“Matlock has a gift for telling what she calls ‘the secret lives of ordinary people.’”
~Detroit Free Press
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Gleanings: Gable, Cameron, and Kafka
Originally posted on Curtiss Ann Matlock: Clark Gable. Wasn’t he somethin’? Montgomery Clift asked Clark Gable how he would approach his role in the Misfits. Gable replied: “I bring to it everything I have been, everything I am, and everything I hope to be.” That is what we do when we write, or when we…
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As a Blogger in 2016
I started blogging back in 2006 for no other good reason than a friend was doing it and strongly urged me to do it. That’s often how I’ve discovered some really neat stuff. I posted only a few pieces, got distracted and dropped off. I was to do this pattern for a few more years,…
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The Word for 2016…Tidings of Comfort and Joy!
So here I am on New Years Day, been thinking about my Word for the coming year. I’ve been choosing one of these focus words for the past few years. I like to put it on the blog, so that later I can look back and remind myself what my Word is. Along about March…
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Thoughts on Where I Am as a Writer, and where I want to go
It’s that time again, the end of the year, a new one beginning. It tilts one toward evaluation of one’s life. Being who I am, I don’t need the end of the year to do that. Introspective and introverted, I go through it several times a year. Maybe because I always have a sense of…
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Once Upon A Christmas…a little romance
Something just right to help you get in the Christmas mood— With her unique blend of Southern humor and wise insight, bestselling author Curtiss Ann Matlock brings us the memorable character of Olivia Pritchett, a singular woman we love instantly, who is capable of baking biscuits sweeter than any two angels in heaven, make a…
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Book Review: Heart of Lies by M.L. Malcolm
I’ve been sick with a virus the past week, which provided a good excuse to lay around and finish a fabulous read I’d like to recommend: Heart of Lies, by M.L. Malcolm. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and since I’m so hard to please these days, that’s as high a recommendation I can give. Go…
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