Category Archives: Writing Life

On being a writer

Wednesday Words: Farsight

Posted on May 17, 2023 by Silver James

Today’s offering of Wednesday Words is short–the origial 250 words used in the #ThursdayThreads challenge. There’s a reason I didn’t expand upon this one. Actually, there’s several–mainly because these words are completely random based on the prompt: **”Both went as … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats & Titles: Fighting for Brisket

Posted on May 16, 2023 by Silver James

Still no new releases to hype with character backgrounds tied to a recipe. One of the reasons I started this particular weekly post was to give some insight to my readers about the featured character and/or book–stuff that I know … Continue reading →

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Monday Mission

Posted on May 15, 2023 by Silver James

It’s Monday. May is almost half-way over. It’s prom, graduation, and end of school season. And all those April showers that didn’t come are here now. We’ve had three days of rain and more forecast today. I like rain unless … Continue reading →

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Friday Sinma: Southern Moms

Posted on May 12, 2023 by Silver James

In honor of Mother’s Day. Anyone relate? And finally…. Happy Mother’s Day to every mom, grandmom, other mother, dad-mom, fur moms and all who’ve mothered someone or other. 😉

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Thursday Thoughts: If I Only Had a Brain

Posted on May 11, 2023 by Silver James

Do you ever have times when you are absolutely positive that you’ve done something–especially something in advance–and then come to find out that…nope. Nada. Nyet. Zero. Zilch. I didn’t do it–expcept maybe in my dreams. Or maybe my imagination. So … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Sparks Flying

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Silver James

So, Iffy is all over the place these days–except the one place she’s supposed to be. I keep telling myself words are words even if they don’t actually fit into anything current or on the near horizon. Still, words are … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats & Titles: Hard Target Key Lime Cake

Posted on May 9, 2023 by Silver James

It’s really warm outside. And humid. No sea breeze here so I thought it would be fun to visit Key West and Barefoot Bay in Florida. That where the Hard Target teams has their HQ. Key West, I mean. But … Continue reading →

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Monday Malais

Posted on May 8, 2023 by Silver James

It’s Monday. Again. And May has 5 of this suckers. Sometimes, I feel sorry for Monday for being so maligned. I mean, in this day and age, do people still strictly work 9-5/M-F? I haven’t worked that way for years, … Continue reading →

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Friday Sinema: Let’s Dance

Posted on May 5, 2023 by Silver James

I considered saving this for tomorrow’s #ShirtsOffSaturday post on my Facebook author page but decided it was too much fun and nostalgia not to share with all, so here it is. I remember the songs AND the dances. This is … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Sweet Nothings

Posted on May 4, 2023 by Silver James

This popped up in my inbox on Tuesday and I immediately decided to pass it along today for two reasons. First, when things get tough, I forget this particular message and truly needed the reminder this week. And second, while … Continue reading →

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