A quick little Childhood Atrocity to mystify us this morning. This is probably from the same era that brought us my award-winning story, “The Disappearing Cat”: In case you can’t read through the water damage, it says “The eyes have it! Draw 4 things that match your eyes!” Two problems here: 1. My eyes are [...]
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Feb
Here’s what I knew about opera before this past weekend: a big-boned woman in a Viking costume stalks around a stage, emitting loud sounds, until eventually the Phantom drops a dead body and/or a chandelier on her. Probably you are shocked by the limitations of my knowledge. “But Theresa,” you are saying, “you’re so sophisticated. [...]
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Feb
Hark! Ye underappreciated dot and Comma, stacked in a tidy unit of Punctuation. Semicolon, you hand Us the power to agglutinate love And hate; strength and weakness; mercy and wrath; Lining up infinite strings of delight. Without you, Churchill wouldn’t cut a swath Through British wartime fears; conversely, might El Guapo have ravaged Santo Poco [...]
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Feb
On Book Covers, and the Importance of Naps
Posted by Theresa Published in Reading, Season for Temptation, The romance genreYesterday was a rough day, because a certain person in my house decided not to take a nap and decided instead to be unpleasant all day. (Note: this was not me. I would never decide not to take a nap, given the opportunity.) So today, let’s be cheery and look at pretty pictures. Meaning, of [...]
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Feb
R is for Research: The Noble Horse
Posted by Theresa Published in I am a dork, Research, The writing lifeIt’s been a while since we had one of these research posts, hasn’t it? Time to open up the gates of knowledge and let fly. I’ve drawn my inspiration for today’s post from my by-now-familiar Bin of Childhood Atrocities. Namely, this: I did practically nothing between the ages of 5 and 13 except draw horses [...]
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Feb
February Contest: An Invitation from Sally MacKenzie
Posted by Theresa Published in Author interviews, Contests, The romance genre, WINIf you’ve seen the heart-shaped boxes in grocery stores recently, you know there’s a holiday coming up. Valentine’s Day, I think it’s called? Yes, February is definitely the month for romance. (Well, every month is for romance, but February especially.) Which is why it’s great to have a new release this month from USA Today [...]