The Writing Biz Meets Pop Culture
I’m not much of a musician, but I’ve been known to plink around on the piano or my dad’s acoustic guitar. Every now and then I want to try a new piece of music, but I’ve discovered that music stores that sell sheet music or going the way of the dodo bird. That’s why I [...]
This morning I was reading about the changing grocery shopping habits in the economic downsizing of America.
Apparently, more people are shopping in the grocery section of Walmart rather than in the Krogers, Safeways, and Whole Foods of the nation. Since there’s a general opinion that fresh produce purchased at Whole Foods is superior to that [...]
My daughter and I are salivating over the previews of the new FX drama, Justified starring Timothy Olyphant. The show, from the trailers, appears to have all the elements we like: an alpha male hero, a setting that could easily be Texas, dramatic story lines, and lots of action. Oh, did I mention he carries [...]
I’ll be honest. I didn’t watch the Olympics.
No, wait. That’s not precisely true. I wanted to see some of the ice dancing and figure skating so I sat up one night and caught about a half hour of that. Loved the duo that ice danced to Phantom of the Opera music, and Joannie Rochette, who’d [...]
March is just around the corner. Let’s kick it off with a contest that may be of great interest to those with bilingual skills who published a translation of literature from any language into English in 2009. The American Literary Translators Association sponsors the $2,500 National Translation Award. This is open to book-length works [...]
Private number plates in the UK are so popular that auctions are held each year where excited bidders can find the combo of numbers they want. In the past year, an auction for the coveted 1000 number plate saw the winning bidder pay 80,000 pounds for that number plate.
Private number plates or personalized plates, as [...]
Breaking into the children’s book market is really hard. That’s a truth writers confront when they start pursuing publication in that genre. Why? I guess because a good book for children never gets old or goes out of print. I read Poky Little Puppy when I was a child. I read it to my daughter [...]
I read an interesting article about slang usage. I often include current slang words and/or phrases in my freelance writing because they give a certain immediacy and conversational tone that make the content accessible to a wide audience. Not only do kids and those who strive to be ultra cool talk in the latest slang [...]
Today has been one of those days when I would rather have stayed in bed.
I drove home late Saturday night from the farm where I’d been working on cleaning out my late mother’s home. The seven hour drive was made bearable by the unabridged book on CD, Tomb of the Golden Bird by Elizabeth Peters [...]
I’ve wanted all week to tell you about an article I read in my local newspaper, but it’s been a busy week at the Reeves hacienda with lots of doctor appointments for my daughter. Houston is a big town, and it seems as if the doctors we must consult are at the opposite end from [...]
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