Yesterday, the company around the 100-year old table consisted of three people. As it turned out, not only Carolyn but also Nancy had schedules that conflicted with critique time. Peg, Jane, and I held down the fort. Time flew by as we discussed books, writing, launching a book, and poems. Jane has written a poem in tribute to Libby, the newest member of her family. In fact, the way she wrote it, it’s as if her pet is talking. A Poem by Libby is its title and it’s about how Libby the puppy finally found her forever home.
Jane’s poems are quite popular and getting more so each day. One of her favorite poems, at least in my estimate, is The Clothes Line.
Peg has been reading. She has a good supply of cozy mysteries awaiting on her iPad. One of her favorites is Mortar and Murder, by Jennie Bentley. This is a do-it-yourself cozy and is the fourth book in a series. It’s good for writers to hear why readers like or dislike a book. Peg confessed to starting to read another cozy (which shall be nameless) and stopped because it was more of a romance than a mystery.
She is also reading The Black Cat Sees His Shadow by Kay Finch.
I shared with the group the status of By the Fright of the Silvery Moon. Getting it to the launch pad is a long process but an exciting one.
Another high point in my day was the letter I got from a student who is in a summer reading program. Her class is collecting material on authors so, she chose me. It was an interesting, well-written letter and best of all, the student told me she plans to be an author when she grows up.
In between all the conversation around books, we three talked about our beliefs and some interesting things that have happened to us along life’s highway. Above all, these friends are encouragers and they sure know how to keep things close to the vest (so to speak).
This is Sara’s fish picture which she did many years ago. It has nothing at all to do with today’s blog, but I think it’s pretty.
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