Joyce Magnin's Blog, page 16

Writers Anonymous--It's about time

Here's the thing, I am not the first one to do this. In fact I am admitting I am stealing this idea from Betsy Learner. But it is so good I don't think she'll mind. So let's have some fun.

Hi, my name is Joyce and I am a writer. I tried to stop, many times. I tried but I kept going back to the keyboard, over and over again. It was like a siren song. I couldn't help it. And really, who was I hurting? Just myself. And I admit I
often,okay, okay most of the time wrote alone. I even went out a ni...

American Idol--My Take

Here's the thing, I watch American Idol. There I said it and I'm not ashamed. I know that I'm not making any earth shattering revelations here when I say one of the reasons I like it is because of how it parallels the publishing business. It's been done before. But I wanted to give my take on it, nonetheless. So What Has American Idol taught me? I believe I have become a better critiquer because of it. I have actually repeated some of the things the Idol judges say. Things like, "I'm just no...

Life Critters, Yikes!

Here's the thing, we all know about critique groups. Most writers belong to one or have been in one at some time. Including me. I belong. Gee it's nice to belong isn't it? Writers can feel so outside the norm of human existence that having a place to belong is great. The critique group, it's what separates writers from, say Bole Weavels. But I got to thinking this morning about this subject and it made me wonder, what would it be like if we had crit groups for life? Ha! What a riot. Could yo...

Getting The Chair

Here's the thing, I am distracted today because I need to visit the dentist tomorrow and I am here to admit that I am probably hands down the biggest most neurotic dental phobic on the planet. Please pray for me. Yikes. I have this rotten tooth that's been bothering me for a really, really long time and now I don't think I have
a choice. I MUST meet the inquisitor tomorrow and allow him to probe and pick and stick his gnarly dental fingers into my mouth. To whom do I owe this unholy nightmare...

In the Belly of the Snowbeast

Here's the thing, I was lying in bed in the predawn hours listening to the blustery wind howling and blowing snow around and feeling for all the world like a pioneer woman out on the prairie with just her shotgun, a hound dog and a cooking pot when I realized I would have made a lousy pioneer woman after I prayed, "Please God, don't
let the power go out." Then I opened my eyes and basked in the comfort of the alien abduction ambience of the street light and my neighbor's bazillion watt securi...

Paths--the narrower the better

Here's the thing, you cannot participate in an historic snowfall without noticing a few things. I think there is 60 inches of it out there and more is on its way. One of the things I've noticed as I've endured the white stuff is that everywhere I look
people are making paths. Paths from their People with snowblowers are everywhere, blowing it around. Snow plows scrape and push paths down major highways. Yep, paths. We all need paths it seems. What's funny is that these paths are usually much ...

SNOW!

Here's the thing, being an author is hard enough without life getting in the way. I find it hard to move from one end of the day to the other and appear normal. Look, writers are not normal, not like say, neurosurgeons or CPAs. No, writers have their own way of looking at life and cannot be held responsible to react in certain situations like everyone else. Take the recent blizzard for example. There is like fifty feet of snow out there and people are outside moving around, shoveling the stuf...

Joyce to the World

Here's the thing, names have always interested me. Funny how so many of us grow up to match our names. Sometimes I think the name a child is given at birth is a kind of prophecy. Hey, it was good enough for all those Bible people. Maybe that's where the fascination started. I remember hearing a preacher or teacher tell me what a biblical hero's name meant and it kind of wowed me. God is so cool like that. Which brings me to my parent's totally uncool naming of me. Joyce. Yikes. I hated the na...

Meet Sandie Bricker!

Welcome to my blog, Sandie Bricker. First of all, congrats on the new release!
Thank you so much for having me, Joycie. I'm excited to be here!

Tell us a little about your latest release and maybe a smidge about the upcoming release.Sure! I'll give you a couple of back cover blurbs.

The Big 5-OH! hit the shelves on February 1st: Olivia Wallace can't remember a birthday that wasn't marked by illness, tragedy or both. And now, as she emerges victorious over cancer and approaches The Big 5-Oh, sh...

Meet Christa Allan

Hre's the thing, my friend and fellow Abingdon Author, Christa Allan has just released her first novel. It's a good one folks. I invited her to stop by the blog today and share a bit about the journey. Enjoy. And then, please, go buy her book. You won't be dissappointed.


Tell us about your book, please.
My debut novel , Walking on Broken Glass, tells the story of Leah Thornton, a woman whose life looks pretty from the outside; she seems to "have it all." But appearances can be deceiving becaus...