Category Archives: Writing Life

On being a writer

Wednesday Words: Eyebrows

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Silver James

I ❤ Wednesday. #1lineWed makes it easy for me to pick out a snippet. 😆 Today's theme is…*drumroll* EYEBROWS! Everyone has them. Some characters use them a lot, some not. While Smoke Jenner from October’s NIGHT FIRE release has brows, … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: Leftover Easter Peeps

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Silver James

What do you do with all those leftover Peeps from the Easter baskets? How about S’More Peeps?!?! Skillet Peep S’Mores Ingredients: chocolate chips Peeps – any color(s) and shape(s_ you want graham crackers for “dipping” Directions: Place chocolate chips in … Continue reading →

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Monday the Last of March

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Silver James

It’s Monday. Yippee! Not. 😆 Would you believe I have nothing to say? Yeah, well… Something really weird and more than incredible happened to me over on Facebook last week. I posted a meme about writing and darn if the … Continue reading →

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Friday Sinema: Two For the Price of One

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Silver James

I have more than a couple of favorite country singers and I have to admit, I love it when one of them comes out with something sexy. Jason Aldean’s “Burning’ It Down” is just freakin’ hot! And the first time … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Fix

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Silver James

The Universe is back in Romance Author mode. Don’t we, those of us who write, do exactly these things to our characters? Heroes and heroines betray/harm, makes missteps, violate trust, and create emotional disasters before we finally let them find … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: By the Number

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Silver James

For a change of pace, #1lineWed decided to do a day based on page numbers. So, words from page 23, 123, 223 or considering the date, 323. LOL Except most of us don’t have 323 pages in our WIPs. So…I’m … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: Fall Fare in the Spring

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Silver James

I saved this recipe last fall and it sort of got lost in the shuffle. Then I found it again and decided that it might make a pretty tasty Easter breakfast. While the blueberry syrup is homemade, I’d probably make … Continue reading →

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Ides of Monday

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Silver James

Well, except when we take a weekend off–even if that “weekend” is in the middle of the week. I did take Saturday off. I was scheduled to go to the OKRWA reunion but Friday night’s activities left me in less … Continue reading →

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Friday Sinema: Hunting Hemsworth

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Silver James

How did I not know about this movie until last week?!?!?! I have a major fangirl crush on Chris Hemsworth and when Charlize Theron is bad, she is so very deliciously evil. And a fairy tale! What’s not to love!!!

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I’m Irish Today

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Silver James

My mother was a Ryan on one side and a West on the other. My dad had Welsh, Irish, Scottish, and Swedish ancestors. I grew up thinking I was probably pretty much the same, given I was adopted and the … Continue reading →

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