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Summer Blues

Posted in Motivation, Seasons, The Writing Life on August 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Today the sky is a brilliant blue, the sun a radiant yellow. Outside it is 82 degrees. Not much humidity. The lazy days of summer beckon. Through the open door, I smell the fragrance of late blooming flowers and freshly mowed grass. As my husband steps out onto the deck, a warm breeze caresses my [...]

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Sunnyside

Posted in Historical Homes, Hudson Valley, Reflections, Touring on August 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Magic dwells in Tarrytown – magic, mirth, and a smidgeon of mystery. On the banks of the Hudson River stands a house called Sunnyside. Sunnyside is not a grand house, like neighboring Lyndhurst (see photo on right). Lyndhurst is a castle of a house, an outstanding example of American Gothic Revival architecture built by a [...]

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Water Leak

Posted in Cats, Laugh, water leak on August 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I received an email early this morning. Although it has nothing to do with writing, I thought you might enjoy it. “Jennifer and Jim kept getting huge water bills. No matter how they tried to conserve, the high bills continued. They knew the bills didn’t represent their actual water use so they checked the water [...]

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Building Houses

Posted in Motivation, The Writing Life, Writing Business on August 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Writing a book is like building a house. Okay, so you’ve heard that one before. So have I. It’s an old analogy. But there’s a part of it that I’d never really mulled over until this morning. Some years ago, we built a house (not the one shown, but don’t you just love this picture?). [...]

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Things I Learned in San Francisco – RWA National

Posted in Conferences, Motivation, Reflections, RWA National, San Francisco, The Writing Life on August 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »

As you may have guessed by previous postings, I LOVED touring San Francisco and my experience at 2008 RWA National. Here are a few things I learned while there. Chinese take-out tastes a whole lot better in California than it does in Pennsylvania. All major cities are NOT alike. San Francisco’s culture is unique, undefinable, [...]

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RWA National in San Francisco – August 1 & 2

Posted in Conferences, Craft, RWA National, The Writing Life, Voices, Writing as a Business on August 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Friday and Saturday posts slipped away in a flurry of conference bustle. After the sensational awards ceremony (see August 3rd), this wrap-up summary may be anti-climatic, but I wanted to post before the memories slip away. Both days opened with continental breakfasts outside the Yerba Buena Ballroom. Tables of pastries, juice, fruit, coffee and tea [...]

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RWA National in San Francisco – August 2 Evening

Posted in Conferences, RITA & Golden Heart, RWA National, The Writing Life on August 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

This will be a quick post. The RWA RITA & Golden Hearts Awards Ceremony on Saturday evening was sensational. (Please click the link to see the full list of winners.) Suzanne Brockman emceed and kept the ceremony moving with her witty narration and film clips showing “nerds” who were changed into movie heroes by romance [...]

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RWA National in San Francisco – July 31

Posted in Booksigning, Conferences, Hearts Through History, RWA National, The Writing Life on August 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »

On Wednesday evening I attended The Beau Monde & Hearts Through History Soiree. It was a culmination of the all day History Conference within a conference. Most attending wore Regency styled gowns as they followed the Dancemaster’s instructions and learned the dances of the Regency period. I felt a bit out of place in my [...]

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