Showing posts with label writing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label writing. Show all posts
Monday, July 10, 2023

Writing and Insecurity

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By Thomas Kies I’m nearly finished writing the first draft of a new book.  It’s not part of the Geneva Chase series which I’ve loved doing. ...
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Friday, February 03, 2023

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What's Behind Me? By Johnny D. Boggs A fellow writer asked what dictionary I use. Hey, I did not say that this was a stimulating convers...
Friday, January 20, 2023

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Superstitions By Johnny D. Boggs I just made an emergency run to the grocery. I was out of blueberries. Had gone days without any. Which exp...
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Friday, December 23, 2022

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 Remembering Peter Cooper By Johnny D. Boggs “Somehow, Johnny Cash is dead.” We’re taught in Journalism 101 to tell readers what they need t...
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Friday, October 28, 2022

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  Connections By Johnny D. Boggs The telephone rang last week, and I pushed away from the keyboard and answered. The news stunned me. Karl C...
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Friday, October 14, 2022

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  Writers' Conference Joy  by Johnny D. Boggs Today should find me at the Best Western Inn of the Ozarks for the annual Ozark Creative W...
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Friday, September 30, 2022

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Preventing Brain Fade By Johnny D. Boggs                  Brain Fade. My favorite bit of sports jargon/slang comes from my newspaper days. I...
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Monday, March 07, 2022

The Last Class

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 By Thomas Kies Tonight will be the last class in my Creative Writing workshop series at the college.  The last class is always a little bit...
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Saturday, September 25, 2021

Gats and Cats

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I'm known as a workaholic and so it was unusual to pry myself loose for a long overdue vacation. Last year, the cons I planned to attend...
Monday, July 26, 2021

Believable Behavior

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 If you’re going to be a writer, I believe you need to be a keen observer of your surroundings.  I’m not just talking about places and thing...
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Monday, June 21, 2021

The case of the vanishing words

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Sometimes I think technology is out to get me. I don't mean in a Skynet, come-with-me-if-you-want-to-live way, but there are occasions w...
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Monday, June 14, 2021

Writing in Paradise...Usually

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 I’ve enjoyed some of the blogs here on Type M that detail locations where our fellow bloggers like to write and some of their writing habit...
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Monday, April 12, 2021

Getting back to work

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Happy Monday to you from Douglas Skelton in a sunny but chilly Scotland. As you know, I have been moving house. And if you didn't know, ...
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Monday, December 21, 2020

Where was I?

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Hi, Douglas Skelton this end. This year will the strangest Christmas in living memory, thanks to you-know-what. Here in dear old Blighty fam...
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Monday, September 21, 2020

Tribute to Lilly, My Writing Buddy

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 The Covid-19 pandemic, apocalyptic wildfires in the west, horrific hurricanes hitting the Gulf Coast states, lawmakers and citizens denying...
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Monday, September 23, 2019

Why We Do This.

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My newest book, Graveyard Bay , launched on September 10th. In the past week, I’ve done several book signings, one book talk (with dinner), ...
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Monday, June 03, 2019

When did you know you wanted to be a writer?

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When did you know you wanted to be a writer? When we were children, my sister and I lived off and on with our grandparents. They resided ...
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Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Tricks and old dogs

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What a fun trip down memory lane we are having on Type M this week. Typing and typewriters. I can relate to so many of the stories! Back in...
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Saturday, January 26, 2019

When Writers Teach

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Those who can, do; those who can't, teach. I like to think that I can write and at the same time, I like to think that I can impart so...
Monday, November 19, 2018

Food and Mood

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Since Rick has us exploring recipes, I’m going to add one at the end of this blog. First off, I do all the cooking around in our household...
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