Do you hear it, Gramma? Do you see it, Bada? Part 2
In my granddaughter's mindfulness to the sound of an airplane in the sky, I realized something else. And that is, how important sound is...
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Connie Inglis
Jun 1, 20212 min
Do you hear it, Gramma? Do you see it, Bada? Part 1
The questioning words of my youngest granddaughter. She's obsessed with airplanes. This past weekend, we had her and her older sister for...
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Connie Inglis
May 17, 20212 min
The Semantics of Words
99,468. Does that number mean anything to you? How about if I told you that's the number of words in my novel. Does that mean anything to...
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Connie Inglis
Apr 27, 20211 min
BOOK COVER REVEAL -- FINALLY!
Okay. Okay. I know you've been patiently waiting. Hopefully it will be worth the wait! These were the four choices from my poll back in...
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Connie Inglis
Apr 24, 20212 min
CURIOSITY is your Superpower!
Are you familiar with the "Little Miss" book series by Roger Hargreaves? Well, a few years ago my daughter and her family gave me this...
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Connie Inglis
Apr 1, 20213 min
Bumps in the Road. Rocks in my Head.
It's been a rough month for me. How about for you? Dear Reader/Follower. I must apologize. I've been pretty quiet on social media of any...
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Connie Inglis
Mar 2, 20212 min
Putao. Putao. Wherefore art thou, Putao?
Putao. Where in the world is that? And why am I writing about it? Does this map help you? Or maybe these names will give you more clue:...
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Connie Inglis
Feb 23, 20212 min
Links, Lynx, and my Sci-Fi Mind
I'll be the first to admit that I'm NOT technologically savvy. Up until now, I've done pretty well at learning the basics. But what I've...
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Connie Inglis
Feb 8, 20213 min
IMPERFECTLY PERFECT
"So God created man in his own image." --Moses "As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied...
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Connie Inglis
Jan 31, 20212 min
That UNSETTLING first line.
"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." George Orwell, 1984. The novel that brought us "Big Brother,"...
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Connie Inglis
Jan 24, 20212 min
ANOTHER FAMOUS FIRST LINE
"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Thus begins Leo Tolstoy's novel, Anna Karenina (transl....
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Connie Inglis
Jan 15, 20211 min
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."
A novel's opening line. I've never been happy with mine. And so I've been reworking the opening scene to make it better. How do I improve...
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Connie Inglis
Jan 3, 20213 min
A Droste Hope--God's phrase for me for 2021.
The Droste Effect. Are you familiar with it? According to wise-geek.com, the Droste Effect is, "a special type of visual effect which is...
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Connie Inglis
Dec 31, 20203 min
LOOKING BACK --TRUST AND OBEY
Today, I read a devotional I'd written in January 2020. Looking back at 2019. Wondering what 2020 would bring. What stood out to me were...
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Connie Inglis
Dec 8, 20201 min
A Novel is Born
That fall, in a fiction-writing course, I wrote the first five chapters of a novel.
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Connie Inglis
May 12, 20202 min
Newbie Novelling
Snippets of life as a novelist working toward publishing my first novel. I have been working on a novel titled Rewriting Adam for the...
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