Was it because Christmas is just around the corner or was a spirit of hilarity in the air? Whatever it was, merriment prevailed around the hundred-year old table at yesterday’s critique. Jane brought a rum cake and, let me tell you, it was so delicious that we all asked for the recipe. With the temperatures hovering […]
Jan 15, 2015
From My Heart
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Sometimes I wonder how I got to be so blessed as to have this group of ladies in my life: Jane, Peg, Nancy, Helen, my cozy critters. They not only offer direct and helpful suggestions and insight, they are a support group like no other. Yesterday, our critique was held in the family room in […]
Feb 25, 2014
Possibilities
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A weird, ghostly image floats back and forth in the front window of my neighbor’s house across the street. Now, if it were a moonlit night, and the wind was blowing with an eerie sound, and I happened to glimpse that faint, disembodied object, my mystery writer’s brain would go into high gear. As it […]
Feb 13, 2014
When Characters Misbehave
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“The North Wind doth blow, and we shall have snow. And, what will the robin do then, poor thing? He’ll sit in the barn to keep himself warm, and hide his head under his wing, poor thing.” Yesterday I saw two robins. It is far too early! Robins came back too early last year too. […]
Jan 30, 2014
The Warmth of a Cozy Critique
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Yesterday’s cozy critique was a special time of sharing thoughts with friends. The only fly in the ointment was that Cozy Critter Jane was absent. Feel better soon, Jane. We missed you! This morning as I sit down in front of the computer with my cup of hot, strong Folger’s coffee, a profound truth comes […]
Aug 1, 2013
What’s Cozier Than a Cozy Critique?
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The answer to that question would be: four cozy critiquers, seated around my mother’s hundred-year old wood dining table, coffee cups and cookies at hand, pencils poised above paper, listening to one of the members read. Yesterday Jane, Nancy, Peg and I gathered for an afternoon of reading, listening and giving opinions. Here are a […]
