Merry Farmer's Blog, page 51
August 3, 2012
Dressage: The Sexiest Sport Going
Every two years we all stop to cheer our respective countries on to gold in the Olympics. This year, while everyone is cozying up to their TVs to watch the old standards of swimming, gymnastics, and track and field, I … Continue reading →
August 1, 2012
Western Wednesday – Oregon Trail: Part Three
There’s no denying that the Oregon Trail and all of its subsets were the means by which the West was opened. The trappers, traders, and explorers of the first third of the nineteenth century discovered paths that the Trail could … Continue reading →
July 31, 2012
An Interview with Eliza Knight
I’m very happy today to introduce you to the wonderful Eliza Knight. I’ve been lucky enough to get to know Eliza through the RWA, and I can happily say that she’s one of the nicest writers I’ve met. And she … Continue reading →
July 30, 2012
Medieval Monday – Games and Sports
The Olympics are in full swing in London here in the year 2012. I’ve always been a huge Olympics fan from as far back as I can remember. But sports competitions, even international sports competitions, are nothing new. They have … Continue reading →
July 27, 2012
Birthday Questions 2012
My brother has a tradition with friends and family. Every year on someone’s birthday he asks them a series of questions. These questions have to do with events of the past year, from birthday to birthday. This year he was … Continue reading →
July 25, 2012
Western Wednesday – The Oregon Trail: Part Two
The year is 1843. It’s been roughly forty years since Lewis and Clark made their expedition up the Missouri River into the unclaimed territory of the Pacific Northwest. You’ve been hearing the rumors of rugged mountains and wild lands to … Continue reading →
July 24, 2012
What Kind of Story Are You?
I have a friend. Her name is J.R. Tague. She is a writer. She’s written a YA novel called Leveling Up that was just picked up for publication by Crescent Moon Press. It’s a really cool story about zombies in … Continue reading →
July 23, 2012
Medieval Monday – Interview with Jannine Corti-Petska
Today for Medieval Monday I am pleased to welcome fellow medieval historical romance novelist Jannine Corti-Petska. Aside from being a truly fabulous writer, one of the things that draws me to Jannine is that she writes about medieval Italy. With … Continue reading →
July 18, 2012
Western Wednesday: The Oregon Trail – Part One
Okay, so you’re a young man and you want to heed Horace Greeley’s advice to “go west and grow up with the country”. Awesome. So how exactly do you go about doing that? Chances are that if you were heading … Continue reading →
July 17, 2012
Fake It ‘Til You Make It
Once, many years ago, I had an employer who sent me to a Seven Habits of Highly Effective People seminar. I’m not much of a seminar person, but I did find a lot of the advice to be pretty valuable, … Continue reading →
