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Blog Tour stops here

02/17/2014 By Ellen Beals 2 Comments

Blog Tour stops here

Susan Perry who has a great blog on creativity (Creating in Flow) at the Psychology Today site asked me to participate in a Blog Tour.  It’s a way to introduce you to my writing process and two or three other creative people (I feature two). The Blog Tour asks that I answer four questions about my writing process.  And I will, but let me tell you a little more about Susan Perry. She has a novel, Kylie’s Heel, and a website so be sure to visit them also. Now to the … [Read more...]

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Thomas Fiffer: Clear the cache and stop the recrimination

02/12/2014 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Clear the cache and stop the recrimination This morning, after staying up extremely late writing, I heard the words "straight from the conscience" and "stop the recrimination." I don't hear voices, but I take the words that float into my head seriously. And when my conscience speaks, I listen. As I tried to divine what these phrases might mean, I also heard "clear the cache." I had cleared the cache on my laptop last night after Blogger started acting wonky. For … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Guest Posts Tagged With: empty your cache, MouseMuse Productions, stop the recrimination, straight from the conscience, The Good Men Project, Thomas J. Fiffer, Tom Aplomb, Westport HamletHub

Shattered by Thomas G. Fiffer

03/04/2013 By Ellen Beals 1 Comment

Shattered by Thomas G. Fiffer

  Tom Fiffer was one of the first friends I "met" on FB, and I have been following his posts ever since.  He wrote "Shattered" in response to the tragedy at Newtown, CT, and posted it on December 17 to his Tom Aplomb blog. I am grateful he is letting me reprint it here.   Shattered Like glass. Those are the words I thought I heard this morning. An image of our strength and our fragility. A metaphor for strength in fragility. I pictured … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Guest Posts Tagged With: Ellen Wade Beals, Hamlet Hub, Leadership Directories, MouseMuse Productions, Newtown tragedy, Shattered, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, The Good Men Project, Thomas G. Fiffer, Tom Aplomb, Tom Fiffer, Weighed Words

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