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Lucien Fewell shot James Clark after he apparently ran off with Lucien's 16-year-old sister. The murder trial that followed featured two Confederate generals and a former Virginia governor. What was the verdict? (also on Amazon.com)
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Decorating Valentine Cookies
Bake several heart-shaped cookies. Use flooding technique in white, red, and pink, then rim the edges with sanding sugar. Pipe Necco Wafer ALL CAPS messages onto the flooded cookies.
Bits and Pieces
So, Stephanie Meyer is re-releasing the Twilight series, but with all the names and genders changed? That’s a new way to milk a cash cow, I guess. I wonder if she’ll make Edwardine a creepy stalker in the image of her male … Continue reading
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Walk
When we were on vacation, the little camp store at our timeshare was selling these silly mantra rocks. I had been wanting a worry stone anyway and intended to get one. But when the next trip to the store arose, I … Continue reading
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OK, Break’s Over
(I only ever hear this phrase in my head as spoken by David Foxxe on that Sting song “St. Augustine in Hell.” This is not so odd for someone of my age and musical taste. What IS weird that I remember … Continue reading
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Nothing to See Here
Still working my way through the Diana Gabaldon series. Still enjoying my summer and not working very hard on improving myself in a literary fashion. Still in a holding pattern on the book. Still not working on a Next Project. Still … Continue reading
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Good Storytelling
Honestly, it’s been a bit of a relief to not be writing anything beyond work and blogs. I’ve spent that time reading and watching a lot of movies, instead. (Along with the usual job/yardwork/etc.) Last week we went to see … Continue reading
Posted in Mechanics, Movies
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And, scene.
This morning I put final touches on the book, and it is now in the hands of an agent. And so, the waiting and a new flavor of fretting begins. I am not sure how to feel about it. Part of … Continue reading
Posted in Doldrums, Editing
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Down by Two
One more week, and I should have something resembling progress on my book to share here. In the meantime, I’m delighted to report that the man who brought you America 1844 (and to whom I am married) is now contracted to … Continue reading
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So You Want to Be an Author
There are big doings afoot, but I feel like if I talk about them before they happen, I will jinx them. So instead I will share something that made me laugh harder than the comments on the Hutzler 571 banana slicer. When … Continue reading
Posted in Nonfiction, Practice
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Faith, Hope, and Charity
Yes, I know some translations say it should be “love” instead of “charity,” but I need more of the latter than the former right now—and I like to think that I try to pay all three of those forward to the best … Continue reading
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Arwen Adams Bicknell 