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DESERT BREEZE PUBLISHING: Author Spotlight - Excerpt from Substitute Lover
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Friday, 18 January 2013. Author Spotlight - Excerpt from Substitute Lover. Thank you so much for supporting Delores' week in the spotlight. Enjoy this excerpt from Substitute Lover. When she looked up at him, he clamped his mouth shut. "I heard Jasper had left town with you, and then it took me a while because you weren't in any of the places I expected to find a lady.". I'm so glad you found me." She smiled and stroked his arm. We've got to talk, Tennyson. Have you eaten any breakfast? We never found th...
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DESERT BREEZE PUBLISHING: Author Spotlight - Humpty Dumpty by Delores Goodrick Beggs
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Wednesday, 16 January 2013. Author Spotlight - Humpty Dumpty by Delores Goodrick Beggs. I have tried various ways of exercising while I sit at my desk, but the appetite increases. I have tried breaks every hour, but my characters usually manage to be in the middle of an important scene I just can't drop without losing the original idea/flavor of it. At that time we lived in a neighborhood where folks often put decorations in their front yards for the neighbors to admire. I worried though, that neighb...
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DESERT BREEZE PUBLISHING: November 2012
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Thursday, 29 November 2012. Author Spotlight - 1863 in History. Here is a list of some of the things that happened during the time Matthew and Rebekah's took their trip to Oregon. Remember the Civil War was still being fought and there were several battles during this times as well. I didn’t list them all. May 1st - Battle of Chancellorsville, VA (29,000 injured or died)
. May 1st - Confederate congress passed resolution to kill black soldiers
. May 19th - Siege of Vicksburg, investment of city complete.
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DESERT BREEZE PUBLISHING: Author Spotlight - Barri Bryan talks about writing Description
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Wednesday, 9 January 2013. Author Spotlight - Barri Bryan talks about writing Description. I think of a description as a re-creation in words. My task is to create the verbal representation. To do this, I must choose the right words, and choose which words to exclude. Good description is never overstated. It reveals as it recalls and persuades as it presents. The sunrise was beautiful does little to stir the imagination. The rim of a yellow sun climbed over the eastern horizon causing the misty veil ...
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DESERT BREEZE PUBLISHING: Author Spotlight - Friendship learned with my horse by Delores Goodrick Beggs
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Tuesday, 15 January 2013. Author Spotlight - Friendship learned with my horse by Delores Goodrick Beggs. It would be easiest to start this with saying "Friendship I learned FROM my horse,". But that is not the way it works. Learning, between a human and a horse, is a shared experience. I could be grooming Snowball in preparation for a ride when she would sometimes raise her head, ears pricked forward, and I'd feel her skin rumble with vibrating sound. I asked. I have a hearing impairment. Also, when we'd...
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DESERT BREEZE PUBLISHING: Author Spotlight - Famous Quotes
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Tuesday, 22 January 2013. Author Spotlight - Famous Quotes. Can you name the famous book from which I got each of these lines? Answer as many as you can without Googling. Don't forget we are holding a drawing at the end of the week from all the comments. You could win a $10.00 Amazon gift card. Good Luck! 1) “With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.”. 2) “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”. 10) "It is in vain...
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DESERT BREEZE PUBLISHING: Author Spotlight - Barri Bryan talks about expressive writing.
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Thursday, 10 January 2013. Author Spotlight - Barri Bryan talks about expressive writing. Learning to communicate expressively is not achieved the way one assimilates facts about geography or learns by rote the meanings of symbols. It is a process of practice, discovery, and creation. Writing is an art. Like any art form, it has an attending craft. There are skills and abilities that can be recognized and practiced to help hone that craft. Imaginative thinking moves past literal applications to discover ...
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DESERT BREEZE PUBLISHING: Author Spotlight - Going The Distance by Delores Goodrick Beggs
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Thursday, 17 January 2013. Author Spotlight - Going The Distance by Delores Goodrick Beggs. As my 50th birthday approached, visions of over-the-hill accoutrement and skidding down into life's shadows vanished when I made an impromptu decision to participate in a newspaper-sponsored10K mile footrace. I spoke of my new goal with my adult son, who'd ran some track races when he attended high school. There was a moment of silence. I haven't even run in the 10k, Mom," said my three-sport letterman. Sometimes ...
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DESERT BREEZE PUBLISHING: Author Spotlight - Stephenia McGee shares her Chocolate Chip Cookie receipe
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Wednesday, 23 January 2013. Author Spotlight - Stephenia McGee shares her Chocolate Chip Cookie receipe. Here’s a great recipe for chewy chocolate chip cookies that one of my characters makes in A Legacy of Lies. Montana Chocolate Chip Cookies. Soft and chewy, these sweet, triple chocolate chip cookies are the ultimate treat! Great for curling up on the couch with a glass of milk and a good book! 3 cups all-purpose flour. 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder. 1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened. Http:/...
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DESERT BREEZE PUBLISHING: Author Spotlight - Q&A with Stephenia McGee
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Monday, 21 January 2013. Author Spotlight - Q&A with Stephenia McGee. STEPH: I don’t know much about A Legacy of Lies. What's it about? STEPHENIA: It's about a life built on a legacy - a legacy built on lies. Haunting supernatural visions, grand adventure, mystery, intrigue, cowboys, suspense, the hand of God and an unexpected love. When tragedy brings him back to the home he tried to escape, Jim will have to face the truth behind his strange circumstances and hope that Sarah will believe him. Diggin...
