Tag Archives: musing

Tuesday Tidbits: Silver and Gold

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Silver James

This isn’t a long story. Except I’m telling it so it might turn out that way. Any of you ever a Girl Scout? Well, actually a Brownie, because that’s where I first learned the song. You might of learned it … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Sailing

Posted on June 26, 2025 by Silver James

What’s that song we used to sing in rounds? Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, life is but a dream. As I think about it, especially in conjunction with today’s message from the Universe, I … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Make-Believe

Posted on June 19, 2025 by Silver James

Today’s message from the Universe caught my attention as soon as I opened it. I have a meme that starts out “I am a writer…” and mentions “I live in my own strange fantasy world.” It says some other stuff … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Tidbits: A Little O’this, a Little O’that

Posted on June 17, 2025 by Silver James

Once again, I’m sans a recipe. I’ve got a few tucked back but I’m just not inspired. Which sucks, especially since it’s spilling over into my writing. As a friend often says, I really need to get over myself and … Continue reading →

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Stop the Monday, I Want to Get Off

Posted on June 16, 2025 by Silver James

Well, allrighty then. The world decided to go crazy this weekend. Let’s hope the earth settles back on its axis and things calm down. The first bit of crazy has been the weather. For the first time since 2019, the … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Showing Up

Posted on June 12, 2025 by Silver James

Today’s message hits the nail on the head. I see questions from folks wanting to write a book all the time. “How do you get started?” “What do you do?” “What’s your actual process?” (That one is rather like a … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Meet Cute

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Silver James

Every romance has a “meet cute” between the MMC and the FMC. That would be Male Main Character and Female Main Character. There are those now objecting to the terms hero and heroine because that’s previous been “abbreviated” as H/h … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Latin

Posted on May 14, 2025 by Silver James

Latin is one of those languages that we all should study. Yes, it’s mostly a “dead” language, unless you’re Catholic. I mean, normal folks don’t go around speaking Latin like they do Spanish, French, Italian, English… Heck, any language in … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Realism

Posted on May 8, 2025 by Silver James

You long-timers will have “seen” me talk about this before but a quick recap for any newcomers or the casual drop-in who happens to find their way here. No matter what genre you write, you have do some worldbuilding. Sometimes, … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Giving Up

Posted on May 7, 2025 by Silver James

Well, hello there. It’s good to be back. Did you miss me? Yeah…stuff happened Monday and Tuesday. My computer is now to the point where it needs to be replaced. It doesn’t have enough oomph to take the new Windows … Continue reading →

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