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Category Archives: Life in the Village
ADDING PERSONALITY TO YOUR CHARACTERS
Lately, I’ve been talking more and more about developing characters in novels. As I’ve mentioned, I use several reference books to choose various characteristics for the people I invent for my stories. Today, I’ll be talking about Please Understand Me by David … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Family and Friends, Writing, Writing Exercises
Tagged creative writing david keirsey, developing fictional characters, family, fiction writing, gift differing, interpersonal relations, Isabel Briggs, Linda Goodman Sun Signs, marilyn bates, myers briggs, personality types, peter meyers, please understand me, sharon k owen, sharonkowen, teaching
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THE SKY IS FALLING
I’ve often talked about my two cats in this blog. Hard not to when they are the only creatures I see for days at a time. And they’re often hanging out on the … Continue reading
Posted in Pets, Seasons, Writing
Tagged cats, chicken little, cinders, dialogue, matt, rain, sharon k owen, sharonkowen, siblings, storms, writing
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THANK HEAVEN FOR LITTLE GIRLS
Many of you may never have heard Maurice Chevalier sing Thank Heaven For Little Girls. If not, it would be worth your time to rent it and watch him and Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan and Hemione Gingold in Vincent Minelli’s (Liza’s … Continue reading
Posted in Family and Friends, Movies, Music
Tagged children, gigi, girls, hermione gingold, leslie caron, louis jourdan, maurice chevalier, movies, musicals, sharon k owen, sharonkowen, thank heaven for little girls
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WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE-FACES
An eye can threaten like a loaded and levelled gun, or it can insult like hissing or kicking; or, in its altered mood, by beams of kindness, it can make the heart dance for joy…. One of the most wonderful … Continue reading
Posted in Family and Friends, Pets
Tagged children sharon k owen sharonkowen, dogs, faces, families, pets, postaday 2011
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WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE-FALL
Fall has always symbolized the harvest of all the hard work done during the preceding months of the year. The crops are gathered and taken to market. Plans are made for the planting of new … Continue reading
Posted in Seasons, Trinity Writers Workshop, Writers Groups, Writing, Writing Seminars and Conferences
Tagged bedford, chuck sambuchino, crops, dallas, fall, fiction, fort worth, harvest, Hurst, marketing seminar, non-fiction, post-a-day-2011, pumpkins, sharon k owen, sharonkowen, texas, trinity writers workshop, writing, writing groups, writing seminar
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CHANGING SEASONS
Today I substituted in a freshman English class at a local high school. This meant I left home at a little before 7:00 am. The air was crisp and cool, some of the leaves on the trees were turning and, as … Continue reading
Posted in Football, Music, Pets, Seasons, Teaching
Tagged boys of fall, college football, dallas cowboys, fall, french bulldogs, halloween, halloween costumes, hemingway's whiskey, high school, high school football, high school marching band, kenny chesney, leaves, pet costumes, pets, professional football, seasons, sharon k owen, sharonkowen, substitute teaching, TCU Hornfrogs, tony romo
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CHANGING SEASONS
Today I substituted in a freshman English class at a local high school. This meant I left home at a little before 7:00 am. The air was crisp and cool, some of the leaves on the trees were turning and, as … Continue reading
Posted in Football, Music, Pets, Seasons, Teaching
Tagged boys of fall, college football, dallas cowboys, fall, french bulldogs, halloween, halloween costumes, hemingway's whiskey, high school, high school football, high school marching band, kenny chesney, leaves, pet costumes, pets, professional football, seasons, sharon k owen, sharonkowen, substitute teaching, TCU Hornfrogs, tony romo
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GETTING READY FOR FALL
After a couple months of mostly triple digit temperatures. I am definitely ready for fall. I know it will be a while before the leaves begin to turn . .. But soon the new fall line-up of TV shows will start. … Continue reading
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Favorite TV Shows, Football, Home and Garden, needlework, Reality Talent Shows, Seasons, Sports, Writing
Tagged american idol, andy dalton, blue blood, castle, cincinnati bengals, dallas cowboys, dancing with the stars, dvr, etsy, fall, football, grays anatomy, harry's law, needlework, reality shows, sing off, so you think you can dance, tcu, texas, the good wife, the voice, tony romo, tv, x-factor
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REQUIEM
When I was a child I was fascinated by the stars. I remember asking my grandfather what those sparkling lights in the sky were. His explanation had little to do with science–as a four-year-old, I wasn’t ready for astronomy lessons. … Continue reading
Posted in Family and Friends, Life in the Village, Pets
Tagged animals, dogs, family, friends, loss, pets, sharon k owen, sharonkowen, stars
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TRADING SPACES
Sometimes a change of scene makes all the difference. This past week two other wormen in my family and I traded spaces. While Kimberly and her fiance enjoyed a Hawaii vacation, I pet sat their French Bulldogs Hurley and Mitzer. … Continue reading
Posted in Family and Friends, Pets
Tagged family, hawaii, oklahoma, pet-sitting, pets, texas, travel
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