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“Jimmy was the type, Mary Helen had been told, who could sell snow to the Eskimos. As a matter of fact, he had started out selling purses. ‘There’s a lot of money in purses,’ Lucy often quipped.” “The Missing Madonna: A Sister Mary Helen Mystery” by Sister Carol Anne O’Marie What’s not to love about…
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“When the mother considers her daughter’s future and the daughter sits at her mother’s grave. That is when decisions are reached. That is when history is made.” “Magic: The Gathering, Ice Age Cycle Book II: The Eternal Ice” by Jeff Grubb One things about the Ice Age Cycle that immediately made me like it, other…
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“The viewpoint of a historian is that of a surveyor on a hillside, overlooking a river. He can see the flow of the river and has no doubt about how it runs and why. The participants of history view that same river as would a fish, unsure of where it is taking them.” “Magic: the…
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“The old saying is true: what goes around, come around…especially when it’s crap.” “Of Thee I Zing: America’s Cultural Decline from Muffin Tops to Body Shots” by Laura Ingraham with Raymond Arroyo It was through this book, Of Thee I Zing, that I was able to finally pinpoint what it is about conservative talking heads…
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“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.” -Douglas Adams. As I did a quick search for Writer Quotes, thinking that it has been far too long since I’ve done one here on the blog, this gem from Douglas Adams was the first to pop up. Now, as an…
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Today is, of course, November First, which, in addition to Candy Hangover Recovery, is the start of National Novel Writing Month. I participate every year, though I’ve yet to “win” one. I came incredibly close last year, and I have a great feeling about this year, too, so perhaps this is the year it happens.…
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“Often dismissed by pious Muslims as mere folklore, or falsely condemned as foreign influence, or even blankly denied even in the face of overwhelming evidence, the traces of Zarathustra’s teachings refuse to fade away. In spite of everything, Zarathustra lives.” “In Search of Zarathustra: The First Prophet and the Ideas That Changed the World” by…
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“It wasn’t a case of storming heaven. It was a case of letting heaven storm you.” “The Curse of Chalion” by Lois McMaster Bujold Reading through The Curse of Chalion, a tale about a soldier who finds a second life as a saint and secretary to a cursed princess, I came to a striking revelation:…
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October means a lot of things to many people. It’s the approach of autumn, it’s the time where I’m pretty sure pumpkin spice is legally mandated to infiltrate everything consumable, and it’s all topped off with the spooky fun spectacle that is Halloween. Of course, there’s something very particular that it means to writers: “OHshit,…
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“Who, within his inner conscience, does not feel the same ferine, savage man struggling against the stern, adamantine bonds of morality and decorum?” “Howard Pyle’s Book of Pirates” compiled by Merle Johnson Daring and adventurous stories of pirates have captivated audiences (“whether” the book flap suggests, “he be 12 years old or 70”) for centuries,…
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