Steph's Scribe

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• News, Recaps, and Congrats to Many Today on the Blog

  

  Gosh, life is busy, isn’t it? We’re all just pushing through each day trying to accomplish all that we can during the 12+ hours we are awake. That said, it’s... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Case for Gelato

  

  The first gelato cart appeared between the years of 1920 and 1930 in the northern Italian city of Varese. Legend regarding the actual incarnation of ice cream i... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Flash Fiction: A 500-Word Short Story About An Apology

  

  Fellow writers–I don’t know about you, but after I’ve written a novel and it takes everything out of me, I need a break for a while. Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Play Spud, Catch Fireflies, Run Through the Sprinkler

  

  *** I am one of the lucky ones. My childhood was filled with laughter and love and long days spent outside that rolled into the evening. Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Through Books, You Can Travel

  

  *** One of my favorite aspects about reading novels is that they allow us to travel to places we may never get to experience, at least not the same way the... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Learning to Love My “Thunder Thighs” – A Short Nonfiction Story

  

  Hat, romper, shoes, and thunder thighs. Whatever. My poor brother. One day, as our family gathered on my parents’ back porch in the summer, he dared to... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Springtime in New York

  

  As I have been in New York City this weekend, I thought I’d share some photos I have taken…with my iPhone 6-Plus. I left my Nikon at home. Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Celebrating 6 Years of Blogging with “The Best Of” Steph’s Scribe

  

  * * * We all say it. Time flies. Before you know it, my kids will be done with high school and college and I’ll be retired, sitting alongside my husband on a... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Thoughts on Missing Working in Baseball

  

  Orioles friends from our reunion a few years ago. It’s a question I get asked a lot. “Do you miss working in baseball?” Students ask me this often; then they as... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Answering the Question: How Many Books Have You Sold?

  

  How many books have you sold? It’s the question people like to ask me about my recently released novel entitled Inn Significant. Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Photography for Book Promotion

  

  *** Promoting a book isn’t easy, as I have previously discussed in many posts. Sometimes you have to take a different route or take some lovely pictures of... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Little Gift Book Basket

  

  A book basket for a friend. * The best part about giving someone a book as a gift as that it can be the gift that keeps on giving. People love to lend a book... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bridges of Madison County Author Dies: A Tribute

  

  * The year was 1992. I picked up a copy of best-selling author Robert James Waller’s The Bridges of Madison County and couldn’t put it down. I knew it was a lov... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Writing Prompt Challenge

  

  So, last night I posed a writing challenge to see who wanted to try and write a short piece of flash fiction (300-400 words) around a prompt. I posted three. I... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Flash Fiction: Katie’s Snowwoman

  

  The view out my front door of snow. It certainly is pretty, but I’d prefer daffodils in March. *** In honor of the snow that is upon us in Maryland in... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sharing The Prologue Because Book Promotion Ain’t Easy

  

  Today, I’d like to invite you Inn. *** Getting people interested in your book ain’t easy. I know. I’ve begun the everyday challenge of marketing a novel I’ve... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• 12 Things To Do If You’re Not Going Someplace Exotic During Spring Break

  

  The Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay in Cambridge, Maryland, is just a hop, skip, and a jump away from the Baltimore/Washington area. Great getaway place for a... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Where Book Ideas Come From & Some Local Press

  

  This bench in Oxford invites you to sit and read a story… * The idea for Inn Significant has been in my head for several years. Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• When Are You The Happiest? Part Two

  

  On Monday, I asked the question of what makes you happy—and when are you the happiest. My first answer was that spending time with family, often on vacation whe... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• When Are You The Happiest? Part One

  

  * I think that we can all confirm the obvious—we work a lot. Here, in the United States, we work many, many hours, whether those hours are at work, outside work... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION