tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28127583820431050662024-03-12T20:37:43.565-04:00Cheryl R E A V I S, Writing Life...Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184172304725808379noreply@blogger.comBlogger365125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812758382043105066.post-47345834449789581762021-10-02T14:59:00.000-04:002021-10-02T14:59:42.516-04:00WRITING LIFE: THE PRISONER, New, Uncut Version Including "Lost Chapters."<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijB4WyQhlInKcyl8BXzNLa8-jyysQgIMOw9g6k3RXaBPEcm4M0ZPEMBZ9k3TW7jOD68dYSLS_qb6vcivxU2GaMGfu3sGrPdVJMSPG4qIxUwOI7_pAxz7bIsNFxT7dbFpYFNB3hmaCdSYYD/s2048/IMG_2269+2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijB4WyQhlInKcyl8BXzNLa8-jyysQgIMOw9g6k3RXaBPEcm4M0ZPEMBZ9k3TW7jOD68dYSLS_qb6vcivxU2GaMGfu3sGrPdVJMSPG4qIxUwOI7_pAxz7bIsNFxT7dbFpYFNB3hmaCdSYYD/s2048/IMG_2269+2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijB4WyQhlInKcyl8BXzNLa8-jyysQgIMOw9g6k3RXaBPEcm4M0ZPEMBZ9k3TW7jOD68dYSLS_qb6vcivxU2GaMGfu3sGrPdVJMSPG4qIxUwOI7_pAxz7bIsNFxT7dbFpYFNB3hmaCdSYYD/s2048/IMG_2269+2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijB4WyQhlInKcyl8BXzNLa8-jyysQgIMOw9g6k3RXaBPEcm4M0ZPEMBZ9k3TW7jOD68dYSLS_qb6vcivxU2GaMGfu3sGrPdVJMSPG4qIxUwOI7_pAxz7bIsNFxT7dbFpYFNB3hmaCdSYYD/s2048/IMG_2269+2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijB4WyQhlInKcyl8BXzNLa8-jyysQgIMOw9g6k3RXaBPEcm4M0ZPEMBZ9k3TW7jOD68dYSLS_qb6vcivxU2GaMGfu3sGrPdVJMSPG4qIxUwOI7_pAxz7bIsNFxT7dbFpYFNB3hmaCdSYYD/s2048/IMG_2269+2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijB4WyQhlInKcyl8BXzNLa8-jyysQgIMOw9g6k3RXaBPEcm4M0ZPEMBZ9k3TW7jOD68dYSLS_qb6vcivxU2GaMGfu3sGrPdVJMSPG4qIxUwOI7_pAxz7bIsNFxT7dbFpYFNB3hmaCdSYYD/s2048/IMG_2269+2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;">Enemies. On the run. Enemies until..."What if I never see you again?"</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;">Union Captain John Howe escaped a living hell when he tunneled his way out of a Confederate prison. But his ordeal was far from over. Now he was saddled with his own prisoner, sad, stubborn Amanda Douglas.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;">Even her previous spartan existence had not prepared Amanda for the dangerous trek she was now making—entirely against her will.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;">Could a privileged Yankee son and a poor, proud Rebel girl keep their love safe from the rest of the world?</span></b></a></div><br /><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1090" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijB4WyQhlInKcyl8BXzNLa8-jyysQgIMOw9g6k3RXaBPEcm4M0ZPEMBZ9k3TW7jOD68dYSLS_qb6vcivxU2GaMGfu3sGrPdVJMSPG4qIxUwOI7_pAxz7bIsNFxT7dbFpYFNB3hmaCdSYYD/s320/IMG_2269+2.jpeg" width="170" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho_Ws8hm-ZyL0JGw7nAyewzjhIZCjBKvleE6BJ8RdbborMVV2NTg7smQgBUMGmMsIJOObORyvxHkXYDKgS5LgnlV0HiDpJmzixy_dYFgYcy9MM4odSmSj8h22aUJ1ooLSHQD0jZxKGWDE8/s1875/prisoner.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1875" data-original-width="1173" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho_Ws8hm-ZyL0JGw7nAyewzjhIZCjBKvleE6BJ8RdbborMVV2NTg7smQgBUMGmMsIJOObORyvxHkXYDKgS5LgnlV0HiDpJmzixy_dYFgYcy9MM4odSmSj8h22aUJ1ooLSHQD0jZxKGWDE8/s320/prisoner.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 18.75px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>I want to tell you the story of the Little Book That Could--and Couldn't.</b></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 18.75px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>When THE PRISONER was originally published, in order to meet the publishing house’s strict word count guidelines, it had to be cut nearly in half. Those “lost” chapters were put away and literally forgotten. But a couple of months ago, quite by accident, I found them again, FIVE boxes of hard copy draft and revised and re-revised chapters, and I’ve worked many long hours since then turning that massive body of work into a coherent “rest of the story” as it was meant to be in the first place. You know that thing about optimistic people relentlessly shoveling a pile of manure because they know there is a pony in there somewhere? That would be me.</b></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 18.75px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>It took me thirteen years to get the “halved” version of The Prisoner initially published. THIRTEEN. Basically, it was “too literary for the genre," and I didn't know how to "un-literary" it. I guess you could say I just had to wait for the romance genre to catch up. This book is a "love story," not precisely a romance, and it has been recommended by writer Diana Gabaldon. (OUTLANDER)</b></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 18.75px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>It was a hard thing, having to butcher it as was required at that time. BUT, I did it, because I had to, because you have to give to get. That version of the book and its stand-alone sequel have won awards, so there’s that. </b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>THE PRISONER</b><b><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> is now in its complete form in Kindle format--with the 13 chapter, plus epilogue, addendum included at the lowest price Amazon would allow. This would be the final, complete story, as it were, of "Captain John Howe" and "Amanda Douglas," and I hope you'll check it out. </span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">AMAZON: </span></b><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 24px; white-space: normal;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01F5Y4U2O/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_97ZXGAQGM5XHJDP02ATC">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01F5Y4U2O/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_97ZXGAQGM5XHJDP02ATC</a></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><u><br /></u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><u><br /></u></span></span></div> <p></p>Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184172304725808379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812758382043105066.post-17519779389945729292021-05-25T11:39:00.000-04:002021-05-25T11:39:33.941-04:00(The) WRITING LIFE--New Re-Release.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0evXBwyeGjL-UrKUJQcJzmhH2Mg34Tp3VaDbzY2zHMLqk8DLsA7bLE_inWLGY0KXggY64lf9T8Leh7dHlQdFq_iGlk5IY8499m0Y8L3ikjfTz8IdyAkw_mPc6DO1PehfclTaXuJxAfxhZ/s1600/mock-00068.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0evXBwyeGjL-UrKUJQcJzmhH2Mg34Tp3VaDbzY2zHMLqk8DLsA7bLE_inWLGY0KXggY64lf9T8Leh7dHlQdFq_iGlk5IY8499m0Y8L3ikjfTz8IdyAkw_mPc6DO1PehfclTaXuJxAfxhZ/s320/mock-00068.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Laura Abbot and I have a new "re-release" now available, a 2-book edition of our Love Inspired Historicals, AN UNEXPECTED WIFE (mine) and INTO THE WILDERNESS (Laura's). It is available in both e-book and print formats at Amazon, Barnes&Noble, Apple iBooks, Kobo and others.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Here are some links if you'd like to check them out.</span></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 24px;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BS15Q54/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_SZRTC5BSMEHZATA6A193">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BS15Q54/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_SZRTC5BSMEHZATA6A193</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/an-unexpected-wife-into-the-wilderness"><span style="font-size: x-large;">https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/an-unexpected-wife-into-the-wilderness</span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/an-unexpected-wife-into-the-wilderness-cheryl-reavis/1137234141?ean=9781335448774">https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/an-unexpected-wife-into-the-wilderness-cheryl-reavis/1137234141?ean=9781335448774</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/an-unexpected-wife-into-the-wilderness/id1520187276">https://books.apple.com/us/book/an-unexpected-wife-into-the-wilderness/id1520187276</a></span></div>Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184172304725808379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812758382043105066.post-58377897462829940212020-05-01T00:44:00.000-04:002020-05-01T00:45:43.982-04:00(The) WRITING LIFE--BAND OF BROTHERS Now On Sale<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: #ffffe5; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
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Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184172304725808379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812758382043105066.post-49703571061094824822019-11-04T17:27:00.000-05:002020-02-13T17:07:54.041-05:00(The) WRITING LIFE--Orphans and the Writer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Writers are often asked where they get their ideas. Personally, most of the time, I don't know where the idea comes from or what the catalyst that spawned it might have been. That isn't the case with <i>THE FIRST BOY I LOVED</i>. I know exactly what "caused" it. It was a song I heard on NPR during an interview with Patty Griffin called <i>"You'll Remember."</i> I heard it, and suddenly there were all these "character people" milling around, looking for the<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">ir story. And I must tell you, when this happens to a writer, it is WONDERFUL. It was one of those "Book of the Heart" things. The premise sold easily, it was written almost easily, mostly because I bought <i>"You'll Remember,"</i> and I listened to it over and over (writing is never truly "easy"--music and photos help), and it was up on Amazon, Barnes&Noble, etc. ready for pre-ordering. All was well--and then, out of the blue (to me anyway), <i>THE FIRST BOY I LOVED</i> was orphaned. "Orphaned" is the perfect word for what happens when a publisher suddenly decides to cancel one of their lines and the books waiting to go "live." It's painful. Here was the book I thought was one of my best, and it was never going to see the light of day. "Orphaning" truly hits a writer right where she lives. (I have other sad stories, but I'll leave those for another time.)</span></span></b></div>
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I am proud of this book, and I hope you'll consider reading it. I would also like for you to hear the song and the singer that caused it all, keeping in mind that "the island" mentioned in the lyrics, to me, isn't a literal island. It's the figurative island my character, Gillian Warner, exiled herself to to keep from being hurt.</div>
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Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184172304725808379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812758382043105066.post-72476753557926888062019-10-16T10:37:00.000-04:002019-11-04T17:30:46.024-05:00(The) WRITING LIFE—Postcards from the Tiny Porch<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Here I am on the Tiny Porch. Carl was here, but he bailed. It’s 55F, which is too chilly for naked paws. There’s a drizzling rain. I can hear the raindrops hitting the maple leaves. I’ve had my Bigelow Vanilla Chai Tea (much better than Twining’s. More aromatic.) And I had a small pack of Lance’s PB crackers. I’ve done my “morning pages.” I thought I’d try doing those again. I’ve tried in the past and found them pure torture. BUT, I know very well that you have to give to get. Not quite sure what the “get” will be, but still. This is day 4. It does seem to be getting easier to ramble about nothing—not that I don’t do that all the time here anyway. “Morning pages” are supposed to be a form of meditation, which is not what I’ve come to think mediation is, but onward and upward—I’m being chastised mightily by an irate squirrel.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>I forgot to say that when I was in Big Lots I saw this little plaque on a stand on the clearance shelf. It said, “Hi, There.” I thought at the time what a good prop for a booksigning table. I, of course, don’t do booksignings anymore, but I still think it would be a good prop.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Now I hear sirens in the distance. More than one. I say Aaron’s Prayer for them. The rain is still hitting the maple leaves. The squirrel has gone silent.</b></span>Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184172304725808379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812758382043105066.post-19429793416506697332019-10-14T19:07:00.000-04:002019-11-04T17:32:01.525-05:00WRITING (About) LIFE—Adventuring At Big Lots.<div style="font-family: helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Yes, I went to Big Lots again. (I know. Cheryl Jean, don’t you ever go anywhere else?) (No, not really.) So today’s adventure, I pondered a shelf of ginger salt and wondered what I could use it in/on and did I want to. (No.) Then, I wondered how much trouble I could get into with a bag of organic dried figs. (I think, a lot.) Then, I selected a set of paring knives. (It says “Very Sharp” on the packaging. I have since learned this is true because I’ve already cut my thumb on one of them.) Then, I commiserated with a lady who was aggravated that Big Lots had changed everything around and she couldn’t find what she wanted without walking all over the store. Walking all over the store is good if you’re working on your blood sugar, otherwise, it’s, well, aggravating. Then, the check-out girl asked me if I’d be interested in working there because they were hiring. I said I didn’t know how to do anything helpful and besides that, I’m mean. All in all, I would rate this a medium adventure—since I didn’t get accosted by a grifter.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Moving right along, I’m now going to tell you What I Saw last week. I saw a man I thought might be homeless walking down the sidewalk. He was carrying a library book. This is one of many reasons why I love libraries.</b></span></div>
Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184172304725808379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812758382043105066.post-26908214295818540712019-09-28T12:04:00.000-04:002019-11-04T17:34:21.567-05:00WRITING (About) Life...(Or I'm Trying To Blog More)<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Yes, it's true. I'm going to try to blog more. Yes, I know Yoda said there is no "try." But moving right along:</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">I’ve been thinking about this meme, reminiscing, as it were. I was remembering being in nursing school and reading every chance I got because there were many, many times when I needed to be someplace else. So one afternoon in the lull between getting off duty and suppertime at the hospital cafeteria, I was reading. And that particular day, the room my roommate and I shared was the gathering place<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"> for much needed unwinding. I don’t remember precisely who was there, but there was no place left to sit except the floor and it was as noisy as stressed-out, exhausted nursing students could make it. But I wasn’t really there. I was living that “Look What They Done to My Song, Ma” lyric: “Wish I could find a good book to live in, wish I could find a good book....” Well, I had found one and I was oblivious. Finally, one of my classmates said. “Cheryl!!! What in the world are you reading!” I didn’t feel like stopping to give a synopsis, so I just kept reading, only I read what I was reading out loud because I figured that was the best way to kill two birds with one stone. I read several pages to them. “That’s what I’m reading,” I said. And one of them said, “Well, don’t STOP! Read some more!” So I read to them until time to walk over to the hospital for supper. I don’t remember the name of the book—I think it was historical fiction. In any event, it’s a sweet memory of much needed escapism and taking a bunch of fellow SNs along with me.</span></span></b><br />
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her life is changed forever when she makes a purchase in a quaint curio
shop. She meets handsome, hardworking Joe D'Amaro, a widower and father
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<b>(from the Navajo "Family Blessings" series)</b></div>
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<b><b>Josh finally has his shattered personal life in some kind of order. He has found the family he never knew he had, and thanks to them, he can do his duty and complete his deployment in Afghanistan, knowing his baby daughter is safe. It should be smooth sailing...until Chris Young--the living, breathing reason his wife abandoned him and their baby--is assigned to his unit.</b></b></div>
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<b>Danny knows the Marine Corps basically saved his life, but he still feels guilty for joining--escaping--and leaving his younger brother to deal with their alcoholic father. But there's nothing he can do except be the best Marine he can be and to come home and marry his girl. He has no reason to think she won't wait for him--until a Dear John letter arrives.</b><br />
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BAND OF BROTHERS, the stand alone sequel to the THE MARINE (winner of the EPIC 2018 Award for Best Contemporary Fiction).</div>
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Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184172304725808379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812758382043105066.post-90418347644396423102018-11-04T15:27:00.001-05:002018-11-04T15:27:55.304-05:00(THE) Writing Life--THE BRIDE FAIR <div style="text-align: center;">
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Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184172304725808379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812758382043105066.post-84383850730985618932018-07-19T01:38:00.000-04:002018-07-19T02:06:37.747-04:00(THE) WRITING LIFE--ON SALE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184172304725808379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812758382043105066.post-73035804321490893882018-06-14T23:19:00.000-04:002018-06-14T23:20:50.122-04:00(The) Writing Life--An FYI<b>I've just heard that THE BRIDE FAIR, a Romance Writers of America RITA-Winner for Best Short Historical and the standalone sequel to THE PRISONER, will be available in Australia in the fall. </b><br />
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Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184172304725808379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812758382043105066.post-38974360535446511862018-04-30T21:00:00.002-04:002018-04-30T21:00:31.705-04:00WRITING (About) LIFE---The Legacy GardenCome let me show you the iris patch. It was so cold this past winter, I was afraid they wouldn't bloom:<br />
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<b>"Daisy and Eric" are Tom Clark gnomes. If you're not familiar with his work, his gnome sculptures will always evoke some kind of emotion. In my case, it was curiosity. What would a woman who had been told she could never have a child of her own think when she saw them? And how would they effect a little girl who had lost her mother? </b></div>
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<br />Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184172304725808379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812758382043105066.post-1696286642342690812018-02-11T13:10:00.001-05:002018-02-11T13:10:21.404-05:00WRITING (About) LIFE...<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "SF Optimized", system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.12px;"><b>Again with the rain this morning. I wish I could hear it. This house has deep eaves and a tall attic space, so I rarely hear “rain on the roof” like I did when I was a little kid and still at home. Always loved that sound. Rain, and if there was enough wind, the pines soughing. Those pines weren’t the tall, tall spindly pine kind. They were more like an oak tree with large trunks I couldn’t reach all the way around. Our house was surrounded by them. When it snowed, the branches would all but touch the ground and it was like being in a huge, green, wonderful-smelling cave. One tree in particular was great for climbing. My neighborhood BFF and I had our self-assigned limbs. We would climb and sit exactly where we were supposed to. It was great—except for the pine sap (“rawsin”) I got all over me. Ever tried to get pine sap off your skin? And there was the thing about little girls getting themselves all “sappy.” LIttle boys, no problem. Little girls, eek, no. My climbing worried my mom. A lot. We climbed anyway when she wasn’t looking. I’m happy to say neither the BFF or I ever fell off our limbs. Never even had a close call. She came to my mom’s funeral even though she could barely walk. Both our climbing days are done. All those big pine trees are done, too. At my mom’s house and all through the South. Killed by some kind of murderous pine tree weevil. I wonder if children now will remember their video games the way I remember those pines?</b></span>Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184172304725808379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812758382043105066.post-77652503082247052018-02-06T14:43:00.000-05:002018-02-06T14:43:46.708-05:00(The) WRITING LIFE--News<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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