Waiting And Praying For The End
In my house it’s easy to tell how close I am to turning in a book. 1–We eat takeout and frozen foods from the last decade. 2–I begin to wear clothing that under normal circumstances I would use to dust my furniture. 3–I can’t remember the date, often even the month, since it does NOT…
Read MoreCHUsday: Where Do You Go When You Don’t Feel Like Cooking?
Let’s get the biz part over fast. In an effort to make use of some of those MANY cookbooks lining your shelves, some (most?) of which you haven’t opened in a year, we’re doing a fun giveaway here called Cookbook Hoarders United. Just try a recipe from one of your orphaned cookbooks (one you haven’t…
Read MoreSunday Poetry: The Domesticity of Addition
Welcome to Sunday Poetry. If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday blogs here. Today’s poem, Numbers by Mary Cornish, comes to us from Poetry 180, and I’ve included it in honor of all those students and teachers back in classrooms this month, struggling with addition or algebra or calculus. …
Read MoreThe Write Way: Daily News, Daily Blues, Pick Out a Story Every Time You Choose
Okay, who remembers Tom Paxton? Remember his song Daily News? “Daily news, daily blues, pick up a copy every time you choose. Seven little pennies in the newsboy’s hand. . .” Seven little pennies? Newsboy? How old is this song, anyway? Apparently it’s this old: “Civil rights leaders are a pain in the neck, can’t…
Read MoreCHUsday’s Winner and Herbed Oven Crisp Chicken
We completed August with some great entries in the CHU giveaway. Random.org chose Lee Ann’s entry–which was actually the first–a selection from the cookbook, Adventures In Cooking, from the Sunnyside Presbyterian Church in South Bend, Indiana and submitted by a Mrs. G.V. Swigart. The book came to Lee Ann from Great-Grandmother “B,” and Lee Ann chose…
Read MoreSunday Poetry: As It Is Remembered
Welcome to Sunday Poetry. If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday blogs here. Today is September 11th, and the poem, Heaven by Patrick Phillips, is in honor of all who live on only in memories. Phillips gives us a poignant image of the afterlife to ponder. What…
Read MoreButton Holed: An Interview With Author Kylie Logan
Welcome, Kylie. Before we go too much further I ought to point out you’ve been here before under an alias. Now you’ve taken on an entirely new identity? Exactly what are you running from and who’s after you? Are we going to get into trouble for harboring you on this blog and for giving away…
Read MoreCHUsday: Some Experiments are Not Worth Repeating.
When I arrived at our summer cottage in early August I found enough onions in residence to do some serious planning. Since I was on a mission to use the cookbooks (old and new) that I’d brought with me, none of which had ever been used at all, I immediately looked up onions for something…
Read MoreSunday Poetry: God’s Own Angels
Welcome to Sunday Poetry. If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday blogs here. Tomorrow is Labor Day, first celebrated in the United States on September 5, 1882. It became a federal holiday two years later at the urging of President Grover Cleveland, in an attempt to find…
Read MoreWhat’s In a Title? Hooking the Reader Through Collaboration.
Okay, I’ll admit it. There are parts of the writing process I do not love. One of them is collaboration. No, I don’t write with a partner, and couldn’t if my life depended on it. But I am part of a team, the team that publishes my novels, and they have a say in lots…
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