Kurt Vonnegut: Advice on Writing. ALL you need!

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1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted. 2. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for. 3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water. 4. Every sentence [...]

Pedaling A New Miracle Drug!

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Stoopidil-tayk-anyfing – if you have asthma and cannot go out to follow the bee; – if you have acne and hate the pock marks on your forehead; – if you have depression and it weighs you down watching you; – if you have scabby ugly psoriasis……. Photo: Matt Browne, Flikr, Creative Commons – Will open [...]

Play or Don’t, But Check It Out!

I’m it for now but I won’t be by the time I finish writing this post. But some of you will! Thank you, poet/writer/bloggin’ buddy Sweepy Jean for tagging me into the game. The rules are as follows: Post the rules. Tag up to eleven bloggers by posting links to their blogs, and let them [...]

Flying Kites!

From Kites Soar, fly and let your imagination free.

Sorry It’s Not Me, It’s the Muse!

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An e-mail from a fellow author: “Sorry it took so long to respond. My younger one had a birthday and it’s always a series of events, lol! One for the friends, one for the family and the real one, the actual day, is for us. So, since Friday I had no peace, lol (Not that [...]

The beauty of Hawaii in Hibiscus

From Hibiscus Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty. Albert Einstein May beauty touch your life.

Mushrooms are different and strange.

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One of my favorite things to photograph is mushrooms. I always find them in hidden places, dark places. The colors amaze me. Under appreciated, they thrive even when neglected and unnoticed. May you thrive even in darkness May you grow in the hidden places of your heart May you find peace in the quiet areas [...]

Writing! Keep it up!

An amazing tribute and encouragement for writing! Enjoy!

The Title of the Book Matters Little

What mattered to me was the impact it had on my reader. I am not selling you my book, I am sharing an incredible review that warmed my heart and reminded me again why I write. *** Review on Amazon for one of the short stories: I can’t explain why this short story by Sonia [...]

Allowing Dog to Piddle In Tennis Courts

Dear Baba Rumcake, I was admonished by a man in the tennis courts because my wonderful and very old dog Ruff peed on the net. I apologized for my dog’s mishap but he kept shouting at me. He even suggested I should come back with a towel to clean under the net. I was very [...]