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December 15, 2014
How Lonnie Growed Through Exercise #amwriting
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#4 Daughter and fellow-author, Sara Marian, and I love doing writing exercises. Back when we had time, we would schedule an entire weekend together for a mini-retreat, and do one exercise after another. We ended up with some pretty good … Continue reading →
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December 14, 2014
The Dragon of Sullivan Hall #SampleSunday
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“The Dragon of Sullivan Hall” is a short story of mine that appears in Unseen Press’ DRAGONTHOLOGY, an anthology of dragon stories. I decided to share some excerpts from that today, because one of my former roommates, Debbie Leuders, sent … Continue reading →
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December 13, 2014
Playing With MA’s Camera #Caturday
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Hi, I’m Munchkin, also known as Buster Brown or BB King. MA never goes far without her camera, but she left it yesterday when she went to Granny’s, and Ami and I took turns playing with it. Amidala started it … Continue reading →
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December 12, 2014
My Favorite Christmas Story
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SMOKE is a film based on stories by Paul Auster. It’s about the weight of the intangible and the power of story. My favorite Christmas story ever comes at the end; it’s pretty much the entirety of Auster’s “Auggie Wren’s … Continue reading →
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December 11, 2014
Peter Pan, Tiny Tim, and Barnabas #ThrowbackThursday
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Okay, Peter Pan, Tiny Tim, and Barnabas walk into a bar…. Not really. I does sound like the lead-in to a great bar joke, though, doesn’t it? No, it’s this picture. Peter Pan, Tiny Tim, and Barnabas Oh, and Tolkien, … Continue reading →
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December 10, 2014
A #Vegan Paella
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Paella almost always has meat and/or seafood, but this one doesn’t, because I got it out of Betty Crocker‘s Easy Meatless Dishes, one of those little two-up saddle stitch books they sell at the checkout counter at the grocery. Vegan … Continue reading →
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December 9, 2014
Making Memes
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So I belong to this Facebook group called the BBTCafe, made up mostly of past graduates of Dani Greer’s Blog Book Tour classes. Dani (aka Sarge) has got us making memes now. Actually, that’s a misnomer, although who’s going to … Continue reading →
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December 8, 2014
Alice Friman Tells How-To #amwriting
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Alice Friman is a fan-freakin’-tastic poet, but everything she says about poetry applies to prose, as well. Strong writing is strong writing. These are notes I took at a workshop she gave. What a treat it was! Long post, but … Continue reading →
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December 7, 2014
Mitch Asks Advice #SampleSunday
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In today’s sample from A DEAD GUY AT THE SUMMERHOUSE, Mitch asks advice of his friend Scott Masters. Mitch Asks Advice excerpt from A DEAD GUY AT THE SUMMERHOUSE by Marian Allen “Something else?” Scott asked. “See,” I said, after … Continue reading →
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December 6, 2014
Glamor Shots #Caturday
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Amidala speaking. MaMA has been taking glamor shots of us. She read something online about taking good photos of one’s cats, and she’s been trying it. She’s coming along, but she might try focusing once in a while, or holding … Continue reading →
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