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Category Archives: Family and Friends
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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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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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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