Where do I get my ideas?

If I were a famous author, I’m sure I would have the luxury of complaining that this is the question I am asked time and again. Unfortunately, I’m not famous. Even more unfortunately, no one ever asks me that. But I am going to share anyway. Some start out as dreams, the kind where you wake up [...]

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Media Monday, Media Monday. I feel it should have a theme song of some sort. Maybe something along the lines of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood. But I digress. Here is the news story for today: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30640254/ We all remember Face/Off, right? That really schlocky John Travolta/Nick Cage movie from the ’90′s? I remember watching that and thinking, never gonna [...]

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It’s time once again for everybody’s favorite writing prompt, Media Monday! I must admit, when first attempting to come up with a story that didn’t feature the swine flu, I was stumped. But then I remembered this little nugget, about the Virgin Mary Griddle. http://news.aol.com/article/virgin-mary-griddle-sighting/457483?icid=main|netscape|dl1|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fnews.aol.com%2Farticle%2Fvirgin-mary-griddle-sighting%2F457483 And if that isn’t a great plot starter, or the title [...]

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I often wonder if others are better than I am at achieving balance in their lives. I completely suck at it. If I am playing with my children, as enjoyable as that time might be, a small part of my brain is calculating how much writing time I’m losing. And then there’s that little guy in [...]

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