Tag: journal
member name: Sheila Deeth
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July 16, 2009 01:41 PM EDT --
They stood round the counter drinking wine, discussing beer. “Porters are good.” One listed all the local brews while the other compared them with nationals, a language of their own. Then . . .
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December 13, 2009 12:22 AM EST --
They were threatening ice and snow for the weekend, so Friday morning Mum and I drove to Multnomah Falls while we still could. It was a beautiful trip, blue skies and sunshine all the way...
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June 03, 2009 07:13 PM EDT --
I just got an email from Mythica Publishing . They want to use one of my short stories in an anthology. They’ll publish in print and e-book format, and “royalties” will be shared . . .
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August 05, 2009 12:46 PM EDT --
I’m typing words on a page, and letters fly from keyboard to screen. My muse is hitting the high notes, laughing today, as fingers perform a percussion of clattering dreams.
And . . .
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September 21, 2009 08:03 PM EDT --
I'm jumping up and down in excitement again (though my son says what's the point if I don't get paid)! I've got another short story published on NightsandWeekends.com . In fact, if you go to their front . . .
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August 14, 2009 01:00 AM EDT --
There's going to be a summer fair in our neighborhood on Saturday and I've booked a stall to sell some of my self-published books. Last Christmas I just had the Christmas and Easter books on sale. This . . .
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September 25, 2009 06:03 PM EDT --
I just heard from Mythica that Maybe Tomorrow should be out by the end of the year. I have a science fiction short story appearing there (and I’ll add a link to the web-page when I’ve . . .
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October 05, 2009 09:12 PM EDT --
It’s beginning to go dark. Cars crawl up the road then turn, re-turn. Someone’s waving and showing the way. I guess we’re lost as each other, same destination, same place beckoning . . .
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November 05, 2009 08:08 PM EST --
I've just set up my stall for the first Christmas Bazaar of the season. (And yes, I know it's not Christmas yet, but there aren't that many weekends left for bazaars.) I'm really really hoping I might . . .
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September 01, 2009 06:53 PM EDT --
Lunchtime…
Arriving home from my Tuesday morning meeting, I found coffee still in the pot left-over from breakfast. I thought I’d reheat a cup in the microwave, fire up the . . .
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September 17, 2009 06:38 PM EDT --
Today is the launch day for A Slow Burn, by Mary E DeMuth, so I thought I should spotlight this post in honor of the occasion.
I read an un-put-down-able book last night, and the strange thing is, . . .
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October 20, 2009 03:08 PM EDT --
I'm guest blogging over at Terry's Place today - Tuesday, so if you want to read all about my exciting experience self-publishing with Lulu, I'd love to see you there. You could even pay my Lulu . . .
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June 02, 2009 06:35 PM EDT --
I'm not sure how this happened, but I got an email from Lulu telling me my books had been “selected for listing on Amazon.com's Marketplace!” So now, if you type“Sheila Deeth” . . .
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June 02, 2009 06:26 PM EDT --
One of my favorite online magazines is Nights and Weekends , and not just because they’ve published some of my stories. They do nice reviews of books, movies, music, and even board games (a . . .
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June 12, 2009 12:38 AM EDT --
I've read lots of blog posts and articles recently which ask "Where do you get your ideas?" But last week I went to a Willamette Writers' talk on "Turning ideas into novels" by Phillip Margolin. And . . .
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August 27, 2009 05:42 PM EDT --
We like bookstores, my husband and I. Our kids aren’t so enamored. They associate them with long waits in dark corners reading tales they’ll never finish while their parents disappear. . . .
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October 23, 2009 12:48 AM EDT --
My son's still home - well, coming back again tomorrow - and I don't know how I'm ever going to get round to properly catching up on gather. But Susan's Friday freewrite prompt caught my eye, so here's . . .
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June 08, 2009 08:08 PM EDT --
Lulu have put my books on Amazon as part of their "Amazon marketplace pilot." It's really exciting, especially now that the Amazon prices are the same as the prices I set. But of course, just having . . .
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November 09, 2009 02:10 PM EST --
I want to be a writer. I really, really want to be a writer. But I'm not sure the odd self-published book can count - do real writers run round the room shouting "Hurray" when they've sold a whole seven . . .
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July 11, 2009 11:44 PM EDT --
Minnette Meador writes the Starsight and Centurion books, among others, and is a really fun author, as well as a member of the gather community, and a fellow inhabitant of Portland Oregon. . . .
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