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Connie Mae Inglis

 A Curious Hope 

-expressions of hope from an inquisitive heart 

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    Melody Jamal Smith
    Connie Inglis
    • May 3
    • 3 min

    Melody Jamal Smith

    Names are important. We'll get to that. Last week I did something that I'd never done before. No, I didn't go bungee jumping or sky...
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    Limericks, Lyrics, and Lots of Variety
    Connie Inglis
    • Nov 2, 2021
    • 2 min

    Limericks, Lyrics, and Lots of Variety

    I recently had a discussion with my brother-in-law who'd just finished reading my novel. He said he loved all the poetry I incorporated,...
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    Poetry, Purpose, and Power
    Connie Inglis
    • Jul 12, 2021
    • 2 min

    Poetry, Purpose, and Power

    Are you familiar with the following poem? How does it make you feel? Even though Rewriting Adam is a novel, I wanted to incorporate my...
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    Taking the Plunge
    Connie Inglis
    • Jul 3, 2021
    • 2 min

    Taking the Plunge

    Do you ever feel like an African wildebeest jumping heedlessly into the unknown? I've felt like that ever since I took the plunge into...
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    Do you hear it, Gramma? Do you see it, Bada? Part 2
    Connie Inglis
    • Jun 11, 2021
    • 1 min

    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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    The Semantics of Words
    Connie Inglis
    • May 17, 2021
    • 2 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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    BOOK COVER REVEAL -- FINALLY!
    Connie Inglis
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 1 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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    Links, Lynx, and my Sci-Fi Mind
    Connie Inglis
    • Feb 23, 2021
    • 2 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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    That UNSETTLING first line.
    Connie Inglis
    • Feb 1, 2021
    • 2 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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    ANOTHER FAMOUS FIRST LINE
    Connie Inglis
    • Jan 25, 2021
    • 2 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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    "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."
    Connie Inglis
    • Jan 16, 2021
    • 1 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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    A Novel is Born
    Connie Inglis
    • Dec 9, 2020
    • 1 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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    Newbie Novelling
    Connie Inglis
    • May 12, 2020
    • 2 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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