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Blog postWhat is your full name? Do you have a nickname (if so, who calls you this)?My full name Jordan Alexander Vance. My family and close friends call me Jory, except my father, who insists on calling me Jordan, and my mother calls me that when she’s being serious.Are you generally organized or messy?(laughs) I’m mostly organized when it comes to RPF (Royal Planet Fleet) stuff. My desk is a bit of a mess, though I can find stuff if no one moves anything.Who is the person you respect the most, why? Bes
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Blog postRecently I’ve been going over the Daily Habits Worksheet for Authors from the Ink Authors writers group I’m in. I’ve found that I need a bit more structure in my writing day, similar to working a “real” job (imagine that!). It’s basically a “to do” list of writerly things, with some self-care thrown in, because let’s face it—we writers would write through the day without a break, maybe stopping long enough to pee, grab a bite to eat, and refill our mug.I just used it for the first time today, an
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Blog postBeautiful sisterTroubled soulFighting demons insideWith a heart of goldWorldly sisterTeaching meWhat life is aboutHow fun it can beStrong wise sisterTaking care of our momIt wasn’t easyYou kept your calmDear sweet sisterHow we love you soFly with the angelsComfort us down belowFor Glenna June 18, 2020Aug. 12, 1947-June 17, 2020
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Blog postOne day a few months ago I was having a hard day of writing. I just couldn’t get past this one scene. Try as I might, nothing worked. Maybe I tried too hard, maybe not hard enough. Or maybe I was going about it all wrong.I brought up my dilemma to a few writers groups I’m in. Each of them have lots of people at different stages of writing—new writers and established writers—with different perspectives of looking at things. I received a lot of great ideas, mostly telling me different ways to appr
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Blog postWe all know someone who has chronic pain in one form or another. Fibromyalgia, neuralgia, arthritis, migraines, etc. My pain is from a pinched nerve in my neck and it affects my right shoulder and arm, and gives me a constant headache. Chronic pain is the hidden condition that we have to live with every day.We have our good days and bad days, and it's a guessing game what we can actually do on any given day. On the good days, it may seem like we are pain free, and people may think that we’re fak
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Blog postAfter seeing all the different sites, you may wonder, “What else is there?” On the corner of the land is a small fenced-off area for the Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Site where the homestead once stood. Nothing is left of it, but a plaque and five of the cottonwood trees Pa had planted around his home are there. The trees were massive—huge trunks that I couldn’t even reach around, and the branches looked like they were left to grow naturally, as they were long, some so long they nearly touched
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Blog postUp not too early to get back on the highway to De Smet, South Dakota. The day started out fairly windy, but not too bad for driving. After a few hours of driving we came up on a pretty nice rest area right on the Missouri River. There is a beautiful metal sculpture of a Lakota woman to greet everyone. Reid and I walked around the rest area for about fifteen minutes before getting on the road again.It didn’t take us long before we got to De Smet. Wow! We’re finally here! I thought. I was giddy wi
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Blog postLast month my husband and I celebrated our 33rd wedding anniversary. We celebrated by taking a trip to South Dakota. Now, that doesn’t seem like a place to celebrate an anniversary, but neither of us had been there before. Reid wanted to go to Mount Rushmore, and I figured since we were going there, why not swing by De Smet and visit the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum and Homestead?I read the Little House books when I was 12 years old, so much so that the covers fell off! I taped and re-taped them,
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Blog postCrashing, thrashing, smashingWhat’s going on?Sitting here, shakingWaiting, wonderingYou want to be left aloneI want to know that you’re okayAnxiety highI have it, tooYou’re my little boy againTrying to learn controlAutism rears its head againJust when things get betterThey’re worse againPlease let me help youPlease take a breathRelaxI love you
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Blog postBlizzardSnowing againGonna get worseBomb cyclone they call itSnowing, not too hardHere comes the wind!Swirling snowWhite outWind howling ‘round the eavesCan’t see across the streetWhere’s my daughter?Driving in this messCars are strandedOur daughter is home safeFence blew downWind stops blowingSnow drifts in the backyardTomorrow we play!
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Blog postBaby, baby please don’t cryYour mommy is right hereI know you can’t tell me whyI’ll wipe away those tearsSilly, funny little boyRunning all aroundLooking for your favorite toyWhere can it be found?Don’t blink! You’re now in schoolSpending all your daysPlaying, learning, oh so coolIn many happy waysA teenager now, hormones rageAngsty, gloomy phaseNow his mood is hard to gaugeHe’ll talk to us most daysGets a job, pays his billsBeing responsible nowNever looking for more thrillsHe turned into a man
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Blog postOCDTime for bed, check the stoveAre you sure it’s off?Check the oven, check the locksNow it feels enoughTouch with your hands, touch it againDid you count the times?Touch it once, touch it twiceTake a breath, relaxThoughts in my head, go away!They make me go insaneShut up! Shut up! I shake my headTo clear away the painMessy messes all aroundTime to clear the wayPick up, vacuum, clean, clean cleanTake a breath, for a moment todayNaPoWriMo April 2, 2019
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Blog postRecently, in one of the many writers groups I’m in on Facebook, someone mentioned that authors shouldn’t be friends with other authors. This person said that it’s a waste because authors don’t read other authors and their marketing is useless to them. Should authors be friends with other authors?To tell you the truth, that is a valid question. Sure, a lot of authors aren’t going to read what you’ve written. They’re busy writing their own books and marketing to readers, not authors. But if you’re
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Blog postNovember. Cooler weather, crisp leaves, pumpkin spiced everything, and that crazy time of year called National Novel Writing Month, affectionately called NaNoWriMo—easier to say, too. It just rolls off the tongue. That time of year when all writers hibernate to write out 50,000 words in 30 days.Say what? 50,000 words in 30 days? Are you insane? You’re going to attempt to write 50,000 words in 30 days, while shopping for the holidays, preparing for Thanksgiving, working your job, taking care of t
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Blog postDistrust. It comes from many reasons and once it appears it’s hard to get past it. When kids bully other kids while in school, it hurts those kids tremendously, sometimes to the point that it causes mental issues (I’m sure everyone is familiar with some of the Star Wars actors and the online bullying). Those kids learn to distrust people.My older son is one of those people. He was bullied by someone who he thought was a friend when he was in middle school. My son is on the autism spectrum. He ha
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Blog postWhen I was growing up, Easter was a holiday where the family would get together, usually around 2 o’clock, and have dinner. We weren’t religious, so church wasn’t a thing that we did, but it was a day to spend with family.While we were all pretty young, our parents would take us to O’Neill Park. We’d drive in and find the perfect spot to set up our family lunch. My mom’s potato salad was THE best, plus ham and other goodies. After lunch, we’d go play in the creek and I remember my sisters catchi
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Blog postIt was nearly ten o’clock and Jeanie’s heart began to beat faster. Her hands started to shake and sweat. She knew it was almost time for her nightly routine, a routine that had her dreading bedtime. Well, might as well start now, she thought. Maybe I’ll be in bed by ten-thirty.She went to the front door and checked the lock. Yep, locked. She paused for a moment. Well, is it?Better check it again. Jeanie touched the locked, felt that it was in the correct position for being locked. Okay, it’s loc
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Blog postGrowing up in Southern California, we didn't get snow like everyone else to signify Christmas getting near. Usually the temperature was around 70-74 degrees, but a few times it pushed 80 degrees on or around Christmas! As a child, I knew Christmas was getting near by the family traditions we had.The biggest indicator, of course, was buying the Christmas tree. The entire family would go to select the perfect Christmas tree a couple weeks before Christmas. Decorating the tree was always a fun time
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Blog postHave you ever thought about how the well-known and famous writers, musicians, and other creative types came to be famous? Promotion aside, someone had to pick up their book or recording and take a chance on their work. As a semi-new writer, I’ve noticed how hard it is to get people to take a chance on my book and pick it up to read. Being a self-published writer is even worse, because I can’t possibly be any good if I don’t have a traditional publisher, right? Since I am an author, I will focus
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Blog postStar Trek has always been a favorite of mine. I remember watching the Star Trek marathon every Thanksgiving before football came on. I was excited to watch The Next Generation when it started. More Star Trek? Heck yeah!One of my favorite episodes of TNG is “Darmok.” That is the episode where Picard is stuck on a planet with a Tamarian. They speak English words, but they speak in metaphors, so you don’t know what they are saying. “Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra”, “Temba, his arms wide”, and “Shaka,
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Blog postDear Moviegoer: If I can smell your aftershave/cologne in the theater after you’ve left, you’ve got way too much on. If you can smell it, you’ve got way too much on. Please, don’t bathe in it. Love, Me.There are times when I’ve gone into an auditorium to clean, and I can smell many scents in there, but usually it's very faint. I can smell the outside food you brought in (because we don’t sell anything with onions on it), I can smell your perfume and cologne. I shouldn’t be smelling those things.
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Blog postDriving around Colorado Springs has it perks. There are open spaces with trees and flowers. Occasionally you see wildlife walking around (at least the dogs crossed at the corners). And then…the hazards. Because there is only one freeway—excuse me, Interstate—not many people know how to merge with traffic. Being from California, it’s almost second nature for me. Not for most people here.Pay attention to the signsMany of the streets around Colorado Springs have transition roads connecting one stre
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Blog postNovember is coming up, and that means cooler Fall weather, Thanksgiving, Black Friday (ugh!), and National Novel Writing Month. Writers everywhere are getting ready for NaNoWriMo, stocking up on their coffee and snacks to basically become a hermit for the month.NaNoWriMo is the event where writers gear up to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. That equals to 1,667 words a day. It’s not a hard number to reach, once you get on a roll and the words just flow out. I did NaNoWriMo back in 2013. I w
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Blog postAs far back as I can remember, I’ve loved watching the Olympics. Summer or Winter, I had my favorite sports to watch. During the Winter Olympics, I watched Ice Skating, and during the Summer Games, I watched Women’s Gymnastics.Each Olympic year, my family watched the athletes compete. I think most of the time it was on Wide World of Sports. At least, that’s what I remember. After every day’s competition, I would go out on my front yard and pretend I was Dorothy Hamill, spinning and skating and j
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Blog post“That which we call a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.” Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet.I recently got a promotion at work (yay!), and at the manager meeting, the question was asked what everyone wanted to be addressed as. Several of my co-workers replied that they would like to be addressed as Mr. or Ms. So-and-so, while the rest of us were more comfortable with being called by our first name. Those who wanted to be addressed as Mr. or Ms. and their last name said it was as sign
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Blog postThis is me singing Paperback Writer at my husband's 60th birthday (he's the one on the guitar). One of my favorite Beatles songs, I've used this song at various times in my life.
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