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Still Life by Louise Penny
“Three Pines wasn’t on any tourist map, being too far off any main or even secondary road. Like Narnia, it was generally found unexpectedly and with a degree of surprise that such an elderly village should have been hiding in this valley all along. Anyone fortunate enough to find it once usually found their way…
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Diary of a Bad Writer: Hear My Heart
The wolf won’t ever have to fight for his food, if he can convince the sheep that the sheepdog is the enemy. Officer Parker I’m not one to blog about my political position, especially since I am on the political frontlines within a law enforcement agency, but today I am hoping you’ll simply hear my…
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The Green Mile by Stephen King
“Sometimes there is absolutely no difference at all between salvation and damnation.” Paul Edgecombe, The Green Mile I’ve been troubled over the past week, as I’m sure many of you have. So, with my heart hurting for both for the family of George Floyd and for my brothers and sisters in blue, I felt I…
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Diary of a Bad Writer: Focus
“I only write when I am inspired. Fortunately, I am inspired at 9 o’clock every morning.” William Faulkner Stereotype: Writers are Procrastinators. Even now as I sit before my computer, I find myself distracted. It isn’t the allure of social media or the call of email that pulls my focus. Instead, it is research. Yep,…
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Elevation by Stephen King
There has never been a poorly written Stephen King anything – novel, novella, short story, or even twitter post – and Elevation is no different. Do I claim it as one of my all-time favorite King stories? Not at all, but it is still a great read! Elevation is more than a story about a…
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Diary of A Bad Writer: Fear, Caution, and Responsibility
Pandemic. COVID-19. Coronavirus. All words which have become commonplace in our vernacular in recent months, and spewing forth from these terms is the unintended consequence of Fear. You writers will notice that Fear is capitalized. This is a technique where a writer capitalizes an abstract word to personify it. Thus we have Fear. And Fear,…
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On the Way to You by Kandi Steiner
Kandi Steiner is the Queen of Angst and definitely delivers with this one. What makes you happy? That is a question we would all do well to consider in our lives. Steiner does a great job making one think through this question in an applicable way, all while confronting everyone’s internal fear: “… I don’t…
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Green Glow
Happy St. Patty’s Day everyone! I’m always amazed at the tiniest of things that draw my attention to a scene. I love how lights come to life at night and how colors seem to glow. For me, this shot was all about the dress. The green was so dominate in the glow from behind the…
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Diary of a Bad Writer: It’s a Small World Afterall
This is mass hysteria promulgated by the viral nature of social media and mainstream media, and now stores simply cannot restock fast enough. With no strong leader standing up to thwart the propelment of media enticed fear, what did you think would happen?
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