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  • Gleanings: A good thing to ponder, the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency, The Right to Write…

    A good thing to ponder: “You have to be careful, Grace,” said Phuti. “You never know.” You never know. She had pondered the words. No, one never knew, but just as you never knew what difficulties you might encounter, you also never knew about the positive things the future might hold. ~ Alexander McCall Smith,…

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  • Claiming Christmas Joy

    I published this post back in 2010, came across it today and decided to repost this reminder for myself and anyone else who may need it. We all have shattered dreams. Yet within them, there will be sparkles of joy. Let me not miss them. * * * * * A friend was talking to…

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  • Gleanings: The Right to Write and Miracle On I-40

    “Aiming for that, I learned to write setting judgment aside…I called this new, freer writing ‘laying track’. For the first time I gave myself emotional permission to do rough drafts and for those rough drafts to be, well, rough.” ~Julia Cameron, The Right to Write. Cameron writes that she learned to write more freely. She…

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  • Yippee! Miracle On I-40 hits the top 100 Kindle Holiday Romances!

    I’m thrilled that Miracle On I-40 has gone onto the top 100 Kindle books in the Holiday Romances. Another generation of people are enjoying the story, conceived so long ago. Miracle On I-40 is a story about second chances, perseverence, and seeking joy. About choosing life, right in the midst of chaos. (Perhaps I know…

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  • Gleanings– Living the Writer’s Life, by Eric Maisel

    I point out that the subtitle of Eric Maisel’s book, Living the Writer’s Life, is ‘a complete self-help guide’. I’ve always had more trouble being the writer than with the act of writing. On page 90, he begins a list of sixty writers’ challenges. Fascinating. I came to: Chaos. Make ‘to do’ lists on erasable…

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  • Gleanings: New #1 Ladies Detective Agency and More Language of Letting Go

    I received the latest book in the #1 Ladies Detective Agency series in the mail on Friday. If I’d been a dog, I would have been wagging two tails. Then and there, not even sitting down, I just had to crack open the cover and read the first pages in the same manner I would…

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