Since a long time ago, I’ve been obsessed with the novel Feast of All Saints by Anne Rice. It’s about a young man in the 1840’s French Quarter who has dreams of going to Paris, but who is foiled, in the end by his white father, Philippe Ferronaire, who basically goes back on his promise to […]
File Under “P” in Fiction and Literature
So today was a monumental day, in that I actually went, on purpose, to one of those Big Box Bookstores. Usually I only end up there quite by accident, when one of my sisters or brothers-in-law (i.e., brothers), or one of my nieces demands that I accompany them. Since I am a sucker and quite […]
Finishing a Novel and Registering a Copyright – Self-Publishing Beginning Steps
I don’t know why it’s taken me so long to write a new blog post. Oh yes…I do know. I was finishing my novel! Yes, it’s done, and I should have announced it before, and sent out birth announcements or bottles of champagne or some such thing. I did tell a few people, close family, […]
Writing All the Time
So, my goal, when I got my blog up and running, was to blog every day. That’s what “they” recommend, that you blog every day, and get your name out there, and tried it, I really did. But it seemed so huge, do to that, even with all the suggestions and the list of things […]
Lou Ferrigno – How It’s Done
So while browsing the interwebs (goofing off instead of writing, yes), I came across an image of a restaurant tab. I’m just going to include it here, so you can get the full effect of what’s going on. Do you see what he did there? Not only did he TIP the waitress/waiter, he tipped 110% […]
Miserable Les Mis – Guest Blogger
This past weekend, my sister, her hubby, and daughter, and I all went to see Les Miserables. Now, being a great lover of literature both happy and sad, and a lover of musicals, I knew what I was getting into. I’ve been listening to my cd of Les Mis for years. I even have the […]