A REMINDER FOR TODAY.....

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It has taken us long, too long to come to terms
with our inward selves.We have had to face a
moral crisis for which we were scantily equipped.
But at last we have reached our conclusions and
are ready to act. We have come through.

--Carson McCullers, 1941

~~ TIME ~~

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Time will say nothing but I told you so.
Time only knows the price we have to pay;
If I could tell you I would let you know.

by W. H. Auden

WINNING PRIZE -

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My winning prize was a 5 min. phone session with writing guru, Mike Geffner. I was honored to speak with him and our delightful chat went beyond the assigned time and lasted over 20 minutes.  Thank you for offering your wonderful advice and precious time, Mike.

BOOKS! WONDERFUL BOOKS!

                                           
"You're walking around in a bookstore and a certain one will jump out at you, like it moved there on its own, just to get your attention. Sometimes what's inside will change your life..."

- Sarah Allen

I WON !!!

                                        
Yay! I won! Mike Geffner's "Biggest Frustration" Contest: I have been chosen as one of 5 winners in Mike's "What's your  biggest frustration as a writer?" contest. What a lovely surprise. What a year this has been! Thanks, Mike.

MY BIRTHDAY !!

NOVEMBER 13TH -                                     

Thank you mom and dad for giving me precious LIFE~

LARRY MCMURTRY...

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"Reading fertilizes the writing..."
"Reading is the aquifer that drips, spongelike, into my fiction..."

~Larry McMurtry~

HEMINGWAY...

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"There is no friend as loyal as a book."

Ernest Hemingway