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Musings from the Writer's Desk. Poems, stories and comments by Terri DeVries. A calm that swallows up the chaos. Until nothing remains the same. Except the graceful arc of the letter C. A sense of wonder that overshadows worldliness. Shaves away its hard shell. Shapes it into that silent O on a child’s face. When she sees the burst of fireworks. Transform the July sky. That is what I want. I want the joy that erases junkyard mindsets. And brings back the well of contentment. To stay alive in my soul.

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The Real Tragedy in Charleston | Musings from the Writer's Desk

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Musings from the Writer's Desk. Poems, stories and comments by Terri DeVries. The Real Tragedy in Charleston. Wow And then the statement made later that we should be focusing on the family of the young man and the families of those who lost loved ones and not focus on the perpetrator. To hold in prayer the families involved in the tragedy,. Sides of the families (please note here the compassion being shown the Roof family as well as the families of those killed). How boring it would be if we all agreed a...

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nature poems | Musings from the Writer's Desk

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Musings from the Writer's Desk. Poems, stories and comments by Terri DeVries. The sun, a star in its own right. Glares at the moon. The early evening sky. Glowering, the sun sits on the horizon. Spreading rays of pink, purple, gray. As it becomes more angered, the colors. Turn to reds and oranges. And the sun tries to stare down the moon. The moon sits coolly in its own space. Contemplating the sun’s displeasure. But giving not an inch. In fact, moving forward into. At last the sun begins to sink. Into a...

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photographs | Musings from the Writer's Desk

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Musings from the Writer's Desk. Poems, stories and comments by Terri DeVries. Eye made up of pellets. Gorilla out of forks. Mural made of leaves. This hung alongside the stairway at the B.O.B. and was made up of belts. Giant belt made up of belts. This eye is made up of hundreds of photos. The center of the eye is a cross. The work was displayed on the side of a building and was done by Todd and Brad Reed, friends I met at my conference. They own Reed Photography up north. The City–recyled materials.

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The Forgotten Ones | Musings from the Writer's Desk

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Musings from the Writer's Desk. Poems, stories and comments by Terri DeVries. Everyone asked after Mom. How was Anne? She didn’t look sick. Was she in need of anything? She seemed fine in church on Sunday. Did she get around all right? Was she staying healthy? How was the disease progressing? I try very hard to let those earthly angels know that they are in my prayers along with the one they care for. They are heroes, every one of them. I know it’s lonely work, I know they’re exhauste...You have such a g...

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Sarah J Schmitt: February 2014

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Author of It's A Wonderful Death. Monday, February 17, 2014. My Obsession Paid Off. So, I watched @KelsNotChels vlog about How to Google Yourself Like A Champion and she said. well, see for yourself:. Handy information, right? I mean, who doesn't want to Google themselves. Okay, that sounded bad. I realized, after watching this, two things:. 1 I need to get a cool mic so I can start doing voiceover blogs because, well, there’s just so much time in the day that’s free;. Here’s a hint:. No Not like that.

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Sarah J Schmitt: December 2013

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Author of It's A Wonderful Death. Friday, December 20, 2013. A Writer Walks Into A Marketing Meeting and Bangs Head on Desk. On Tuesday I posted a “Tuesday Topic” over on The Writer Diaries that was all about Marketing. This is a topic that has been on my mind a lot! So the question remains: How does a Writer, with no marketing experience and a very limited budget, help their book make a splash in the enormous literary ocean? 1 Grassroots. Many moons ago, I was a political campaign manager. Okay,...In a ...

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Preview - Janis Thornton

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It’s past midnight. WHAT AUTHORS and READERS HAVE SAID ABOUT. DUST BUNNIES and DEAD BODIES. Ldquo;In the funny and compelling. Dust Bunnies and Dead Bodies. Uthor of the highly acclaimed 'Detroit Shuffle,' the fourth book in his historic Detroit Mystery series. Ldquo;This engaging first novel will keep you laughing, wondering, theorizing, guessing and at times seething as Thornton humorously exposes nefarious doings in the grassroots.”. Ldquo;This was such a fun read with many twists and turns.”.

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Sarah J Schmitt: Negativity Sucks

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Author of It's A Wonderful Death. Sunday, September 28, 2014. Someone once told me that writer’s block doesn’t exist. And, to a large extent, I agree. If you sit in the chair long enough, words are going to run through your head. They will. But what if the words running through your head aren’t yours? What if they are the words of every bitchy, jealous, hateful person who has tried to pull you down, disguised as your voice? Where does this come from? I think one thing we can do is give ourselves permissi...