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• Love Letters Do Matter…How To Write One In Three Easy Steps

  

  Mr. Darcy’s feelings for Elizabeth in “Pride Prejudice.”When you apply for a job, you write a resume and a cover letter.When you resign from a job, you write ... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2014 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Don’t Hornswoggle Me

  

  * * * * *“Mommy, did you know you can delete the Dictionary.com app from your phone?”“Why would I want to do that?”“Do you WANT the Dictionary.com app on your... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2014 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Fictography #3 — Unlost

  

  Tower Bridge. Photo credit: Kristin Baione/The Faithful Elephant.In continuing with the Friday Fictography Flash Fiction feature, our photograph this week... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2014 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Because It Comes From You~Some Inspiration

  

  * * *I don’t believe any writer has 100% confidence in every sentence she writes. She always second guesses. She always wonders if what she is writing is... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lucky Isn’t As Lucky As It Used To Be

  

  Kim France. Photo credit: ZimbioDuring the holidays, I received my copy of Lucky Magazine. For those of you who are unfamiliar with it, first, where have you... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2014 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• What The Mouse Knows

  

  Disney.It sells happiness.It sells magic.It sells families.It sells memories.We were discussing Disney today during our first class of Advertising this semester... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2014 BUSINESS, ENTERTAINMENT, MARKETING & ADVERTISING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Fictography #2—”Patrick”

  

  Fictography #2This week’s photograph for our flash fiction segment is provided by my friend and colleague at Stevenson University, Carol Cornwell. She is so... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2014 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Wrapped Up in Love

  

  Photo credit: Winter Street StudioWrapped Up in Love—I used this particular phrase recently when I told my friend Sarah, whose father-in-law was visiting her... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2014 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Decorating with Books

  

  Incorporating books into your life is important. My house is filled with books of all kinds. Over the holidays, I even went so far as to begin organizing them b... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2014 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Write Bravely

  

  * * *I actually am writing right now. I carved out time to do it. And this little saying popped into my head as I started to censor myself. Why I do this, I do... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2014 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Life Without Matthew

  

  * * *I’ve been struggling with the loss of Matthew since last season. And now we are expected to pull up our big girl pants and deal with his death.Downton Abbe... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2014 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Fictography #1: That Which Is Mine.

  

  Welcome to my newest Friday feature. It’s called “Fictography.” The way this works is a reader will supply a photograph, and then I’ll write a piece of Flash... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2014 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• More and Less in 2014

  

  We’ve all got those pesky resolutions. Here are mine, in no particular order. A little more and a little less in 2014.Write moreCurse lessLove moreBitch... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2014 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• 2013 Taught Me Much

  

  Dear Readers,What is the best part of life? The ability to learn, day by day, about people, places and things. Our minds are incredible, and allow us to be... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2013 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Unusually Grinchy…

  

  Yup. It happened.After weeks of forcing my kids to take vitamins and begging them to wear coats, stating over and over again that ‘we don’t want to be sick for... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2013 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lessons from "The Holiday" and James Cameron: Be the Leading Lady of Your Life...

  

  Originally posted on steph's scribe: I could watch “The Holiday” over and over, and it’s not just to see charming Jude Law in action. Nancy Meyers’s... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2013 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• 5 Writing Crutches You Can Eliminate for Clarity

  

  One of my favorite rules from Strunk White’s “The Elements of Style” is this one: OMIT NEEDLESS WORDS. I make it a goal in my writing to say things as... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2013 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• To Write a Sex Scene Or Not Write a Sex Scene, That Is The Question (Today’s...

  

  At several of the book club discussions I’ve attended over the year about my first novel, many women have asked me why I didn’t write the sex scene between... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2013 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Reminiscing & Severna Park

  

  I was a sophomore in high school and a member of the cheerleading squad. We decided that as part of the Christmas season, we would get together out of a sense o... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2013 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• My Husband’s Other Favorite Christmas Cookie (On Today’s Friday Fashion & Food)

  

  So in reverse order today, I’ll be showcasing a recipe first, and then a stylish fashion look.* * *We had a good laugh about it last night. Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2013 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION