You can find me waxing nostalgic on this New Year's Eve at the PASIC blog: 2 Be Read. Stop by and tell me what you're ushering out or welcoming in today. Meanwhile:
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Monday, December 28, 2009
Monday Pop Quiz: What Does Your Middle Name Say About You?
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Monday Pop Quiz,
Names
You Are Wise and Thoughtful |
 You are the type of person who believes in seeking the truth - no matter how painful it may be. You question everything and everyone. You even try to question your own actions and beliefs every day. You are curious about the world. You think in terms of ideas and theories, and you're open to any new perspective. You can get a bit obsessed and involved with your personal interests. You would make a good professor. |
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Online Workshop: You Can Find Time to Write!
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Dunes And Dreams,
Workshops
Don't miss the opportunity to join me and other writers for this fabulous workshop to help kick-start your writing plans for 2010!
*****PERMISSION TO FORWARD GRANTED AND ENCOURAGED *****
Dunes & Dreams RWA Chapter 215 (from Eastern Long Island) present their January 2010 Online Workshop. http://www.dunesanddreams.org/writing-workshops
Cost: $10 D&D members, $25 all others. Payable in US funds only.
January 4 through January 29
No Matter How Busy You Are, You Can FIND TIME TO WRITE!
with Kelly L. Stone
Blurb: Writers Write. Yes, you’ve heard it before. You know that writers write. And by golly, you’d love to be writing. But the problem is where do you find the time to do it? Between jobs, kids, spouses, cooking, cleaning, laundry, grocery shopping, walking the dog, school activities, social and religious obligations, sleep and leisure time, it seems like you simply cannot squeeze one more minute out of your day. Well, come learn from the pros!! This workshop is based on the instructor's book TIME TO WRITE: More Than 100 Professional Writers Reveal How to Fit Writing Into Your Busy Life (Adams Media, Jan 08) which features interviews with 104 professional writers, including 45 national bestsellers on how they found time to write before they were career published (including Sandra Brown, Jodi Picoult, Ann Major, Christine Feehan, Steve Berry, Tess Gerritsen, Pamela Morsi, Eloisa James, and many more!).
Topics include:
• Your Burning Desire to Write and how to put it into Action
• Find a Writing Schedule that Works!
• Creating a Personalized Writing Action Plan
• Dealing with Resistance to Writing and other Blocks
• Dealing with Interuptions, Distractions, Kids, Spouses, Dogs, Neighbors, Etc!
Bio: Kelly L. Stone (www.KellyLStone.com) earned a master's degree in counseling from Florida State University, and she is currently a licensed mental health counselor with 20 years of experience. She is also the author of three books, GRAVE SECRET (Mundania Press, Sept 2007), which was called "powerful" and "well written" by Romantic Times Book Reviews; TIME TO WRITE: More Than 100 Professional Writers Reveal How to Fit Writing Into Your Busy Life (Adams Media, Jan 2008) and THINKING WRITE: The Secret to Freeing Your Creative Mind (Adams Media, Oct 2009). TIME TO WRITE was nominated for the American Society of Journalists and Authors Outstanding Book of 2008 award.
DATE: January 4 – January 29
Registration deadline is December 31st.
PLACE: Dunes & Dreams RWA Forum
Registrants will receive a login password to the workshop forum by January 2nd to allow ample time to become familiar with the forum.
COST: $10 Dunes & Dreams RWA Members/ $25 all others (US funds only – paypal or checks)
If you pay for a workshop and do not receive a confirmation email and a login by January 2nd, please contact our workshop coordinators at workshops.ddrwa@gmail.com
CANCELLATION AND REFUND POLICY: No registration fees will be refunded. All payments for a workshop must be received by the registration cut off date. Payments received after the cut-off date can be applied to a future workshop of the
applicant's choosing.
If a workshop is canceled due to unforeseen circumstances, such as instructor inability to teach class, registration fees will be applied to a future workshop of the applicant's choosing.
Hope to see you in class!
Registration form and more information: http://www.dunesanddreams.org/writing-workshops
*****PERMISSION TO FORWARD GRANTED AND ENCOURAGED *****
Dunes & Dreams RWA Chapter 215 (from Eastern Long Island) present their January 2010 Online Workshop. http://www.dunesanddreams.org/writing-workshops
Cost: $10 D&D members, $25 all others. Payable in US funds only.
January 4 through January 29
No Matter How Busy You Are, You Can FIND TIME TO WRITE!
with Kelly L. Stone
Blurb: Writers Write. Yes, you’ve heard it before. You know that writers write. And by golly, you’d love to be writing. But the problem is where do you find the time to do it? Between jobs, kids, spouses, cooking, cleaning, laundry, grocery shopping, walking the dog, school activities, social and religious obligations, sleep and leisure time, it seems like you simply cannot squeeze one more minute out of your day. Well, come learn from the pros!! This workshop is based on the instructor's book TIME TO WRITE: More Than 100 Professional Writers Reveal How to Fit Writing Into Your Busy Life (Adams Media, Jan 08) which features interviews with 104 professional writers, including 45 national bestsellers on how they found time to write before they were career published (including Sandra Brown, Jodi Picoult, Ann Major, Christine Feehan, Steve Berry, Tess Gerritsen, Pamela Morsi, Eloisa James, and many more!).
Topics include:
• Your Burning Desire to Write and how to put it into Action
• Find a Writing Schedule that Works!
• Creating a Personalized Writing Action Plan
• Dealing with Resistance to Writing and other Blocks
• Dealing with Interuptions, Distractions, Kids, Spouses, Dogs, Neighbors, Etc!
Bio: Kelly L. Stone (www.KellyLStone.com) earned a master's degree in counseling from Florida State University, and she is currently a licensed mental health counselor with 20 years of experience. She is also the author of three books, GRAVE SECRET (Mundania Press, Sept 2007), which was called "powerful" and "well written" by Romantic Times Book Reviews; TIME TO WRITE: More Than 100 Professional Writers Reveal How to Fit Writing Into Your Busy Life (Adams Media, Jan 2008) and THINKING WRITE: The Secret to Freeing Your Creative Mind (Adams Media, Oct 2009). TIME TO WRITE was nominated for the American Society of Journalists and Authors Outstanding Book of 2008 award.
DATE: January 4 – January 29
Registration deadline is December 31st.
PLACE: Dunes & Dreams RWA Forum
Registrants will receive a login password to the workshop forum by January 2nd to allow ample time to become familiar with the forum.
COST: $10 Dunes & Dreams RWA Members/ $25 all others (US funds only – paypal or checks)
If you pay for a workshop and do not receive a confirmation email and a login by January 2nd, please contact our workshop coordinators at workshops.ddrwa@gmail.com
CANCELLATION AND REFUND POLICY: No registration fees will be refunded. All payments for a workshop must be received by the registration cut off date. Payments received after the cut-off date can be applied to a future workshop of the
applicant's choosing.
If a workshop is canceled due to unforeseen circumstances, such as instructor inability to teach class, registration fees will be applied to a future workshop of the applicant's choosing.
Hope to see you in class!
Registration form and more information: http://www.dunesanddreams.org/writing-workshops
Friday, December 25, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
New Cover!
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Cover art,
Kismet's Revenge,
The Wild Rose Press
Monday Pop Quiz: Are You An Elf or a Reindeer?
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Holidays,
Monday Pop Quiz
You Are An Elf |
 You are highly creative and artistic. You are good at working hard. While you love to work, you also love to play. You have a naughty side to you! You love pulling pranks and teasing people. You always seem to be getting into some sort of trouble. People can rely on you to be industrious and responsible... but you're going to have fun while you're getting stuff done. |
Sunday, December 20, 2009
The Blizzard of '09
The snow started falling around noon in my area, took a break for several hours mid-afternoon, and then returned with a vengeance by six p.m. Yes, we were one of those neighborhoods where snow fell at a rate of 3 inches per hour. So we wound up with two feet of white stuff, along with some pretty high drifts. Now, I'm running slightly behind on this holiday thing--haven't written out my cards yet, haven't finished shopping yet, haven't started baking yet, and no...the tree isn't even up in the living room yet. So guess what I'll be doing today?
Everything but the shopping of course. In between moments where I ease my aching back. I moved the furniture on Friday to make room for the tree and then spent this morning shoveling out my driveway. How'd you survive?
Everything but the shopping of course. In between moments where I ease my aching back. I moved the furniture on Friday to make room for the tree and then spent this morning shoveling out my driveway. How'd you survive?
Monday, December 14, 2009
Monday Pop Quiz: The Hand Drawn Heart Test
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Monday Pop Quiz
You Have a Content Heart |
 Your heart doesn't crave much. It doesn't take much to make your heart happy. You may or may not have found love, but either way, your heart is at peace. If your heart has been broken, you are over it. Your heart has no scars. Your heart is open to anything. You have a lot of love to give to the world. |
Monday, December 7, 2009
Monday Pop Quiz: What Your Handbag Says About You
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Monday Pop Quiz
What Your Handbag Says About You |
 You tend to be relaxed throughout the day. You are naturally at peace. You are a high maintenance person. You feel lost outside of your normal environment. You are a very creative person. Your life tends to be a whirlwind, but you always seem to pull it together. You are an outgoing and expressive person. You always speak your mind, and you're very approachable. You are a very unique and special person. There's no one else who is anything like you. |
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
In Memoriam: Albe Ardito (November 29, 1929 - November 29, 2009)
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Family,
In Memoriam
He became "Dad" when I married his son. And he's been "Dad" ever since. Dad had an open heart, a love of life on his own terms, and a generous spirit. He loved me as if I'd been born into the family rather than married into it.
When I think about his impact on my life, I see moments, glimpses of happy times: dancing with him at my wedding; hearts filled with chocolates every Valentines Day; the January night I called him in a panic because dh was out of town and a pipe outside my house burst (he came over and fixed it in the frigid cold); my birthday seven months after the pipe episode when he presented me with my very own set of tools and a cool bag to keep them in; his pride at his granddaughter's karate tournaments and grandson's baseball, basketball, and football games.
He loved dogs, the Brooklyn Dodgers (and to some extent, the Mets), and his family. His last words to me earlier this week were, "I love you. Have a good time."
Rest in peace, Dad. And know that we'll take good care of Mom while you're apart. I know you wouldn't have it any other way.
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