Here's another blog worth checking out.
http://www.livingwithfrecklesandwords.blogspot.com/
Here there are lots of topics for discussion, food for thought, and stimulating pictures from your favorite movie characters and more. Enjoy!
-Grace
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Monday, July 29, 2013
CoffeeShopReader
Hello all.
I just discovered this blog last week, and already I'm hooked! Coffeeshopreader has some great insights into topics and stories discussed in various posts. From book reviews to discussions on characters and time, this is a great place to hear from an avid reader (and writer!). Check it out:
http://coffeeshopreader.wordpress.com/
She's also on Twitter and Facebook.
-Grace
I just discovered this blog last week, and already I'm hooked! Coffeeshopreader has some great insights into topics and stories discussed in various posts. From book reviews to discussions on characters and time, this is a great place to hear from an avid reader (and writer!). Check it out:
http://coffeeshopreader.wordpress.com/
She's also on Twitter and Facebook.
-Grace
Monday, July 22, 2013
Blogging Paragraphs
I'm having a thought here. I'm wondering if I should post stories on my blog directly. Not big stories, obviously, but maybe a paragraph or two. What do you like to read? What plotlines intrigue you? For me, I have a soft spot for the medieval period. Something about castles and knights and regal princesses speak to me. It's a wonder I prefer classics to modern literature, though admittedly I do enjoy Emily the Strange.
Anyway, I just wanted to get some opinions. Blogging stories occasionally: Yes, no, maybe so?
-Grace
Anyway, I just wanted to get some opinions. Blogging stories occasionally: Yes, no, maybe so?
-Grace
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
A Shared Language
My sister is amazing! With one word she can brighten my day, give me a boost when I need it most. I love that we share this relationship that goes so beyond sisterhood. Sometimes I look back and gawk at what a brat I was. But my sister? She baked cookies for my brother and me when our parents went out on a date. On our way to church, the four of us would do "quote-offs". Someone would quote something from a movie -"This ain't exactly the Mississippi. I'm on one side, I'm on the other side. I'm on the east bank, I'm on the west back. This is not that critical!"- and we would all rattle off different quotes from that movie until someone changed it up. But as we grew older, those games fell out of fashion with us, at least in the car.
This past week has been... one of *those* weeks. Stuff just goes wrong, you're tired all the time, every minute feels like two. I woke up this morning just feeling... blah. I figured today would accentuate the long week with its mere tediousness. Then, as I sat in the chair, staring at a T.V. that wasn't even turned on, my phone buzzed next to me. It was from my sister. Anyone seen "The Big Bang Theory"? If you haven't, you won't get this reference. But if you have... remember that one word I mentioned in the beginning? Here was the one word:
"Kripkee!"
I swear I laughed for, like, five minutes.
While the rest of the day was not silky smooth sailing, it was great to share in this private joke with my sister. It really got me through the day.
I guess I'm just thankful to have my sister, because no matter what, she always knows how to put a smile on my face.
-Grace
This past week has been... one of *those* weeks. Stuff just goes wrong, you're tired all the time, every minute feels like two. I woke up this morning just feeling... blah. I figured today would accentuate the long week with its mere tediousness. Then, as I sat in the chair, staring at a T.V. that wasn't even turned on, my phone buzzed next to me. It was from my sister. Anyone seen "The Big Bang Theory"? If you haven't, you won't get this reference. But if you have... remember that one word I mentioned in the beginning? Here was the one word:
"Kripkee!"
I swear I laughed for, like, five minutes.
While the rest of the day was not silky smooth sailing, it was great to share in this private joke with my sister. It really got me through the day.
I guess I'm just thankful to have my sister, because no matter what, she always knows how to put a smile on my face.
-Grace
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Mark Venturini talks "Whispers from Forbidden Earth"
Hey everybody!
Remember that quasi-new writer I mentioned about two posts ago? Well, here he is in an online interview with Giovanni Gelati, talking about his new e-book "Whispers from Forbidden Earth," being released through Helping Hands Press. In the interview Mark talks a lot about his inspiration, the genesis of his story, where he's wanting to go with it, and entering the busy world of social media. And stay tuned for a surprise "appearance" from the always wonderful and forever-giggly Karen Anna Vogel, author of several Amish Fiction works.
Here's the link to the interview:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/gelatisscoop/2013/06/24/mark-venturiniauthor-of-whispers-from-forbidden-earth
And this link is to Mark's blog, where he talks about his writing and other things he's interested in.
http://www.markventurinijourney.blogspot.com/
Mark has been writing for years now, having several short stories published through magazines, but this is his first book, and he's very proud of it. Enjoy the interview!
-Grace
Remember that quasi-new writer I mentioned about two posts ago? Well, here he is in an online interview with Giovanni Gelati, talking about his new e-book "Whispers from Forbidden Earth," being released through Helping Hands Press. In the interview Mark talks a lot about his inspiration, the genesis of his story, where he's wanting to go with it, and entering the busy world of social media. And stay tuned for a surprise "appearance" from the always wonderful and forever-giggly Karen Anna Vogel, author of several Amish Fiction works.
Here's the link to the interview:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/gelatisscoop/2013/06/24/mark-venturiniauthor-of-whispers-from-forbidden-earth
And this link is to Mark's blog, where he talks about his writing and other things he's interested in.
http://www.markventurinijourney.blogspot.com/
Mark has been writing for years now, having several short stories published through magazines, but this is his first book, and he's very proud of it. Enjoy the interview!
-Grace
Saturday, May 25, 2013
The High Heel
I often wonder if the inspiration for stiletto heels came from medieval torture devices. I wonder if someone was reading some Burton-esque version of Robin Hood where the Sheriff of Nottingham was questioning a suspect about the whereabouts of a certain outlaw. Imagine it:
"The Sheriff circled his victim much like a wolf 'round an injured doe, shoulders tensed and brow creased in equal parts agitation and anxiety. He placed the (insert name of particularly cruel device here) on a small separate table, and retrieved the instrument next to it. The Sheriff admired the instrument's weight in his hand momentarily, the slant of it against his palm, the way it jutted out at both ends. On one end wresting an atypical grasp upon the back of the Sheriff's hand was a spike wrought of a curious metal. One would think it were hollow should they examine it as the Sheriff did, yet in experienced hands the tool could incur both chronic and permanent pain, their levels of severity entirely dependent upon the recipient. The other end was rather like a hill meeting a plateau, with the end rounded off like a corner. For some reason he imagined the butt of an axe, balancing its bladed counterpart. It was almost the same here, though the spike could never be an axe, and the jutted corner was too flat to balance anything. The whole things was odd to look at, like an unfinished 'N.' The Sheriff felt the prisoner's eyes on the instrument, and he put it down and reached for another."
Voila! An early version of a modern-day fashion staple. By the by, I personally have nothing against high heels, owning a pair or two myself. But I was shopping the other day and just gawking at these five thousand different pairs of high heels, and all I could think was, "Dang! That looks like it would hurt." Truly, though, hats off to whoever came up with the engineering where anyone over 85 lbs can walk around on this three inch spike and not have it snap like a twig. And some credit has to go to the people wearing the darn things. You are braver than me.
-Grace
"The Sheriff circled his victim much like a wolf 'round an injured doe, shoulders tensed and brow creased in equal parts agitation and anxiety. He placed the (insert name of particularly cruel device here) on a small separate table, and retrieved the instrument next to it. The Sheriff admired the instrument's weight in his hand momentarily, the slant of it against his palm, the way it jutted out at both ends. On one end wresting an atypical grasp upon the back of the Sheriff's hand was a spike wrought of a curious metal. One would think it were hollow should they examine it as the Sheriff did, yet in experienced hands the tool could incur both chronic and permanent pain, their levels of severity entirely dependent upon the recipient. The other end was rather like a hill meeting a plateau, with the end rounded off like a corner. For some reason he imagined the butt of an axe, balancing its bladed counterpart. It was almost the same here, though the spike could never be an axe, and the jutted corner was too flat to balance anything. The whole things was odd to look at, like an unfinished 'N.' The Sheriff felt the prisoner's eyes on the instrument, and he put it down and reached for another."
Voila! An early version of a modern-day fashion staple. By the by, I personally have nothing against high heels, owning a pair or two myself. But I was shopping the other day and just gawking at these five thousand different pairs of high heels, and all I could think was, "Dang! That looks like it would hurt." Truly, though, hats off to whoever came up with the engineering where anyone over 85 lbs can walk around on this three inch spike and not have it snap like a twig. And some credit has to go to the people wearing the darn things. You are braver than me.
-Grace
Monday, May 6, 2013
Quasi-New Writer Mark Venturini
I'm baaaaack!
I just wanted to inform you all of a new blog by a wonderful writer, Mark Venturini. He is the founder of Pittsburgh East Scribes, a writing/critique group, and is in the process of getting his first novel published through Helping Hands Press.
Check out his blog, and be on the look-out for his new book, "Whispers from Forbidden Earth".
www.markventuinihourney.blogspot.com
Ciao!
-Grace
I just wanted to inform you all of a new blog by a wonderful writer, Mark Venturini. He is the founder of Pittsburgh East Scribes, a writing/critique group, and is in the process of getting his first novel published through Helping Hands Press.
Check out his blog, and be on the look-out for his new book, "Whispers from Forbidden Earth".
www.markventuinihourney.blogspot.com
Ciao!
-Grace
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