Remember this? Guess what? I have been invited to be a presenter at the 2017 Florida Writer’s Association conference! Woo hoo! That’s right, I’m a faculty person. Go ahead and block in the dates — October 19 – 22, 2017 in beautiful Orlando, Florida. I’ll be presenting and available for one on one sessions, and […]
Originally posted on DAN ALATORRE:
Maybe John Lennon wasn’t full of crap after all. When people said the title of one of the Beatles songs, “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” was a reference to the drug LSD, he denied it. But since the Beatles were said to be experimenting with drugs at the time,…
Our (stuffed toy) Owl Hooey
Originally posted on DAN ALATORRE:
On a recent trip to Disney’s EPCOT, my daughter found a stuffed owl toy in the Canada exhibit. Not sure what an owl has to do with Canada, per se, but it was cute and fuzzy and she liked it enough – and I liked it more than the ketchup…
Fall
Originally posted on DAN ALATORRE:
The World’s Slowest Eater hopped off her chair in the middle of dinner – pasta and carrots. There was some cheese but it disappeared long ago, and since she was demanding pasta all day, literally asking for spaghetti since breakfast, I would have thought she would actually eat it instead…
I know it’s not even Thanksgiving yet here in the good ol’ U S and A (The Canadians already had their Thanksgiving. They already got stuffed with turkey!! And the leftovers are a long gone memory – and we haven’t even started our Thanksgiving yet! Damn them! DAMN THEM!!) Okay, where was I? Oh yeah. […]
Well am I?
Originally posted on Angela Kay's Books:
Title: The Navigators Author: Dan Alatorre File Size: 4505KB Print Length: 252 Publication Date: July 1, 2016 Sold by Amazon Digital Services LLC Language: English Formats: Kindle Goodreads Genres: Sci-Fi Thriller Picture coming across an old machine during a dig. Then picture taking home the machine, trying to figure out exactly what it was and what…
This was SO much fun. Thanks to Jamie for making me look good.
Irony or Sarcasm?
This is from a newsletter I subscribe to, from a well respected professional writer. 108 words 6 words repeated 19 times (2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 6) I stopped paying attention to his intended message.
You don’t have to be a Cubs fan to have enjoyed last night’s World Series, you nonsports fans. (Read on, there’s a lesson for you here.) You don’t have to be a baseball fan, either. You don’t even have to be a sports fan. Last night was an example of DRAMA and TENSION – and […]