writing
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Who Are We Talking About When We Write?
Sept 19, 2023 Where do authors get their characters? People ask me, “How do you come up with characters?” But really, don’t we all know “characters” in life? People whose hearts break, people whose dreams go unfulfilled, people whose courage inspires, people whose beauty redeems, people whose scabs and callouses cover early betrayals and sin-soaked Continue reading
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Ernestly Speaking…on Words and Reading
Books September 2023 I have had a life of privilege–the written word has surrounded me all my life. Not everyone has such a spectacular blessing. So many words in so many formats! My mother’s “women’s” magazines. Sears Roebuck and Penny catalogs. Highlights Magazine (remember Goofus and Gallant?). Scholastic Books fliers taken home to order favorite Continue reading
Ernestly Speaking 