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Nature, Real or Fantasy?
I bought a new T-shirt because it’s April after a long, harsh winter and I need color. On the tag it says, “Nature is imagination itself” William Blake I often think that someday I’ll take the time to read more … Continue reading
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Tagged bluebirds, creativity, fantasy, healing, imagination, love, Nature, real, transformation, trees
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The Prayer by Stephan J. Myers
Rolling through my Twitter feed one morning, I came upon a tweet by BookViral, a state of the art, sophisticated book review site. I went to their web site and read, At BookViral we focus our energy on discovering authors … Continue reading
Pavlova in a Hat Box, Sweet Memories and Recipes
Hemingway posed for beer ads, Walt Whitman self-published Leaves of Grass and wrote his own reviews under a pseudonym; In 1887, Guy de Maupassant sent up a hot-air balloon over the Seine with the name of his latest short story. … Continue reading
I Have to be About My Art!
It’s a new year and I have a new publisher for Norah: The Making of an Irish-American Woman in 19th-Century New York. My previous publisher, Lucky Press, went out of business and for months after, I couldn’t query publishers. I … Continue reading
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Tagged historical fiction, hope, Irish history, Norah, persevering with art, publishing, rejection letters, writing
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Pavlova in a Hat Box
Hemingway posed for beer ads, Walt Whitman self-published Leaves of Grass and wrote his own reviews under a pseudonym; In 1887, Guy de Maupassant sent up a hot-air balloon over the Seine with the name of his latest short story. … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, art, books, desserts, essays, marketing, pastry, promotion, writing
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Listening to Ghosts
I desire silence. I want to be free from the noise that humans make. I fear I will never be free from this noise. I’m often in the woods and I still hear a car that is miles away or … Continue reading
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Tagged ghosts, history, hunger, Ireland, Irish Famine, silence, The Famine Plot, Tim Pat Coogan, writing
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Hat Dreams
“When you wear a hat, you become the dream that started when the hat was conceived. The original energy that was put into the hat doesn’t die; it only changes forms and owners. The dream doesn’t die; it is passed … Continue reading
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Tagged china tea cups, dreams, historical fiction, hope, teas, vintage hats, writing
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Glorious Duties of Light
I never intended to write four novels about Norah McCabe (see my web site: http://www.cynthianeale.com for more information). Three historical novels about her life has taken a good deal out of my life. As a writer, I don’t study the … Continue reading
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Tagged dreams, historical fiction, hope, horror/fantasy, Irish history, light, St. John of the Cross, suffering, triumph, writing
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Dancing in a Moon Beam
Dancing in any moon beam will do, but twirling in a beam of a super moon during summer solstice is otherworldly and magical, perhaps a once or twice lifetime experience. I’ve jigged and waltzed under many a full moon, but … Continue reading
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Tagged astrology, dancing, Dancing in the Moonlight, hope, Native American quote, summer solstice, super moon 2013, voodoo
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