Tag Archives: That Ol’ Black Magic

Tuesday Treats & Titles: Beignets

Posted on January 19, 2021 by Silver James

As most of you know, one of my favorite places in the world is New Orleans. And one of my favorite places to sit and watch the world go by is the Cafe du Monde just across the street from … Continue reading →

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Friday Sinema: Bell, Book & Candle

Posted on October 18, 2019 by Silver James

Halloween is coming. And Lawyer Guy noticed that one of my all-time favorite movies was on so he DVRd it for me. When I was searching for something to post today, I decided to plug the title into Youtube search … Continue reading →

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Monday With the Muse

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Silver James

Today is Monday. That means there was a weekend. There was a Friday evening, a Saturday, Saturday night, and Sunday. Sunday night, I usually set up the blog for today. The weather was really nice. REALLY nice. Almost fall-like rather … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words – First Lines

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Silver James

For those who play #1lineWed on Twitter with RWA Kiss of Death Chapter, the prompt for today is First/Opening Lines. Here are a few of my favorite openings from other authors, and then some favorites that I wrote. She woke … Continue reading →

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Every Monday Should be a Snow Day

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Silver James

Right? I mean how cool would that be? We’d have the whole day off to drink hot coco or bundle up and go build snowmen. Or…something. Yes, we had our first snow of the year yesterday. It was pretty, as … Continue reading →

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Monday Rewind

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Silver James

Well…maybe I want it to be over a little bit. 😆 I’m actually looking forward to this week. Wait?!? What??! No, really, I am. This is the downhill slide to NaNoWriMo starting on Saturday. I’ve got some things in the … Continue reading →

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Monday All Over Again, New Release, Free Book

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Silver James

What is it about Monday? It keeps showing up every 7th day whether we want it to or not! Gah! So…if it’s Monday, that means there was a weekend. I actually relaxed this weekend. I know. Shocking, right?!? 😀 So…my … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words – The Wisdom of Coffee

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Silver James

As I’ve been mentioning a lot lately, I’m reading contest entries so no book quotes catching my eye–at least none I can share yet. So, I’m falling back to one of my favorite topics. COFFEE! And I figure at least … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Tease – Sade’s New Orleans

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Silver James

I finally got around to downloading the photos I took in New Orleans back in December so I thought I’d share a few of them with y’all today. I have them in thumbnail to save room and band width. You … Continue reading →

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Wednesday’s Words – Opening Lines

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Silver James

Studies show that readers have short attention spans and a writer has to grab them within the first few pages if not actually the opening paragraph. With that in mind, I thought I’d share the openings of some of my … Continue reading →

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