authors and books
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*Blinks in the Bright Sunshine* I’m corralling my chaos (kinda sorta) ….
I’d promised myself this year I would work towards corralling (some of) the chaos in my life. That begins with becoming more organized even—gasp—creating lists, and—bigger gasp—actually looking at those lists instead of forgetting them—and HUGE gasp—actually doing things on the lists and then scratching them off. Yeah. WHUPOW, y’all! That includes updating my blog,… Continue reading
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When the blog title no longer works :D
First off, though I don’t like talking-up my books, when there is a sale on one of them, I always do pass that along. Until December 15th, Family Graces, the 3rd in the Virginia Kate Saga Trilogy, is on ebook sale for a tiny little bitty .99cents. I appreciate all your support and love and… Continue reading
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Fruit Flies, and Monkeys, and Lonely Woman, oh my! Some Traveling Tips.
My recent trip to Texas, a 2000 mile round-trip, has me thinking about space travel. Researching the various this’s and that’s of it, I found the image to the left. That monkey looks as if he knows he ain’t coming back. Just as a reference: Space officially begins at about 62 miles above our Earth’s… Continue reading
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Uranus: Rolling Retrograde Pale Blue Beauty & Simple Car Repairs 1-ohhhh!-1: YOU GOT THIS!
Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun and not visible to the naked eye. It’s an interesting and unique planet worthy of our attention. Don’t you feel that about yourself sometimes? Especially as a Lonely Woman, or Lonely Man? That you are no longer visible but you are unique and interesting and worthy of… Continue reading
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The Unfinished Galaxy. Mars: The No God Zone (Also: Lonely Woman’s Easy repair of the day; and a yummy give-away)
Mars is our next door neighbor . . . . It is the forgotten playground of a god, or God. Almost there. Almost Just Right. Almost Earth-like . . . more on that later. Smaller than Earth, it does have two moons so that in itself makes it nice to visit in my Lil Loghouse… Continue reading
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Introduction to the Galaxy
The Milky Way Galaxy. Home. It’s not very big, as galaxies go. Though, progress intrudes as it often does—the Milky Way is moving towards the Andromeda Galaxy at seventy miles per second, and what was One will become a bigger messier Two that becomes a strange unknown One. Much as we humans do—we hurtle towards… Continue reading
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3 Kickarse Blogs with Links to Their Kickarse Articles: Writers Enjoy!
Amy Sue Nathan’s Women’s Fiction Writers: no heroes. no zombies. no high heels. well, maybe high heels. Writers, Stop Apologizing For Not Being Published ————————————————————————————————————————– Kristen Lamb’s Blog: WANA-We Are Not Alone What Are the REAL Odds of Success? Extreme Ownership & the Best-Selling Author —————————————————————————————————————————- Writer Unboxed: about the craft and business of fiction The Newest… Continue reading
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Reviews are none of my business. They are the reader’s business, and their right. My readers can do no wrong.
Author writes book. Book is published. Book is read. Book is reviewed. Author reads reviews. Author is happy to see some great reviews. Author is devastated to see the bad reviews. Author begins to stew on those bad reviews. Author cannot think of anything but those bad reviews. In the extreme, the author may comment… Continue reading
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Monday Classroom: Dangling Participles . . . dang I’ma gonna ‘splain it like this:
In my Monday Classroom Series, I rarely explain “grammar stuff” by explaining it too technically—you know why? Because I cannot be too technical since for me it’s mostly become the instinctual. Oh, I had horrid grammar for many years, and the comma drove me to distraction. But when I became an editor for Rose & Thorn years ago, I… Continue reading
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Monday Classroom: The Comma (sending us into comas) . . . .
Commas, those squiggly little cuties, cause more torn out hair and gnashed teeth. I’m not the perfect Comma Momma (teeheehee), so I do invite you to use the links below to learn allllllllll about those tiny little trouble-makers–particularly The Comma Splice, for which I do not talk about here, but if I did I would, have… Continue reading
About Kathryn Magendie
Author of 5 published novels & other this and that novellas and stories, Editor, Edge of Arlington Content Editor.