Anny Cook's Blog, page 103

Yay, it's the weekend!

Have a great one! Eat chocolate, sleep late, unwind and get ready for next week. See ya then!anny

I thee wed???

We're officially in the month of June, the traditional month for weddings. Romance and love seem to bring out the most...interesting desires in the new bride and groom. While scrolling through the offerings from Wedinator, I selected a few that were G rated. But if you want to be amazed and amazed and AMAZED...click HERE.Or you can just enjoy and dream up your own stories to account for my

A thousand words...

There are some pictures that cry out to have their story told. Serious pictures. Funny pictures. Puzzling pictures. This is one of the pictures I've found over the last couple years. The more I look at it, the more fascinated I am.So many questions. Why is the cow in the sidecar? Why is the cow wearing a helmet? How did the cow get in the sidecar? Where are they going? Why does the driver have

Alien Pitfalls

Over the years I've read quite a few alien stories. Heck, I've even written a couple myself. As I see it, the easiest alien story is one where all the characters and the location are alien. In other words, everything is "not us". In that case, you don't have to decide what the characters know--or don't know (or understand). They'll all be familiar with the same references. Kama Sutra Lovers is

Sounds of Music

Over the past few weeks, I've read several blogs about the role music plays in the writing experience for some authors. A few authors have listed the songs they were listening to when they were writing particular books. I'm struck by the astonishing variety. I confess I've been totally unfamiliar with about ninety percent of the titles listed. And that's not so unusual given my age. Popular music

In Memory

The Memorial Day weekend has always been a bit more for me. Fifty years ago today I lost my mother in a car accident. I was ten. I thought she was very old. My perceptions changed, of course, when I reached the age she was that day. Then I knew just how young she was when she died at thirty-one.Fifty years is a long time and I was young so my memories are fragmented. I remember her making bread

Spelling bloopers

I had a recent reading jag. Book, book, book. One thing I can tell you is spellchecker doesn't do it. Nope. Spellchecker only checks to make sure a word is spelled correctly. It doesn't check to see if the author is using the correct word.Given that most of the books I read in my speed demon race were erotic romances, some words showed up with distressing regularity. My top pick?Shutter. She

RIP Art Linkletter

When I was young, we occasionally went to see my grandparents. Now the neat thing about that was they had a television. One of the shows we watched was Art Linkletter's House Party. Near the end of each show, he interviewed kids. That segment was known as Kids Say the Darnedest Things. And yes they did.I hope you'll watch and enjoy the little clip I posted in memory of all the hours of enjoyment

Contentment

...I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.~~St. Paul to the Philippians. There is a widespread misconception that happiness and contentment is only possible if one has

Hi, I'm Art!

Character introduction is...not something I do well. My tendency is to just open the story right in a character's head and let the reader deal with it. I used to believe a loving, detailed description of the hero/heroine was totally necessary. And then I did a writing exercise with some friends.We chose characters at random from books on the library shelf. All genres. Famous authors and obscure