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Here Kitty, Kitty

May 20, 2009 gaisheagirl

On a typical day he will devour 20 lb of meat, usually beef or chicken, and is capable of eating 100 lb at…

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Posted in: Life, writing Filed under: Animal Breeding, Big Cats, Ligers, Lions, Pedigrees, Strange Animals, Tigers, Tigons

The Editing Letter

May 18, 2009 gaisheagirl

You may think that writers still at the keyboard all day, every day.  Not true, though an author friend of…

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Posted in: humor, Life, publishing, Words, writing Filed under: Agents, editing, Funny Videos, Lara Zielin, The Editing Letter

Going Public

May 15, 2009 gaisheagirl

I am busy working on another edit of book #2.  I ask friends who love books to read my work.  It’s always amazing…

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Posted in: publishing, reading, Words, writing Filed under: Advice, editing, Marquis del la Grange

Penny Postcards

May 12, 2009 gaisheagirl

  I love penny postcards.  After my grandmother died, I spent hours going through her old files and found a…

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Posted in: Life, travel, writing Filed under: Antiques, Cards, History, Penny Postcards

Mothers, Daughters

May 10, 2009 gaisheagirl

I’ve been both a mother and a daughter and I’ve had both a mother and a daughter (actually two of…

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Posted in: Life, Words, writing Filed under: Because I Love Her, books, Daughters, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Joyce Maynard, Karen Joy Fowler, Mother's Day, Mothers, reading, Susan Wiggs

The Writer's Work

May 8, 2009 gaisheagirl

“Every reader finds himself. The writer’s work is merely a kind of optical instrument that makes it possible for the…

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Posted in: Life, reading, Words, writing Filed under: Proust, quotations, Writing Quotations

FaceBook

May 6, 2009 gaisheagirl

Over the weekend I was asked, yet again, if I am on “Facebook”.  And, again, I had to say that I…

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Posted in: Life, Words, writing Filed under: Blogs, CNN, Communication, Connected, facebook, MSNBC, MyPageo, POX, Tweet, Twitter

Editing and Review

April 28, 2009 gaisheagirl

Need a visual for understanding the psyche of a writer in the process of editing and review? Behold: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7RSryuJAwE]

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Posted in: humor, Life, publishing, writing Filed under: Critique, editing, French Lighthouses, Reviews, Videos

Add, Cut, Add, Cut, Add, Cut

April 25, 2009 gaisheagirl

I live to edit.  Really.  Just tell me what to do, I’ll do it. I just received some advice on…

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Posted in: humor, Life, publishing, reading, Words, writing Filed under: Agents, editing, editors, rejection, Steve Berry

We, The People

April 16, 2009 gaisheagirl

No matter where man is, man always finds something to love.  Sweet, salt, wine, water, beauty, truth, company, solitude, greed,…

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Posted in: Life, travel, writing Filed under: Diversity, Feeling Good, Love, music, Project FEELGOOD, Stand By Me, The World, Videos, Words

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