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Dear Readers, As you know, my mother, Caroline Clemmons, passed away May 1. My sister and I have decided not to continue the blog as it would just be too sad for us. Thank you, thank you, thank you, to the amazing authors who posted each month and to the amazing readers who faithfully read them. Please continue to read my mother's books and those of the talented ladies who belonged to this blog.…
This week, I'm taking my girls to see BTS in Vegas! It's going to be so exciting! And while I was chatting excitedly with a friend, she made a comment that I was too old to like KPop and all I could reply with was that she had just seen Backstreet Boys at the Sphere, so...KPop vs Boyband Pop? Is it really so hard to believe? And she told me that it must be a guilty pleasure of mine. I have no…
by Judy Ann Davis Independence Day, better known as the Fourth of July, is the birthday of the United States of America. It is celebrated on July 4th each year in states and territories of the United States and is the anniversary of the day on which the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress—July 4, 1776. The founders of our new nation and thirteen colonies considered…
I'm late getting around today. Well, not just today, but often lately. I'm looking out the window right now at redheaded woodpecker snacking at the suet feeder in the side yard. It's kind of a gloomy day, and the friendly woodpecker and the brilliant green of freshly mown grass lighten things up considerably. It makes me think of the writing business. I've been writing for money (negligible, but…
My blog is late, because I have struggled to write it, dear Reader. My amazing, beautiful, clever mother passed away May 1st, and my heart is broken. I have so many wonderful memories of my mother. One of the earliest is when I was three years old. Each year Mom made Christmas cookies. She made some shaped like the state of Texas, and I was thrilled when she told me I was old enough to put the…
I saw a meme online that said: Now that you're over 40, choose a hobby or one will be assigned to you. Then it offered: Plants Bird Watching Hiking Sourdough Knitting/Crocheting How true is this? Birds. I seriously pay attention to birds now. Why? I never asked for this! And I enjoy it! I've been sitting in my backyard watching hummingbirds, doves, yellow finches, even a hawk! And today...boy are…
Have you recently discovered that having a stress ball isn't for throwing at people who stress you out? Everyone has stress. It's a response to challenges in life. And let's face it, a life without challenges would be dreary and boring. If you’re a writer, stress manifests itself when you write and when you don’t. If the writing flows, we say we’re in the zone. When it stops, we agonize over how…
A couple of years ago, a book of my heart was released by a publisher that closed its doors only a few months in. The book had good reviews and good sales (by my standards), but it just didn't work out. So, in February, I released Pieces of Blue myself, as Singing Tree Publishing. It's still a book of my heart, it has a lovely new cover, and it's now Book 1 of Colors, the Harper Loch Trilogy. Book…
I was talking to my friend the other day, and we were talking about Alphaholes. I don't know how many of you were around for this, but in the mid-2000s the favorite type of hero was the Alphahole. He was an asshole, but he was an Alpha Male. While that term has been completely changed since then, what it meant was that he was a strong leader, who was maybe a bit bossy, didn't always explain, and…
by Judy Ann Davis Okay, I admit it, I’m not a fan of February. Every year, I wish it would fly by and push us into March. After the holidays, February brings holiday bills to pay, freezing temperatures in the northern regions, hibernation tendencies, snow, lack of light, more snow, colds, flu and then…more non-melting, dirty snow with ice. It’s a bleak, long, tedious month, despite the fewest…
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