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Pushing The "Write" Buttons

 

 PUSHING THE ‘WRITE’ BUTTONS

by Cj Fosdick

“My avocation was ignited by sugar.”      

 

           Remember Candy Dots? Sometimes called buttons, those little rows of rainbow sugar were easily peeled off long white strips of paper. Penny candy and nickel chocolate bars were once sweet rewards. Neighborhood Groceries or “Dime stores” displayed glass canisters of candy that could be scooped into little bags for little cravers deliberating over choices like Atomic Fireballs, Root Beer Barrels, Suga...

WRITING IN THE AGE OF COVID by Cj Fosdic...

 WRITING IN THE AGE OF COVID  by Cj Fosdick

   Social distancing is familiar to all determined writers.  We sit at our keyboards for hours when the muse clicks, feeling fortunate if we have a place of solitude, free of interruption. The engine that drives us is a deadline, storyline,  or even a line of persistent characters who nudge and push their way into the plot.  Starting early in the day, working all day or half days or even finding...

WRITING IN THE AGE OF COVID by Cj Fosdick Social dist...

 WRITING IN THE AGE OF COVID  by Cj Fosdick

   Social distancing is familiar to all determined writers.  We sit at our keyboards for hours when the muse clicks, feeling fortunate if we have a place of solitude, free of interruption. The engine that drives us is a deadline, storyline,  or even a line of persistent characters who nudge and push their way into the plot.  Starting early in the day, working all day or half days or even finding productive spurts in the wee hours before dawn depends on ...

WRITING IN THE AGE OF COVID by Cj Fosdic...

 WRITING IN THE AGE OF COVID  by Cj Fosdick
   Social distancing is familiar to all determined writers.  We sit at our keyboards for hours when the muse clicks, feeling fortunate if we have a place of solitude, free of interruption. The engine that drives us is a deadline, storyline,  or even a line of persistent characters who nudge and push their way into the plot.  Starting early in the day, working all day or half days or even finding productive...

WRITING IN THE AGE OF COVID by Cj Fosdick Social dist...

 WRITING IN THE AGE OF COVID  by Cj Fosdick
   Social distancing is familiar to all determined writers.  We sit at our keyboards for hours when the muse clicks, feeling fortunate if we have a place of solitude, free of interruption. The engine that drives us is a deadline, storyline,  or even a line of persistent characters who nudge and push their way into the plot.  Starting early in the day, working all day or half days or even finding productive spurts in the wee hours before dawn depends on ...

WRITING IN THE AGE OF COVID by Cj Fosdick ...

 WRITING IN THE AGE OF COVID  by Cj Fosdick                                                                                                          Social distancing is familiar to all determined writers.  We sit at our keyboards for hours when the muse clicks, feeling fortunate if we have a place of solitude, free of interruption. The engine that drives us is a deadline, storyline,  or even a line of persistent characters who nudge and push their way into the plot.  Starting early in the day, ...

Jobform

 I have just found the greatest tool for generating user friendly online forms. It is named Jobform. What I like best about Jobform is that the each completed form is sent back as an email that is easy to understand... unlike other form tools where the results look like csv file for Ms Excell. Another extremely nice feature is that all the completed forms are stored on Jobform's server where you can examine them and easily get summary reports in the form of Pie Charts. 

But this tool is much more...

SOPHIE--A RESCUE MIRACLE!

    SOPHIE’s CHOICE was not to spend 6 yrs. as a breeder dog in Texas, I’m certain. With little knowledge of how she became anxious and scared of everything, we can probably guess. She was sent to a pound when her owner became sick we were told. She was there for weeks with swollen nipples from nursing puppies. How did she get from Texas to Minnesota in January? We lost Hannah, our beloved 11 yr. old white Schnauzer, unexpectedly before Christmas.&...

HISTORIC CONFLICT IN YOUR TOOLBOX?

1/22/19...     The Power of History lingers in the toolbox of authors. Every book written with diligence includes some research.  Even Sci-Fi and Fantasy writers have to research
what often is a thin line between truth and imagination. Science breaks barriers all the time, turning what once was a dream or quirk of imagination into reality. Airplanes, automobiles, spaceships, submarines, reactors and robots—all were once locked in the imagination and dreams of inventor...

HISTORIC CONFLICT IN YOUR TOOLBOX? By ...

HISTORIC CONFLICT IN YOUR TOOLBOX?     By Cj Fosdick
      The Power of History lingers in the toolbox of authors. Every book written with diligence includes some research.  Even Sci-Fi and Fantasy writers have to research what often is a thin line between truth and imagination. Science breaks barriers all the time, turning what once was a dream or quirk of imagination into reality. Airplanes, automobiles, spaceships, submarines, reactors and robots...