Julia Phillips Smith's Blog, page 14
May 25, 2014
Writing Process Blog Tour
Welcome to my stop on the Worldwide Writing Process Blog Tour.
I was invited aboard by epic speculative fantasy author C. D. Sutherland , author of The Dragoneers series. Thanks, Charles!
You can read about his writing process HERE .
What am I working on?
I'm currently working on Book 2 and 3 simultaneously for my Dragonsfyre series.
Book 1 -- Bound by Dragonsfyre -- was the result of an online serialized fiction project where I posted a new chapter every week here on my blog A Piece of My Mind for...
May 22, 2014
5 on Friday -- Set 224
Spinning Friday tunes since 2010...
For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday blogger -- you can sign in over at Golch Central's Rambling Stuff .
Got into a bit of a groovy, blue-eyed soul kind of mood for this week. Enjoy!
1 - Love is the Drug -- Roxy Music
2 - Tomb of Memories -- Paul Young
3 - I Didn't Mean to...
May 16, 2014
5 on Friday -- Set 223
Spinning Friday tunes since 2010...
For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday blogger -- you can sign in over at Golch Central's Rambling Stuff .
It's Victoria Day Weekend here in the Great White North. That means there's not supposed to be any more white stuff -- and certainly here on the east coast it's warming up, my garden is bursting into bloom and I'm e...
May 15, 2014
May 9, 2014
5 on Friday -- Set 222
Spinning Friday tunes since 2010...
For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday blogger -- you can sign in over at Golch Central's Rambling Stuff .
Last week's Hit Maker track from Peggy Lee -- Why Don't You Do Right? -- led to He's a Tramp playing in my head ever since.
So this week, I'm going old school Disney for some of my favorite music from those...
May 1, 2014
5 on Friday -- Set 221
Spinning Friday tunes since 2010...
For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday blogger -- you can sign in over at Golch Central's Rambling Stuff .
It's May, and time for my monthly feature for 5 on Friday -- The Hit Makers.
Once a month I'm going to feature the songs that launched careers. I'll be looking at different musical styles and the group...
April 30, 2014
April 29, 2014
A to Z Blog Challenge -- Z is for Zany
Welcome to Day 26 of this year's A to Z Blog Challenge where --
Z is for Zany
My attraction to all things silly goes wa-a-a-y-y back, to when I used to sit in my playpen with a bucket on my head making sounds just to hear them reverberate. At a basic level, even as a toddler, I knew it was silly to sit with a bucket on my head.
I do have to say that I come from a long line of silly people. No doubt my penchant for zaniness is genetic.
That's my cousin Charl...
April 28, 2014
A to Z Blog Challenge -- Y is for the Yarmouth Argyle Port Maitland Opera Lovers Society
Welcome to Day 25 of this year's A to Z Blog Challenge where --
Y is for YAPMOLS, or the Yarmouth Argyle Port Maitland Opera Lovers Society
My grandmother grew up in Amirault's Hill just outside of Yarmouth , and after living her married life in Sydney, Nova Scotia and then in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan, Gram returned to her hometown when Grandpa retired.
My mom joined them when she and my dad parted ways in 1989. For my Mom, Yarmouth had...
April 27, 2014
A to Z Blog Challenge -- X is for our Xanadu Pleasuredome Travelling Sisterhood of Forever Friends
Welcome to Day 24 of this year's A to Z Blog Challenge where --
X is for our Xanadu Pleasuredome Travelling Sisterhood of Forever Friends
In the 13th century, Mongol ruler Kublai Khan held court at a summer palace in Xanadu, the Mongolian name for modern-day Dolon Nor. When Marco Polo wrote about his visit to Xanadu, he mentioned the "Palace built of cane...It is gilt all over, and most elaborately finished inside...The construction of the Palace is...
