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Oct.29.2009 - 1:43 pm
One Hot Day On The Porch -A Tale of Chuckapaw County
The blog is still on vacation this week, because I am re-grouping from the writer's conference I attended.  So here's a story. “She is just trailer trash in brand new shoes!”   ...
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Oct.09.2009 - 3:52 pm
Absurdity and Insectoid Drones
On the absurdity scale, with one being “slightly askew” and ten being “no really, tell me, where are the hidden cameras?” a recent happening in my life hit about an eight.  A few...
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Oct.02.2009 - 2:56 pm
Sometimes I Have To Wonder What The Thinking Is
Every once in a while, I come across a book that is so mind-numbingly dull, so lackluster in execution, so obvious in plot, that it makes me want to heave it across the room in a...
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Sep.25.2009 - 3:17 pm
Never Could Say Goodbye
Some goodbyes are poignant.  Some are with relief.  Some can be with a hearty “good riddance” or “don’t let the door hit you on the way out”.  Some are reluctant, others welcomed...
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Oct.30.2009 - 9:34 am
In response to: Is your genre cramping your style?
I've been wanting a conversation like this
For a long time I have rebelled against genre designations, at least how they pertain to me. I write what I write. I...
Oct.10.2009 - 10:45 am
In response to: Sometimes I Have To Wonder What The Thinking Is
Doorstops
They make really good doorstops. However, there is something a bit more satisfying about hurling a book across the...
Oct.10.2009 - 9:56 am
In response to: Absurdity and Insectoid Drones
You are right
I did not stop to think how I might insult or shame the vast population of Insectoid Drones. It is true that as a...
Sep.18.2009 - 5:52 pm
In response to: Rude New World
Thanks, Nancy!  Love the
Thanks, Nancy!  Love the cell phone story.  That kind of stuff happens every day it seems.  I guess my mother just...
Aug.11.2009 - 9:21 am
In response to: My Mother, the Yardstick, and the Feminine Hero
I could relate
Karen, Thank you for this!  I am so glad you found things in the piece that resonated.  I'm not sure if it is a thing...
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A Los Angeles native transplanted to the frozen tundra of the Northstar state, I've been writing as long as I can remember. Only in the last few years have I begun to pursue it seriously, however. Epic tales interest me as much as intimate, quiet stories....
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Lisa’s Favorite Books

Kushiel's Dart (actually ALL of them), Anna Karenina, The Hundred Secret Senses, Jane Eyre, Gone With the Wind, Wuthering Heights, The Sun Also Rises, Bleak...