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Agnes and Francesca

I wrote about Agnes, our resident wild turkey, a few posts back. The past few days Agnes has brought along her friend, Francesca. That’s Agnes in back. Francesca’s in front. Agnes, on her own, is quite cordial and talkative with us. She waddles up to the porch windows, stares in, warbles to get our attention … Continue reading "Agnes and Francesca"

Barb Drozdowich’s Author’s Guide to Working with Book Bloggers

I picked up The Author’s Guide to Working With Book Bloggers because I wanted to learn more about working with book bloggers. Well, duh, huh? Perhaps if I wrote “I picked up The Author’s Guide to Working With Book Bloggers because I wanted to learn more about slicing deli meats.” I’d be a more interesting … Continue reading "Barb Drozdowich’s Author’s Guide to Working with Book Bloggers"

Barb Drozdowich’s Author’s Guide to Working with book Bloggers

I picked up The Author’s Guide to Working With Book Bloggers because I wanted to learn more about working with book bloggers. Well, duh, huh? Perhaps if I wrote “I picked up The Author’s Guide to Working With Book Bloggers because I wanted to learn more about slicing deli meats.” I’d be a more interesting … Continue reading "Barb Drozdowich’s Author’s Guide to Working with book Bloggers"

Jill Nelson’s “Rivet Your Readers with Deep Point of View”

I got Rivet Your Readers with Deep Point of View at the suggestion of my writing coach, Rich Marcello (and he’s great. I’ve learned things I didn’t know I didn’t know. It don’t get much better than that!). He told me I already did most of what Jill Nelson explained in the book and that … Continue reading "Jill Nelson’s “Rivet Your Readers with Deep Point of View”"

Writers’ Groups – Critiques

(picking up from where I left off in Writers’ Groups – Introduction…) My core reason for all the socializing that’s part of any writers’ group is to learn, improve, increase. Learning, improving and increasing comes from critiquing others’ work and … Continue reading →

The Boy in the Giant – Artwork by LadySparrowhawk

I’m blessed to have Casey Wilkinson, aka Lady Sparrowhawk, a gifted artist as a friend. She provided the artwork for this story (which also appears on my Patreon feed. Enjoy! Once upon a time, when a small, magical child lived … Continue reading →

WildLife – Agnes

I mentioned in WildLife – Heckie, Sheldon, Veronica, Porgy and Bess that we have lots of wildlife in our yard. We encourage it. People who knew me in my NextStage days will remember my frequent posts about one such creature, … Continue reading →

Writers’ Groups – Introduction

I’m involved with a few writers’ groups. “involve” is one of those words that conveys so much, isn’t it? “How are you involved with…?”, “It’s involved…”, “We’re involved (in a relationship/in an activity).”, “Finding an adequate solution involves…”, “We … Continue reading →

WildLife – Heckie, Sheldon, Veronica, Porgy and Bess

I’m taking a break from submitting and writing to do some writing. Busman’s holiday, I guess. Some readers may remember the NextStage Evolution Facebook page. It’s long gone and it was probably best known for the wildlife pictures and stories … Continue reading →

WildLife

I’m taking a break from submitting and writing to do some writing.

Busman’s holiday, I guess.

Some readers may remember the NextStage Evolution Facebook page. It’s long gone and it was probably best known for the wildlife pictures and stories there. Susan (I mention her on the About Joseph page) and I have been working with the wildlife in our backyard going on ten years at this point. One of our regrets about taking down the NextStage Evolution Facebook page was taking down all those wildl...