Journey into My Imagination
So once upon a time, there was me. My name is Gertrude – Gertrude. Horrible isn’t it? Well it’s not my fault; all of the good princess names were taken. What? Oh didn’t I mention that I was a princess? Yep, I am, well sort of anyway. I am a princess because my grandma is the queen and one day, when she gets bored, my dad will be the king. It’s kind of just a title, because you see, I am not very good at the whole princess thing.
When my kids were little, one of their favorite stories to read was: The Night Before the Night Before Christmas by by Natasha Wing (Author), Mike Lester (Illustrator). It's a cute little story about everything that can go wrong before Christmas doing exactly that (most of it spurred by the idea that mom gets sick and dad doesn't quite... Continue Reading →
Find a way to keep the magic alive for the people in your life - even adults need to laugh and play.
That Christmas, he brought a bag of chestnuts to my mom in the hopes that in all her culinary wisdom, would recreate this gastronomical memory.
I am not ignoring you I promise. Life - life has gotten in the way of creativity and writing and pretty much everything. This season is usually busy for me - not only Christmas, but in our house it is birthday season. Three our of four of us have birthdays between November and December and... Continue Reading →
You would never catch a cold from a witch’s school. That’s because at the very first sign of a cold, our moms and dads rush off to the Witch Doctor to get the Sneezle Solution.
Question for all my wordsmiths out there. I have two novellas, one is about 30,000 words and the other about 40,000. Would you keep them as novellas or go back and edit and stretch it until the word count hits 50.000? I told the stories, but maybe I could add more dialogue. I am always... Continue Reading →
Shannon McCauley - Author 