Literary devices are so delightful. If I were organized I’d do a series on them. But I’m not, so I won’t. But for now I’d like you to meet my dear friend, Enallage. The intentional substitution of one grammatical form for another that might make one (aka me) look illiterate. You have to watch the […]
When a woman of a certain age has a vast array of memorabilia dating back to the Kennedy era, is she supposed to let it molder in boxes? When a woman who writes books is supposed to be publicizing an upcoming release, does she talk about the book? The answer to both the above questions
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Book lovers love books. Wise book lovers know that the people who write those books a) have a bias b) have an opinion c) have an agenda (sometimes as innocuous as wanting people to buy their book) d) don’t necessarily mean their books to be read by everyone Wise book lovers don’t want books banned.
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Included in this variety pack—how organized people stay organized (lists!) and a discovery of stationary from my childhood from someone who either thought I had a gift of writing, or thought it was about time I wrote home more. Also a return to the archetype (oh, how I have longed for an excuse to use
Some of my favorite stories were the ones with time travel. The sort of time travel that can go back to undo wrongs and sadness or go forward to prevent wrongs and sadness. Reality reboot/redo/do-over is one way to fix the past. -Like comforting myself that although I was never a flower girl at a
Last year was my first novel’s tenth birthday. I never thought about throwing it a party. But in 2014, my family threw a wonderful book release party and it is still on my top 100 favorite days. I am getting old so there are many, many hundreds of favorite days. So being in the top
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https://youtu.be/RrCRJBd3vkQ Jan Hagel1 cup butter1 cup sugar1 egg—separated2 cups flour1/2 tsp. cinnamon1 T water1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts or pecansHeat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease jelly roll pan (15×10-ish for crisp cookies, large cake pan for thicker ones.) Mix butter, sugar, egg yolk. Blend sifted flour and cinnamon, stir into butter mixture and pat
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