Bring it On! NaNoWriMo and A Challenge
Right. It’s November and that mean NaNoWriMo, the National Novel Writing Month. The idea is that you write 50,000 words of a new novel during the month of November. It works out to 1667 words…
It Ain’t Over Until the Fat Man ….
If you read my post the other day, you know on Hallowe’en the final episode of the Alone In a Room With Invisible People podcast was released. More importantly it was the second half of…
I have a story on the AIARWIP 2020 Halloween podcast
Holly Lisle and her daughter Rebecca Galardo have been running the Alone In a Room With Invisible People podcast for several years now. Each Hallowe’en they put together an episode with flash fiction stories submitted…
Now You’re In Trouble!
Well, not exactly. If you’ve been reading my blog, you probably read A Day In The Life, my short story for the Quarterly Blog Hop. If you liked it, you can own your very own…
A Day In The Life – Storytime Blog Hop April 29, 2020
Time for a blog hop. In case you’re wondering, it is when a group of authors get together and post a short story on their respective blogs. Then they link to the other writers’ websites…
Why am I slogging through the Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant?
I started reading the entire Chronicles of Thomas Covenant series by Stephen R. Donaldson last year, starting with Lord Foul’s Bane and going on through to the end. I read the first and second Chronicles…
I really just don’t learn
I’ve been staying at my fiance’s house since this Covid-19 thing started. My dog and her dog do not always get along. For the most part they ignore each other. But every now and again,…
An Odd Dream
Didn’t get a lot done today, but, hey, it is Sunday and it is supposed to be a day of rest. Started out with a weird dream though. I dreamed that I somehow figured out…
Online books for kids
Following on from my post yesterday, there are several places that you can visit for kid’s books being read aloud. If you’re looking for an activity to share with your kid’s while under lockdown, or…
The importance of reading to your kids
One of my earliest memories is being read to as a child. We had a large book with a red cover, filled with folk tales and stories, some may have been Aesop’s fables, and some…