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Vicki Lane Mysteries
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An eclectic mix of photography and thoughts on writing, Appalachia, books, memories, cooking, gardening,country living, pets, and more from the author of the Elizabeth Goodweather Appalachian Mysteries.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 3936 )
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Some Peaceful Pictures After Yesterday's Wild Rumpus. . .
GREAT SMOKIES WRITING PROGRAM CLASS Critique workshop (forty pages worth) for those with a novel in progress -- just begun, partway there, or finished and in... Read more
Posted on 22 January 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Romper Room
Despite what it looks like here, Willa has decided Bob is lots of fun. (Same video on YouTube HERE) And then Ali joined in the fun . . . . Yep, Bob is one of th... Read more
Posted on 21 January 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Accounts of M. Jones -- 1908-'09-'10
I spent yesterday afternoon turning out the drawers of the secretary in the living room and removing lots of extraneous stuff - some of which belonged to my... Read more
Posted on 20 January 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Martin Luther King Jr.
GREAT SMOKIES WRITING PROGRAM CLASS Critique workshop (forty pages worth) for those with a novel in progress -- just begun, partway there, or finished and in... Read more
Posted on 19 January 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Objection!
GREAT SMOKIES WRITING PROGRAM CLASS Critique workshop (forty pages worth) for those with a novel in progress -- just begun, partway there, or finished and in... Read more
Posted on 18 January 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Progress . . .
GREAT SMOKIES WRITING PROGRAM CLASS Critique workshop (forty pages worth) for those with a novel in progress -- just begun, partway there, or finished and in... Read more
Posted on 17 January 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
A Baker's Dozen of Student Books
Jayna on Facebook asked for this . . . All these classes I teach and workshops I lead have been (I hope) helpful to budding authors in various ways. Here's a... Read more
Posted on 16 January 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Fogged In
GREAT SMOKIES WRITING PROGRAM CLASS Critique workshop (forty pages worth) for those with a novel in progress -- just begun, partway there, or finished and in... Read more
Posted on 15 January 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Bob, A Dog
His name is Bob and he came to us because my friend Candace posted his picture on Facebook, saying that he'd spent the last few freezing nights on a chain with ... Read more
Posted on 14 January 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
A Rainy, Foggy Day . . . And Then
Another dog came to live with us! Of which, more tomorrow. . . Read more
Posted on 13 January 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Coming Events
In the coming months, I'll be doing various writing workshops aimed at in-process novelists and at those who'd like to give it a try. The classes I lead are... Read more
Posted on 12 January 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
For Liz . . .
For my dear friend Liz and her husband Larry. The beautiful home they having built on the other side of our mountain burned to the ground in the night. Read more
Posted on 11 January 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Pirate Willa
GREAT SMOKIES WRITING PROGRAM CLASS Critique workshop (forty pages worth) for those with a novel in progress -- just begun, partway there, or finished and in... Read more
Posted on 10 January 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
In Solidarity
Kudos to the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that, despite the horrific terrorist attack on its office that killed ten of its journalists, as well as tw... Read more
Posted on 09 January 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Perspective . . .
Pillars of Creation,( photo from NASA.) It's five light-years high. Five light-years high! Incubator of stars. 6,500 light-years from Earth -- so far, in fact,... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
In the Window... As the Temperature Plummets
GREAT SMOKIES WRITING PROGRAM CLASS Critique workshop (forty pages worth) for those with a novel in progress -- just begun, partway there, or finished and in... Read more
Posted on 07 January 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Say What?!?
I had my yearly checkup last week -- I have an under-active thyroid and have to have a blood test once a year to make sure my thyroid prescription is the right... Read more
Posted on 06 January 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Who Knows What the Second Photo Is?
GREAT SMOKIES WRITING PROGRAM CLASS Critique workshop (forty pages worth) for those with a novel in progress -- just begun, partway there, or finished and in... Read more
Posted on 05 January 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
Blue and Yellow for the New Year
My eyes, tired of red and green, find blue and yellow quite refreshing, so as soon as the tree is gone, I pull out the blue and yellow bits . . . quilts and... Read more
Posted on 04 January 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY -
The Cloud That Ate Barnett Mountain
GREAT SMOKIES WRITING PROGRAM CLASS Critique workshop (forty pages worth) for those with a novel in progress -- just begun, partway there, or finished and in... Read more
Posted on 03 January 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY