subject of Independence Day, Kobo's running a sale this weekend. Some of my stuff's in it.
Trilogy box set is on sale (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2020/07/trilogy-box-set-is-on-sale.html)
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Good luck. You inspired me to apply for some Kobo promotions so thanks for that.
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Good luck. You inspired me to apply for some Kobo promotions so thanks for that.
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I've gone wide (again) and made three of my ebooks free. This time seems to be better than the last time I tried it. :dog1:
https://lavenderlassbooks.com/2020/07/18/free-ebooks-for-july/
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Reading some great books: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/07/apocalyptic-fiction-nonfiction-and.html
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A writer's ongoing battle to produce his own audiobooks. This week, the trials and tribulations of narration. http://samkates.co.uk/2020/07/10/audiobooks-part-4/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2020/07/10/audiobooks-part-4/)
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photo post of kids https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/07/summer-fun.html
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We'll see how this goes. :icon_eek:
Dipping my toe in the Kobo Plus waters (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2020/07/dipping-my-toe-in-kobo-plus-waters.html)
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I had a few thoughts on our Lady of Mt. Carmel, how ancient the devotion is and her continued role in our lives: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/07/our-lady-of-mount-carmel.html
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Obstacles to writing and going to the beach: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/07/obstacles-obstacles-obstacles.html
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Just doing a little stargazing.
Comet Neowise (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/)
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Magdalen and Me. She gives me great hope! https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/07/magdalen-and-me.html
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Guest post talking a little about time management and the busy author: http://samkates.co.uk/2020/07/24/guest-post-cindy-tomamichel/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2020/07/24/guest-post-cindy-tomamichel/)
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pictures from our hiking trip: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/07/congaree-national-park.html
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One of my favorite feast days, so many memories attached to it: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/07/feast-of-st-martha.html
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I have a long conversation with Amy Alznauer--if you write picture book biographies--a must read. She's been so generous with her time. https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/08/a-conversation-with-amy-alznauer.html
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Twinkies. (Yeah, really.) http://samkates.co.uk/2020/08/07/twinkies/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2020/08/07/twinkies/)
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Hee-hee! Glad you finally ate a Twinkie!!! I discovered them when we moved to the US but haven't had one in decades--my favorite American pastry is pecan pie.
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Got some sad news, unfortunately. Kamala the Ugandan Giant has passed away. :icon_sad:
R.I.P., Kamala (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2020/08/rip-kamala.html)
On a more positive note, here are my favorite libraries from the list at the link notthatamanda posted in another thread. (Thanks, Amanda!)
Cool Georgia Libraries (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2020/08/cool-georgia-libraries.html)
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Wedding anniversary: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/08/from-beginning-marriage.html
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A couple of cute PBs and a good book on revision: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/08/reading-writing-and-revising.html
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Grand plans fail https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/08/another-writing-retreat-gone-wrong.html
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More weird words: http://samkates.co.uk/2020/08/21/weird-words-4/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2020/08/21/weird-words-4/)
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To their great joy, the kids are back at school: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/08/st-bartholomew-and-first-day-of-school.html
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Get ready to go to school: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/08/a-master-class-by-joyce-moyer-hostetter.html
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A new lit magazine with a link to my son's first academic paper: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-lamp-new-literary-magazine.html
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Just listening to a little...
Background music (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2020/09/background-music.html)
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That's lovely, Jeff. I also cannot listen to music while reading or writing, only while cooking or just sitting and listening.
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Support some of your fellow Writer Sanctum authors:
Free books! (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2020/09/free-books.html)
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My very first picture book with the cover letter--lessons: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/09/my-first-picture-book.html
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Since I often get requests of outlines that resulted in a sale, I offer you Lady Mary:
https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/09/writing-outline.html
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Since I often get requests of outlines that resulted in a sale, I offer you Lady Mary:
https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/09/writing-outline.html
It's always interesting to catch a glimpse into someone else's outlining technique. :cheers
That way--with the Roman numerals and hierarchical format--is the way I was taught in high school. And I absolutely hated it. I still do, frankly. It simply never worked for me, and so I was anti-outlining for a long time. Eventually, I came up with my own method--a more organic, haphazard one--that works for me, and now I'm a firm believer in outlining.
In my opinion, there's no wrong way to outline. There's only "this method works for me" and "this method doesn't work for me." It's up to us to experiment and find the way that works for each of us.
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I agree Jeff. Lots of people freeze up at the hyper-organized outline. I tend to do more of a narrative outline for my stories--this happened, then that, etc. But I need a roadmap. Still there's lots of room to write into the dark, a al Dean Wesley Smith.
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Water, water everywhere...
Here's Sally (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2020/09/heres-sally.html)
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Water, water everywhere...
Here's Sally (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2020/09/heres-sally.html)
Stay safe!
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The joys of audio editing: http://samkates.co.uk/2020/09/18/audiobooks-part-5/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2020/09/18/audiobooks-part-5/)
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After watching the Dune 2020 trailer, I wrote about some of my...
Knee-jerk thoughts (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2020/09/knee-jerk-thoughts.html)
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Family photos: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/09/a-month-of-birthdays.html
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The Oct. blog post is up on the Carolinas site by yours truly: https://carolinas.scbwi.org/2020/09/23/writing-with-chronic-illness-by-vijaya-bodach/
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It's Little Thief! Chota Chor! book birthday so I wrote about the journey of this picture book on my blog: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/09/journey-of-little-thief-chota-chor.html
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Who likes coupons? Grin
Fun fact about Amazon (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2020/10/fun-fact-about-amazon.html)
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The ongoing fascinating world of grammar: http://samkates.co.uk/2020/10/02/what-big-teeth-part-6/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2020/10/02/what-big-teeth-part-6/)
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A fantastic weekend. My book is really, really real! https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/10/reality-little-thief-and-worlds-hottest.html
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Sometimes, musicians who make it big often get swelled heads as a result. They become arrogant and obnoxious, especially towards other musicians. We all have examples in mind, I'm sure.
That's why it's nice to find examples to the contrary. Here's one:
Keith Richards is a cool guy (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2020/10/keith-richards-is-cool-guy.html)
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I'm not familiar with this site, but they decided to promote my book, so I'm going with it. :icon_mrgreen:
Clouds of Venus at eBookDaily (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2020/10/clouds-of-venus-at-ebookdaily.html)
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A light-hearted post about paper books: http://samkates.co.uk/2020/10/16/in-praise-of-paper/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2020/10/16/in-praise-of-paper/)
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More weird words: http://samkates.co.uk/2020/10/30/weird-words-5/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2020/10/30/weird-words-5/)
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i've not been blogging because of surgeries/recovery but i couldn't stay away any longer. a few thoughts and lots of pictures
https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/11/silence-and-prayer.html
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There's something rotten in the world of audiobooks: http://samkates.co.uk/2020/11/13/returns/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2020/11/13/returns/)
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i'm feeling better and listening to handel's messiah. I may have found the perfect recording: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/11/symphony-and-cacophony.html
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Happy Thanksgiving: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/11/happy-thanksgiving.html
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On reviewing other writers' work: http://samkates.co.uk/2020/11/27/reviewing/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2020/11/27/reviewing/)
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A legend of the wild blue yonder has climbed high into the sun one last time. :icon_cry:
R.I.P., Chuck Yeager (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/)
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I just watched the news reel of the flight where he broke the sound barrier a couple of months ago. Man that was nuts.
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I just watched the news reel of the flight where he broke the sound barrier a couple of months ago. Man that was nuts.
The Bell X-1 was basically a rocket with wings. The hatch was on the side, right in front of the wing. Bailing out and surviving would have been a tricky proposition for a completely healthy man, let alone one with broken ribs. (Yeager had broken his ribs a few days earlier in a horseback-riding incident.) That thing was a suicide machine.
Here's an interesting article about the aircraft. (https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/barrier/men.html)
During WWII, Yeager was shot down over France and taken in by the French Resistance.
He made ace in a single day.
Yeager had 20/10 vision. This gave him an edge in dogfighting. He could see the enemy before they saw him.
The engineers loved Yeager as a test pilot. He had a real knack for explaining exactly what an airplane was doing, and the engineers were able to make the correct modifications as a result.
He encountered the new German jet fighter, the Me-262, at one point during the war. He later quipped, "The first time I saw a jet, I shot it down."
(https://i.postimg.cc/SxZ1J11r/yeager-jet.png) (https://postimages.org/)
If you haven't read his autobiography, I highly recommend it. Like I said in the blog post, it's so fantastic that, if it was fiction, readers would consider it utterly unrealistic. The fact that it's not fiction is what makes it so fascinating and impressive.
Here's the "breaking the sound barrier" scene from the movie The Right Stuff. I'm not ashamed to admit that I get a little teary-eyed at the part where the music kicks in. It's just so dadgum triumphant.
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Just the little trip from the airplane to the rocket would have made me crap my pants.
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A post from 2013 written days after I'd signed with a small press. I can still recall how excited I felt: http://samkates.co.uk/2020/12/11/from-self-published-to-published/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2020/12/11/from-self-published-to-published/)
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Rejoice! https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/12/gaudete.html
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Don't miss the Christmas Star! (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2020/12/dont-miss-christmas-star.html)
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Too cloudy here. :icon_sad:
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I could see two distinct stars, one brighter than the other. Very cool.
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Clear skies here, so I got a good view. I was a bit disappointed, though. I figured it would be bigger and brighter and just more impressive all around. :shrug
My eyesight isn't perfect, so I could only see a single white dot with the naked eye. With the binoculars, both planets were clearly distinct. Saturn was to the right of Jupiter and slightly higher. And I thought I saw a Galilean moon or two, but that's hard to say. Those things are tough to see.
Anyway, it's a neat event, and I'm glad I got to see it. :)
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Cloudy here, so didn't see it. When the clouds began to break, I saw a light in what I thought was the right spot, but it moved. And then there was another. I think four lights. Planes I imagine, though they seemed higher than the two or three commercial planes going in different directions. Then I saw a line of three lights in a row, all going the same direction as the first four. Through the clouds, I could see a few more. I suspect there may have been more that I couldn't see because they were high up or their lights were dim and also there were still plenty of clouds. I assume they were all planes but the thought did occur to me that, this being 2020 and all, an alien invasion would pretty much cap the whole year off. I looked again a few minutes later and still saw more, all heading in the same direction. A few minutes later, I went out again and counted about eighteen of the lights all going in the same direction. I guessed there were probably two dozen or more, but it was hard to tell with the clouds moving in the opposite direction from the planes. I'd guess I probably saw three dozen in all but I suspect there were many more because of the time I wasn't out looking. It was like they kept coming and coming and coming.
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Maybe somebody was launching paper lanterns?
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I'm in South Wales, UK. It was chucking it down here so had no chance of seeing anything.
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Last blog post of 2020. With a Ho and a Ho and, perchance, a Ho.
http://samkates.co.uk/2020/12/23/merry-christmas-2/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2020/12/23/merry-christmas-2/)
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Merry Christmas! https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2020/12/o-holy-night.html
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I'm in a couple of group promotions. There are a few other Writer Sanctum authors in there, too, so check them out.
Free books! (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2021/01/free-books.html)
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Photo post of Christmas blessings https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/01/christmas-blessings.html
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Been reading a lot of good books: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/01/reading.html
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I love saints talking about other saints and a little joke about copying texts: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/01/saint-ambrose-on-saint-agnes.html
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A technical post about editing audio tracks in Audacity: http://samkates.co.uk/2021/01/22/audiobooks-part-6/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2021/01/22/audiobooks-part-6/)
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My eyes aren't too-sensitive and watering anymore.
I can look at a screen now (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2021/01/i-can-look-at-screen-now.html)
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My eyes aren't too-sensitive and watering anymore.
I can look at a screen now (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2021/01/i-can-look-at-screen-now.html)
Hey, man, here's to a full recovery.
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If you've ever had a writing block or needing some help to get back into writing, look no further than Jumpstart: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/02/jumpstart-on-writing.html
I'm in my second week and so much happier with what I'm producing.
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An interview from 2014 about writing science fiction: http://samkates.co.uk/2021/02/05/on-being-a-science-fiction-writer/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2021/02/05/on-being-a-science-fiction-writer/)
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An article in an ongoing series about grammar. Yeah, really. http://samkates.co.uk/2021/02/19/grammar-part-7/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2021/02/19/grammar-part-7/)
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Beautiful books I read recently: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/02/reading.html
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A stock market post for anyone interested in that stuff:
This market is spooking me. (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2021/03/this-market-is-spooking-me.html) :icon_eek:
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A stock market post for anyone interested in that stuff:
This market is spooking me. (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2021/03/this-market-is-spooking-me.html) :icon_eek:
I have a bad feeling too. It's really out of control and it reminds me of the dot com mania and the housing prices rising and rising and rising...
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On writing apocalyptic tales: http://samkates.co.uk/2021/03/05/on-writing-apocalyptic-tales/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2021/03/05/on-writing-apocalyptic-tales/)
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Spring! https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/03/spring.html
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Thinking of the one year anniversary when the lockdowns began. 2020 truly felt apocalyptic: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/03/apocalypse.html
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Happy St. Patrick's Day! :clover https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/03/happy-st-patricks-day.html
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Two litanies and three books for the Feast of St. Joseph: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/03/litany-of-st-joseph-and-litany-of.html
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Weird Words 6: http://samkates.co.uk/2021/03/19/weird-words-6/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2021/03/19/weird-words-6/)
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Bragging on my son, my cat, and some books (including Ten Easter Eggs): https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-lamp-lenten-feasts-and-admiration.html
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Audiobooks - Part 7: on mastering audio tracks in Audacity. http://samkates.co.uk/2021/04/02/audiobooks-part-7/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2021/04/02/audiobooks-part-7/)
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Good Friday Reproaches (music): https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/04/good-friday-reproaches.html
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Sharing some thoughts on Holy Sat. and a poem: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/04/holy-saturday-musings-with-links-and.html
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Happy Easter and end of Passover https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2018/11/chronic-migraines-and-healing.html
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Sharing some good books on the topic and how children perceive disembodied hearts.
https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/04/divine-mercy-and-strawberries.html
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An interview from 2014: http://samkates.co.uk/2021/04/16/more-on-writing-apocalyptic-tales/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2021/04/16/more-on-writing-apocalyptic-tales/)
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I just started a book from Sarah Miller. I don't have enough words to say how beautiful it is. https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/04/caroline-little-house-revisited.html
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Shared pictures of my kids: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/04/growing-growing-strong.html
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Good deals on TAN books: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/04/books-books-books.html
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A mish-mash of a post, a touch gloomy, saved by a cute pup: http://samkates.co.uk/2021/04/30/whats-occurring-part-1/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2021/04/30/whats-occurring-part-1/)
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A photo post with lots to celebrate: graduation, birthday, Ascension Thursday: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/05/may-celebrations.html
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Favourite novels: http://samkates.co.uk/2021/05/14/favourite-novels/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2021/05/14/favourite-novels/)
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An interview from 2015: http://samkates.co.uk/2021/05/28/on-being-a-writer/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2021/05/28/on-being-a-writer/)
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Three outstanding books: Martin and Mahalia; Poor Banished Children; Reading Lolita in Tehran: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/05/reading.html
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Memorial Day, Visitation, Trinity https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/05/more-may-celebrations.html
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Links to all our music. https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/06/june-is-month-of-sacred-heart.html
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Some brief thoughts about the stock market.
Warning signs (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2021/06/warning-signs.html)
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Bee City pics: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/06/bee-city-for-fathers-day.html
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A big feast day! https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/06/prepare-ye-way-of-lord.html
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Favourite films: http://samkates.co.uk/2021/06/25/favourite-films/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2021/06/25/favourite-films/)
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A quote for writers: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/07/salvation-on-sand-mountain-and-this.html
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Another interview from 2015: http://samkates.co.uk/2021/07/09/more-on-being-a-writer/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2021/07/09/more-on-being-a-writer/)
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A favorite saint and martyrs: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/07/july-is-month-of-most-precious-blood.html
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My daughter's summer internship: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/07/dagnys-summer-on-heron-farms.html
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Some thoughts on a saint, story arc, and sad news https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/07/sinner-to-saint.html
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Been reading a lot and neglecting my writing but it's summer! Here are my picks: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/08/reading.html
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Photopost of my trip to DC with my daughter to visit my son: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/08/a-trip-to-washington-dc.html
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Stock options and hummingbirds, but out of the ordinary.
Just a few strange things (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2021/08/just-few-strange-things.html)
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Review of a book plus some other thoughts because they're all entangled: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/08/plague-of-corruption.html
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Reading, writing, but no 'rithmetic: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/09/reading-writing-watching.html
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My daughter's mission trip to Ecuador: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/09/ecuador-mission-trip.html
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First blog post in a while - been really busy. An unpublished interview from 2018: http://samkates.co.uk/2021/09/24/questions-questions/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2021/09/24/questions-questions/)
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Been reading and writing lots. Here are some of the good books: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/10/reading-writing-resisting.html
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The first interview with a character from one of my books - Jack from the Elevator trilogy. A word of warning for the easily offended: he was a bit of a troubled soul when the interview took place and, though he managed to avoid the worst four-letter words, his language was a little ripe. http://samkates.co.uk/2021/10/28/meet-jack-from-the-elevator/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2021/10/28/meet-jack-from-the-elevator/)
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We've been busy for this: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/11/thoughts-and-views-from-choir-loft.html
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Every Veterans Day I re-post an old post about why I don't celebrate Veterans Day - https://www.stevenhardesty.com/blog-2/2021/11/10/veterans-day-for-just-one-american-hero (https://www.stevenhardesty.com/blog-2/2021/11/10/veterans-day-for-just-one-american-hero)
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Three new kids' books from my critique group! https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/11/three-new-books-from-our-critique-group.html
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Our kids came home for Thanksgiving, making it a happy T-day: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/11/happy-thanksgiving-and-advent.html
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This fall, I was so delighted when Grace Wynter, who does Authors Up Close series through which I've discovered several new-to-me writers, invited me. Of course, I said yes! And my interview is up today: https://writerunboxed.com/2021/12/02/author-up-close-vijaya-bodach-play-dream-believe/
ps: did you notice the date is a palindrome? So cool. :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em
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It wasn't today, it was a couple of weeks ago, but I posted an article, hopefully humorous, as well as informative, about Anglo Saxon runes on my website.
I posted it for practical reasons, to create interest in my WIP, which is called 'Our Saxon Life.'
In reality it isn't a WIP, I've finished it, but haven't published it yet, and am writing book two, to create a series.
I suspect that I should have waited until I published it, before publishing a blog post about it, it would have had more immediacy.
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Author interview. Middle grade historical novel Treasure with a Face by Janeen Ziao
https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-conversation-with-janeen-ziao-about.html
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I was just going to post a picture of my kitty who joined me for practice but then I thought about all the good books I'd been reading so did a round-up of those as well: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/12/december-tidbits-on-music-and-books.html
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A Merry (ish) Christmas post: http://samkates.co.uk/2021/12/22/with-a-ho-ho-ho/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2021/12/22/with-a-ho-ho-ho/)
A happy Christmas/holiday to all.
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Merry Christmas and the Holy Innocents: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2021/12/merry-christmas.html
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John Madden has left the press box for the last time (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2021/12/john-madden-has-left-press-box-for-last.html)
:icon_cry:
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A little reflection from my family Disney trip back in November: https://mdeichlerauthor.wordpress.com/2021/12/30/how-to-walk-on-to-disneys-flight-of-passage/ (https://mdeichlerauthor.wordpress.com/2021/12/30/how-to-walk-on-to-disneys-flight-of-passage/)
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Some images from a rooster sculpture art exhibit: https://mdeichlerauthor.wordpress.com/2022/01/09/roosters-roosters-and-more-roosters/
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The good books I've been reading: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/01/reading.html
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Tonga volcano and tsunami (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2022/01/tonga-volcano-and-tsunami.html)
:icon_eek:
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Meat Loaf has passed away. :icon_cry:
His name was Marvin Lee Aday (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2022/01/his-name-was-marvin-lee-aday.html)
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A few days late posting but an afternoon spent at a nearby indoor garden: https://mdeichlerauthor.wordpress.com/2022/01/19/a-change-of-scenery-at-phipps-conservatory-and-botanical-gardens/
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Excited to do an author event in person and sharing pictures of my kids/friends from the march this weekend.
https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/01/author-series-and-marches.html
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A melancholic post about the sudden loss of an old friend: http://samkates.co.uk/2022/01/27/tell-them-youre-proud/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2022/01/27/tell-them-youre-proud/)
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A poem and a new book I'm looking forward to reading: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-music-of-christendom-and-poem.html
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Posted some fun pictures from last week and a couple of quotes: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/02/fun-pictures-and-quotes.html
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My conversation with Andrew Barton, graphic designer and picture-book writer of the Heyward books, is up. I know many of you make a living from your books and art. Here's another who's supporting himself and his family on his art: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-conversation-with-andrew-barton.html
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Some of the mostly funny books I've read (there are also a couple of poignant and harrowing books in the mix): https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/02/reading.html
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With all that's happening in the world right now, it feels trivial to blog about producing audiobooks, but then life in all its facets - the weighty and the inconsequential - goes on. So here's a post about trying to find a way to speed up the audio editing process: http://samkates.co.uk/2022/02/25/audiobooks-part-8/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2022/02/25/audiobooks-part-8/)
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'tis spring and my kids were home for a long weekend so posted some pictures from our time together: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/03/spring.html
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The war. What else? Unfortunately.
https://www.stevenhardesty.com/blog-2/2022/3/3/the-wonder-of-war (https://www.stevenhardesty.com/blog-2/2022/3/3/the-wonder-of-war)
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antidote to chaos: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/03/antidote-to-chaos.html
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A technical post about audiobook editing: http://samkates.co.uk/2022/03/23/audiobooks-part-9/ (http://samkates.co.uk/2022/03/23/audiobooks-part-9/)
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Celebrations and consecrations this Lent: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/03/feasts-days-during-lent.html
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The really good books I've been reading the past month: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/04/reading.html
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Pasch and Easter blessings to all who celebrate: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/04/paschal-triduum.html
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Holy Sat musings: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/04/pondering-with-mary-this-holy-saturday.html
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Happy Easter! https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/04/happy-easter.html
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On a relatively new feast in the church, Divine Mercy: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/04/divine-mercy-chaplet.html
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Posted pictures of our busy and beautiful May: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-flowers.html
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Summer fun; https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/06/june-joys-and-may-memories.html
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Uvalde and its like. What else? https://www.stevenhardesty.com/blog-2/2022/6/6/no-end-of-fried-chicken (https://www.stevenhardesty.com/blog-2/2022/6/6/no-end-of-fried-chicken)
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My work in progress and short story challenge: https://ceciliapeartree.com (https://ceciliapeartree.com)
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Blatant self-promotion: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/06/bound-price-drop.html
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The variety of really good books I've read over the past two months: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/06/reading.html
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Wow! A day to celebrate: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/06/dobbs-v-jackson-overturning-roe-v-wade.html
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Family, friends, and writerly woes: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/07/blessings-and-gifts-in-july.html
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Sometimes strange new sights have been there all along.
The things we see (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2022/07/the-things-we-see.html)
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My girl's gone fishing in Alaska: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/07/dagny-in-alaska.html
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My girl's gone fishing in Alaska: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/07/dagny-in-alaska.html
Did she actually read Canticle, or did she just put the book on the table to make for an interesting photo? Props to her if she actually reads classic SF.
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She just started it and loving it, Jeff.
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She just started it and loving it, Jeff.
Awesome. :littleclap
A word of advice: If she really gets into the classic SF of decades past, then it's only a matter of time before she gets around to Alfred Bester. When that happens, if she decides to read The Demolished Man, it's important that she read a print version of it. The digital version simply won't do. The reason for this is that Bester used all kinds of weird font tricks in the book as subtle messages and symbolism, and the digital version doesn't accurately reproduce it.
I blogged about it a few years ago:
https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2019/08/tension-apprehension-and-dissension.html
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That was interesting, Jeff. I'm going to send this to a friend who is using some special fonts for side effects to consider whether they're absolutely needed. Both my kids prefer physical books over the kindle though we have three of them :)
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Prayers and figs and fish, oh my! Lovely gifts in July: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/07/july-is-month-of-precious-blood.html
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My first time to do a podcast: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/08/my-first-time-as-podcast-guest.html and a direct link to recording: https://anchor.fm/jaynedesalesgmailcom/episodes/Interview-with-Young-AdultChildrens-Author-Vijaya-Bodach-e1m959b
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Pictures from my Texas trip: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/09/texas-trip.html
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A beautiful piece of art and my memories of 9/11: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/09/911.html
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I won a vintage train case. https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/09/a-gift-my-kim-norman-repurposed-train.html
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On hurricanes and links to beautiful musical renditions of Psalm 91 and my latest article in Shalom: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/09/antidote-to-hurricanes-psalm-and-shalom.html
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An excerpt from Bound is in the pages of Sword & Spade magazine: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/10/an-excerpt-of-bound-in-sword-spade.html
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Photo post from summer https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/10/summer-memories.html
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Jerry Lee Lewis has passed away. :(
R.I.P., Killer. (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2022/10/rip-killer.html)
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If you want to know about Moon Trees and Mason Jars, I have an interview with Carolyn Bennett Frasier: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/11/a-conversation-with-carolyn-bennett.html
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About Veterans Day (or, more appropriately, Armistice Day - I hate it when they rename holidays or move their dates around to create long party weekends) in the U.S. - https://www.stevenhardesty.com/blog-2/2022/11/8/veterans-day-for-just-one-american-hero (https://www.stevenhardesty.com/blog-2/2022/11/8/veterans-day-for-just-one-american-hero)
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Veteran's Day is always November 11th. Just happens to be a Friday this year.
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Happy thanksgiving, one and all. A post esp. for those who are lonely: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/11/happy-thanksgiving.html
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A prayer, links to a podcast I was a guest on with a link to the article written by the main guest on the Velveteen Rabbit, and a local event. Whew! No matter how quiet I try to be during Advent, it gets busy. https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/11/prayer-podcast-and-presents.html
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This Advent and Christmas is full of longing for me: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/12/longing.html
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Merry flipping Christmas: https://samkates.co.uk/2022/12/22/merry-flipping-christmas/ (https://samkates.co.uk/2022/12/22/merry-flipping-christmas/)
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Christmas away from home: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-christmas-octave.html
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Happy New Year, all. My time stamp is that of Charleston but I'm in Texas. https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2023/01/end-of-era.html
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This year sucks. :HB
Well, that was a week and a half (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2023/01/well-that-was-week-and-half.html)
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This year sucks. :HB
Well, that was a week and a half (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2023/01/well-that-was-week-and-half.html)
Man, that's rough. Hope you get back to 100% soon.
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After a long time: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2023/03/after-long-hiatus.html
Pondering Judas: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2023/04/judas.html and
sacrifice: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2023/04/o-agony-and-dying.html
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The funny/unfunny realization that I may be writing the same story over and over! = https://www.stevenhardesty.com/ (https://www.stevenhardesty.com/)
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A hoppy Easter to all: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2023/04/happy-easter.html
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It's a Strawberry Sunday + Litany of Trust : https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2023/04/divine-mercy-sunday.html
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We were so happy to have been invited to sing at the Dedication Mass of the beautiful new church on our island: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2023/04/mass-of-dedication.html
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A month ago, I posted a boring and long-winded post about economics and finance.
The banality of a paradigm shift (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-banality-of-paradigm-shift.html)
Now, inspired mainly by gold's recent price action, I've added a brief follow-up.
Waiting, but for what? (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2023/05/waiting-but-for-what.html)
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A very long post (including lots of kitten pictures) with all the good things we've been celebrating: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2023/05/celebrations.html
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A very long post (including lots of kitten pictures) with all the good things we've been celebrating: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2023/05/celebrations.html
I took a look. I'm a sucker for kittens. :heart:
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Thanks Jeff. It was truly a little patch of paradise!
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A very short post: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2023/05/bound-is-heavily-discounted.html
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This month of June: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2023/06/strawberries-and-sacred-heart.html
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A box of books! https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2023/06/christmas-in-june.html
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I'm in on the thing. :dance:
Smashwords July Sale! (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2023/07/smashwords-july-sale.html)
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Movie review: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2023/07/sound-of-freedom.html
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Photo-post. Gifts from the land and sea and sky: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2023/07/lowcountry-summer.html
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I've been home for a month but finally have caught up to make my post on my trip to Chicago.
https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2023/08/chicago.html
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Celebrations: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2023/08/an-anniversary-exhibition-and-feast-day.html
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An exciting weekend: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2023/08/young-love.html
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After another long break because we've been playing too much this summer: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2023/10/summer-memories.html
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The mind is a weird thing.
https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-stuff-of-dreams.html (https://jefftanyard.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-stuff-of-dreams.html)
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Something I re-post every Nov 11 - "Veterans Day for Just One American Hero" - at stevenhardesty.com (http://stevenhardesty.com)
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Have the merriest Christmas (or whatever you celebrate).
https://samkates.co.uk/2023/12/18/ho-ho-bloody-ho/ (https://samkates.co.uk/2023/12/18/ho-ho-bloody-ho/)
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My Christmas letter https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2023/12/christmas-letter.html :band: Merry Christmas :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em
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Our barbershop debut in Florida and I even got some great advice for writing!
https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2024/02/charleston-sound-chorus-debut-in-florida.html
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Our barbershop debut in Florida and I even got some great advice for writing!
https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2024/02/charleston-sound-chorus-debut-in-florida.html
Y'all sound pretty good. :littleclap
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Thanks Jeff! We had so much fun... we're putting together a little St. Valentine show for the Kiwanis.
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The confluence of Valentine's with Ash Wed and a really good recipe from my niece. And a poem and song too :) https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2024/02/happy-st-valentines-day.html
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I have a monster book post about my favorite picture books and middle-grade novels that I read last year: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2024/03/books-books-books.html
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Some encouragement: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2024/03/no-time-to-waste.html
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I haven't used my blog lately, but I decided to convert it to my newsletter starting today. We'll see how it goes!
https://lavendercottagebooks.com/lavender-cottage-blog/ (https://lavendercottagebooks.com/lavender-cottage-blog/)
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Good luck, Lorri!
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Thank you, Vijaya! :mhk9U91:
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Poems for cat lovers: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2024/03/poetry.html
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March Feast Days and discovering an old book: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2024/03/march-feast-days.html
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Second blog post with the new format. This is fun!
https://lavendercottagebooks.com/2024/03/27/lavender-cottage-blog-march-26th/ (https://lavendercottagebooks.com/2024/03/27/lavender-cottage-blog-march-26th/)
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Started a new blog about overlooked bits of military history, today featuring a may-be-true story of the Duke of Wellington counting his beans in 1812: https://www.forgottenwarstories.com/blog/the-duke-counts-his-beans-1812 (https://www.forgottenwarstories.com/blog/the-duke-counts-his-beans-1812)
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Found a fantastic children's book, pondering many things: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2024/03/holy-week-and-triduum.html Happy Easter!
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Easter Joy! https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2024/04/easter-joy-he-is-risen-alleluia.html
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Lots of great books for my parish newsletter: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2024/04/book-reviews.html
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So many thoughts swirling in my head: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2024/04/easter-annunciation-and-solar-eclipse.html
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Yesterday's blog post. This is the third one, and we're also sharing it on our store blog and Substack!
https://lavendercottagebooks.com/2024/04/09/lavender-cottage-blog-april-9th/ (https://lavendercottagebooks.com/2024/04/09/lavender-cottage-blog-april-9th/)
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An anniversary of the religious sort https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2024/04/anniversary.html