Tuesday, January 31, 2017

It’s getting awfully hard to be optimistic these days

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by Rick Blechta No need to amplify much on the title of my post. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past, say, two years, you ...
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Monday, January 30, 2017

Reading Ourselves to Empathy

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By Vicki Delany Vicki Writing (not exactly as shown) Vicki Reading (not exactly as shown) I enjoyed Rick’s post about Entertain...
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Friday, January 27, 2017

When Mary Met Raymond

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Mary Tyler Moore died on Wednesday, and I cried. I was surprised that the death of a woman I had never met hurt so much. Maybe because altho...
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Thursday, January 26, 2017

Double Brain

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By the time this post comes up, I will have launched my ninth Alafair Tucker Mystery, The Return of the Raven Mocker , on Tuesday the 24...
Wednesday, January 25, 2017

So how long did your new year's resolutions last?

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Barbara here. Well, that will teach me to make new year's resolutions. On my last post, I resolved that in 2017, I would try not to miss...
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Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Why I consider reading to be “entertaining myself”

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by Rick Blechta When we’re little, people (usually our parents) tell us far more often than we want to here, “I can’t always be enterta...
Monday, January 23, 2017

Book Magic

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I read Charlotte's last post wincing sympathetically. I too have fillings that are only just hanging on in there and despite a genius de...
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Friday, January 20, 2017

Bookaholics

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Several days ago something went south with a tooth. The old filling decided to leave or I chipped it. Whatever. Yesterday it began to ache a...
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Thursday, January 19, 2017

More on Reading

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Recent posts about being read to as a child hit close to home. As the father of an 8-year-old daughter, Keeley (the real Keeley, I say), Don...
Wednesday, January 18, 2017

1969: The Astronauts' Reading Club

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It’s the summer of 1969. While man is walking on the moon, I’m enjoying playing outside with my sister and reading lots and lots of books. I...
Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Getting to know you, getting to know all about you…

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by Rick Blechta Now that I’m back seriously crafting my new novel and able to put in the required hours without risk of falling behind in ...
Monday, January 16, 2017

Sherlock Holmes and Me

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By Vicki Delany There is, as we are always being told in creative writing classes, no such thing as a new idea. It’s all been don...
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Saturday, January 14, 2017

THE KNOW-IT-ALL WRITER

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I am delighted to invite my good friend Janet Kellough to blog for us this week. Now that I am also living in Prince Edward County, I am fin...
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Friday, January 13, 2017

Thrilling in Slow Motion

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I have to catch an early train down to New York City. So I'm going to make this post brief and interactive. As you may recall, one of ...
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Thursday, January 12, 2017

How We Learn to Love Books

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Rick and Aline both wrote wonderful entries this week about being read to as a child. I'm sure every book-lover has a similar story. Whe...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2017

On being read to

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by Rick Blechta I really enjoyed Aline’s post yesterday, especially so since just the day before I was chatting with my wife and son abou...
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Monday, January 09, 2017

Tell Me a Story

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I've just dismantled Christmas. The tree is in the garden awaiting disposal (why is there always one bauble left on the branches, howeve...
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Saturday, January 07, 2017

Guest Blogger: The Return of Hannah Dennison!

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As Hannah is in no need of introductory help, I’m not going to provide it. I will say this, though: Welcome back! It has been too long indee...
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Friday, January 06, 2017

Generating Hope

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Usually I'm a January Junkie. I love the beginning of a new year and fresh starts. My pervasive post-election depression is fading al...
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Thursday, January 05, 2017

New year, same resolution

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My resolutions rarely change. 2016 was a wild ride. The year ended with a Dec. 30 surprise 70th birthday party for my mother, Connie, who ...