Nutty Chitter from a Caffeinated Critter
This last Monday, I participated in a photo shoot for a local writing collaboration. We faced the heat and made our way to the Old Penitentiary. I decided to play with HDR for this featured photo, which seems to add a funky glow. But then, my photography skills don’t quite measure up to the professionals….
I waited until this morning to write my blog post. Then I found our wireless router had died, and my laptop didn’t have a connection. *sigh* That’ll teach me for procrastinating. My friends came up with a fun little writing challenge last night. Open your entire music library, hit shuffle, and then play on random….
There’s a new park in my neighborhood. I took my children last night. As the sun sank lower, my shadow grew longer. Since my camera was locked in my car trunk, I snapped this featured photo with my phone. My son sat contentedly in the crook of my arm, while my daughter ran through the…
I’ve asked myself What makes an effective book trailer? What attracts me? The answer to the latter is kinetic typography. One day, JeriWB and I were discussing our appreciation of beautiful moving text. It planted an idea in my mind. Fast forward to months down the road, and here I am, indulging my creative side….
Today is the first Wednesday of the month. That means, it’s time for Insecure Writer’s Support Group! You can find the sign up for the IWSG here. We owe Alex J Cavanaugh a huge thank you for thinking this blog hop up. I need advice. I’m a non-confrontational person who enjoys keeping friends happy and…
Much like M.J.’s pewter pegasus, sunflowers are a source of story inspiration for me. My husband manages to keep our plants alive, even though I’m green-thumb impaired. This year, he planted sunflowers. These bright yellow beauties instill a sense of nostalgia every time I see them. Not that they have a significant place in my…
I have the pleasure of having M.J. Fifield on my blog today with a guest post about inspiration. I just bought her book, Effigy, in ebook format last night. *squee!* So while I read her book, you can read her guest post! Take it away, M.J. The Pewter Pegasus In my hometown, there used to…
Town’s End has a new family member! We named her Little Bunny Foo Foo, but my husband has dubbed her Little Bunny Poo Poo. I had no idea these little furballs could hold so much! But she happily consumes the plentiful lettuce that’s grown too bitter for my tastes. Everyone loves Foo Foo. Including the…
The header features a public domain image of the Confederate version of the Napoleon cannon pulled from Wikipedia. Elizabeth is celebrating the release of her book, Bella’s Point, by hosting a blog hop/challenge. She wants bloggers to post anything that might interest a reader—informational, educational, fictional, poetic, contemplative…It’s up to them to choose. Her judges…
Blog wise, I’ve been fairly absent for a week now. I’ve managed to visit some people, but between a birthday party, book-cover photo-shoot, work BBQ, figuring out Lambda expressions and functional programming in Java 8 (aka my job), revising This World Bites, and trying to finish my piece for Elizabeth’s blog challenge…*blink* What was I…