As in could have knocked me over. I’ve been reading a lot of calls for stories and short story writing contest blurbs lately looking for place to submit. I reject a great many out of hand because I know I would be rejected out of hand. They are written by 27 year olds (not that
At issue is the sentence: For her part, Susan felt badly about having glossed over her own background. The sentence is from a long story I’ve been working on for about a year. I am at the point where I have a rough nearly finished draft of 8700 words (32 double spaced pages). There are still
Book is widespread throughout the Germanic languages. German has buch, for example, Dutch bock, and Swedish bok. These point to a prehistoric Gemanic *bōks, which was probably related to *bōkā ‘beech,’ the connection being that early Germanic peoples used beechwood tablets for writing runic inscriptions on. The original meaning of the word in Old English
Drafts folder. Begun I believe July 2022. Since then my life and I have moved on. I’ll never properly finish it. The post at the link ends: Which brings us to today. I need to get my thoughts in order. What better place to ramble on and on about the book, the times, the characters,
From July 2022. More shameless self-promotion. I need to rededicate myself to promoting Miss Missy’s School. To that end I’m going to re-post a few things about the book. Your mentions, re-posts, shares and so on would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! [Update on James Robert Peery. Still working on things. Waiting to hear back
More shameless self-promotion. If you read Miss Missy’s School Book I: A Pack of Farm Dogs Starts a School, please leave a review at the site of purchase or at Goodreads! The Epilogue to which the reviewer refers is the final chapter in the book, “Epilogue: Old Things & Ways Explained.” These entries, organized by
With some editing by, and suggestions from Miss M and Mr. Big Food, I finished it! Turned out better than I thought it would a few days ago. In fact, yesterday morning I thought of just chunking it b/c it was still in such a sorry state. But I worked all day on it. I
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I have decided I need to learn something new every day. It’s after 5pm and I’ve learned nothing today. There are 733 books in the den. Two 2.5′ x 6′ bookshelves’ worth is almost all fiction–mostly classics. Still. I ought to be able to learn something from the others. Oh! In addition, I just this
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I am writing a short story about people who frequent a blog and comment there. The main character has an interest in fairly tales, and especially in the collected works of Andrew Lang. If you’ve heard of The Blue Fairy Book, The Red Fairy Book, and the rest of the color books, you know Andrew
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviews of Miss Missy’s School ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I fell in love with this pack of dogs and their people ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I am sure I have shared this little “Ah-ha!” moment before, but I’ll do it again. When I was getting started digging into how to publish Miss Missy’s School, I started coming across phrases like
Don’t forget, Miss Missy’s School: A Pack of Farm Dogs Starts a School is on awesome sale at Amazon. Check out more Kid Blog posts. Visit Miss Missy’s School to preview this fun (and educational) book for middle-grade and young adult kids and their grownups! Er the Gobble-uns’ll git you Dear Readers and Writers– That
The Kid Blog at Miss Missy’s School has short posts about some aspects of reading and writing. We start with something from Miss Missy’s School: A Pack of Farm Dogs Starts a School, and then turn to children’s book writers from the past to continue the topic. By the way–Miss Missy’s School is on tremendous
Today at the Kid Blog at Miss Missy’s School we learn about similes and read some beautiful examples from The Animal Family, by Randall Jarrell (1965 by still in print; illustrated by Maurice Sendak, author and illustrator of Where the Wild Things Are!). Miss Missy’s School: A Pack of Farm Dogs Starts a School on sale
The Kid Blog at Miss Missy’s School is a site just for kids (and their grownups). Each post, which I’ll be reposting here, is intended to teach kids a little something about writing, and to introduce them to some either classic children’s literature, or older stories and poems by lesser known writers. This was the
Have You Heard of This Woman? Published on August 11, 2013 by Marica I came across this while skimming through one of my newest– and newer (1978)– crappy old books, Webster’s Encyclopedia of Dictionaries: 12 Complete Dictionaries in One. It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man– the struggle between a proud mind and an empty
This is interesting, at least to me, not because of my little rant, but what follows– a short conversation between Missy, Rocky, and I. The very first Big Dawg Jawin’ post was in 2013. I see three years later I still had not gotten around to doing he said/she said. Made for difficult reading, so
I need to rededicate myself to promoting Miss Missy’s School. To that end I’m going to re-post a few things about the book. Your mentions, re-posts, shares and so on would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! [Update on James Robert Peery. Still working on things. Waiting to hear back from the local librarian.] Miss Missy’s
If you read Miss Missy’s School Book I: A Pack of Farm Dogs Starts a School, please leave a review at the site of purchase or at Goodreads! The Epilogue to which the reviewer refers is the final chapter in the book, “Epilogue: Old Things & Ways Explained.” These entries, organized by chapter, explain in
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