Archive | December 26, 2014
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…well, whaddya know?… my wee blog celebrates its millennium post…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…when yeez reach 21, yeez supposedly get the ‘Key to the Door’… if sum’thing lasts until the magic 50 number, it’s a Golden Anniversary… and knock on to 60 and yeez register for a Diamond Jubilee… race away and get the 100 up, and there’s yer Centenary, and the customary, polite ’round…
Learning from Failure
Originally posted on Live to Write – Write to Live:
Long-time readers of this blog know that I’ve spent the last three years researching, writing and rewriting Ellen, a novel. I showed it to my agent twice along the way, and knew she had reservations about the premise, main character, time period and tone. I…
Book review: Conor Kelly and the Fenian King
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes:
http://www.amazon.com/Conor-Kelly-Fenian-King-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B00LN8GDE0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1419418187&sr=8-1&keywords=conor+kelly+and+the+fenian+king ? This sequel to The Four Treasures of Eirean is a more complex, darker page of Conor Kelly’s story than the first volume. Conor is a year older, still bound to his wheelchair, still unable to communicate verbally. He is more of an adolescent, and even more frustrated…
Response to Ronovan writes weekly haiku poetry prompt challenge 24 Innocence Life
Originally posted on Miscellaneous & Recommendations:
Hope of each Christmas. Life brought forth in the cold heart, Birth of innocence. Margarita Sikorskaia http://ronovanwrites.wordpress.com/2014/12/22/ronovanwrites-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-24-innocencelife/
Was Jesus Christ born on Christmas day?
Originally posted on e-Tinkerbell:
Christmas is so close and I’m sure you have already made your houses sparkle with all the cheerful, festive lights and I am pretty sure that a richly decorated Christmas tree is brightening the living rooms where you, your families and friends will gather to celebrate the Nativity, the birth of…
A circular Christmas letter written in 1920
Originally posted on BRIDGET WHELAN writer:
I’ve sent out my circular letters to friends and family across the world and received a few in returned. We exchanged news about new homes and old bones, about holidays enjoyed and new trips planned. This one was written by the great American poet Robert Frost about a man…
The Struggling (Sometimes Starving) Writer
Originally posted on Shannon A. Thompson:
The Struggling (Sometimes Starving) Writer As many of you know, I love listening. Hearing the stories of strangers is often the most inspiring moments of my own life. It’s also how I fell in love with listening, and this is why I enjoy hearing your opinions and suggestions so…
My Gift to You
Originally posted on All I Have to Say:
Hello, everyone! I hope you had a peaceful Christmas and joyous Chanukah. With New Year’s right around the corner, the holidays aren’t over yet. And I have a gift for you. Well, three gifts. Spellbound is free on Kindle for the next two days. This will be…