Mary Lamphere
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The first ending of Later, a pretty good “I-see-dead-people” ghost story by Stephen King, was satisfying. The second ending of this easy to read genre mash-up was expected. The third ending was disconcerting, gratuitous, and unnecessary. Full Title : LaterAuthor: Stephen KingBook Blurb: “Only the dead have no secrets.”Genre: Psychic Thriller Brief Synopsis: Jamie Conklin
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Last October, I was supposed to speak at an Author Fair. My chosen topic was, The Art and Exercise of Short Stories. I was unable to attend (you can probably guess why). Recently reinvigorated by DAWG meetings, I’m inspired to write short stories again! With Spring in the air and our creative-energy levels rising, I
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Please note, this is NOT a post about losing an hour. That was my favorite hour! And now it’s gone. Just *poof* gone. This is a post about springing ahead, though. About sloughing off the last vestiges of winter (if winter is a metaphor for the last two years) and breaking through with hope, growth,
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Who has two thumbs and woke up to an accumulation of snow after a weekend of unseasonably warm (and wonderful) weather?Me, it was me.Who is so over snow?Again, me. It is me. Trying to think of a subject for this morning’s post, I recalled a haiku I’d written a few winters back. It was accepted
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We attended the Simon & Garfunkel Story at the Coronado Theater recently. We had great seats, courtesy of our daughter, and struck up a conversation with the couple next to us (with almost equally great seats, but no aisle). They had driven in from Woodstock and were curious about where to eat next time they
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I thought the themes of Southern magic, romance, and humor were entertainingly woven into an engaging story and I was happy to discover this is book one in a four book series. I ‘read’ it on audio and the narrator, Shannon McManus, did a wonderful job crafting the Savannah drawl and invoking a sense of
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But I heard there were some commercials! As a Chicago Bears Football Fan, the season has been over for weeks (months), but it’s tradition to watch the Super Bowl in hopes of seeing how the game should be played. I actually watch for the commercials. I’ve been known to keep track of the best Super
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It’s a spectacular feeling to get through an entire story idea.Beginning, middle, and end, BOOM! written down.I have many partial first drafts.Many. It’s very drafty in here. Brrrr. (a little writer’s humor that might be funnier if I didn’t live in frigid Northern Illinois) I recently returned from a very successful writer’s retreat where I
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My correspondence closing of choice has been “Take Care & Enjoy~” since the early 80’s and the passing of yearbooks. “Was great having you in Math class! Take Care & Enjoy~” “Stay cool this summer! Take Care & Enjoy~!” You get the idea. I’ve always liked my sign off signature because it summed things up
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Do you know who Dr. Rick is? If you’ve caught a commercial break lately, you probably do.Dr. Rick is the name of the character on the Progressive “Unbecoming your Parents” commercials. You know, the series with the youngish homeowners who need to comment on the parking situation and introduce themselves to the server because now
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