tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62346597736419479762024-03-12T20:30:30.722-08:00Rebecca ThomasRebecca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04370607072381065185noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234659773641947976.post-82097370093006837802018-10-15T10:33:00.001-08:002018-10-15T10:34:14.694-08:00Only An Alaskan Will Do<br />
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Book #5 in the Alaskan Hero series is available! </div>
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NHL star captain Dane Forrester thought he was single.</div>
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But when Mallory ambushes him in his Alaskan hometown because there’s been a
clerical error in their dissolution, he’s sure fate has intervened. She wants
the documents signed again, but this time Dane isn’t going along with her
request.<br />
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This could be their second chance at happiness.<br />
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Dane says he’ll sign, but only after Mallory spends two weeks with him at his
family’s remote wilderness lodge. He’ll show her all the benefits of being
married to him and he’ll use his family and the town to help. Yet, no matter
the scheme, Mallory is determined to be free from him.<br />
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Not used to failure, Dane’s always been a winner is every aspect of his life,
but Mallory makes him question everything he believes in; from family, to
commitment, to love, and what’s worth fighting for.</div>
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If you like heartwarming romance that’s guaranteed to make
you smile, then take a trip to small-town Alaska and join the Forrester family!
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<b>ABOUT THE SERIES: </b>The Alaskan Hero Romances are quick, light-hearted
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<span style="color: #181818; font-size: 10.5pt;">His administrative assistant of five
years, Chryssa Baros, has turned in her resignation. She's leaving the state to
become a professional artist. He knew the various pieces of artwork in his
office were painted by her, but he didn’t know she was serious about making a
full-time career of it. How will he run his office without her?</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";"></span></div>
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to stay, he offers her an all-expense paid weekend trip to his family's remote
wilderness lodge. She accepts, but it doesn’t take long before Travis realizes
he doesn’t want her in his life as an employee, but as something so much more. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri";"></span></div>
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Rebecca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04370607072381065185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234659773641947976.post-8077137839580364602017-08-02T16:33:00.004-08:002017-08-22T08:25:29.471-08:00Denali Den Bears: Books 1-3The Denali Den series is now available as a boxed set! <br />
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Are you ready for the Denali Den Bears to melt your heart and make you laugh?<br />
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Beauty and the Bear (Denali Den Book 1)<br />
For
werebear Silas Vane, finding his True Mate has proven more difficult
than he imagined and he’s getting grouchier by the minute waiting for
her to come along. When a nosy, new hire starts asking questions about
why he wants to marry so badly—he tells her—so he can have sex every
day!<br />
Silas gets the surprise of his life when she offers to be his
sex once-a-day girl. It’s a deal he can’t refuse, only she’s a human,
and things could get complicated. <br />
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Wed to the Bear (Denali Den Book 2)<br />
Werebear
Stryker Vane volunteers to pick up his brother’s soon-to-be-wife at the
airport. What he doesn't anticipate is a last-minute phone call telling
him the wedding is off. Stryker expects a heartbroken she-bear, but the
curvy brunette with intriguing green eyes and spunky attitude is
nothing like he imagined.<br />
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Bound to the Bear (Denali Den Book 3)<br />
Werebear
Stefan Vane has a job to do—protect his witness. He devises a plan to
keep the stubborn she-bear at his family’s remote wilderness therapy
camp. Her identity must stay secret. They agree to pretend they’re a
couple. But her smart mouth and sexy curves are distracting. He’ll do
whatever it takes to make sure she’s safe, only he never expects the
lines between what's fake and what's real to become so blurred.<br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A fake relationship with consequences…</span></i><span style="font-family: "pmingliu"; mso-bidi-font-family: PMingLiU;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Werebear
Stefan Vane has a job to do—protect his witness. He devises a plan to keep the
stubborn she-bear at his family’s remote wilderness therapy camp. Her identity
must stay secret. They agree to pretend they’re a couple. But her smart mouth
and sexy curves are distracting. He’ll do whatever it takes to make sure she’s
safe, only he never expects the lines between what's fake and what's real to
become so blurred.</span><span style="font-family: "pmingliu"; mso-bidi-font-family: PMingLiU;"><br />
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Trevino is the only witness in a botched robbery attempt. The perpetrator is
arrested, but her life is threatened. When witness protection sends an
extremely hot detective to protect her, she can’t say no. Her stomach does
twirly-twisty things when he's near and since her bear has been in hibernation
so long, she can't resist him. <br />
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The arrogant, devilishly handsome bear says they will stay in a remote
cabin...alone. Things could be a whole lot worse than being stuck with a
smooth-talking stranger, but when her feelings become real...pretending gets
complicated.</span><br />
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the wrong groom</span></i><br />
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Werebear Stryker Vane volunteers to pick up his brother’s soon-to-be-wife at
the airport. What he doesn't anticipate is a last-minute phone call telling him
the wedding is off. Stryker expects a heartbroken she-bear, but the <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">curvy brunette with intriguing green eyes and
spunky attitude<b> </b></span>is nothing like he imagined.<br />
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<i>A desperate bride...<br />
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Ava Perello still needs to marry someone fast and she's not picky! When
drop-dead, sexy, Stryker offers to come to her rescue and marry her himself,
she can’t refuse. His passionate lovemaking and unfailing devotion make her
swoon. But she can't fall in love with her husband. Because when he finds out
the truth about why she married him, things could get complicated. </span></div>
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<i>One headstrong miss. One stuffy lord. One friendly wager. What could go wrong?</i><br />
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Will
Sutton, the Earl of Grandleigh, believes he can save the family’s
impoverished estate by investing in a racehorse, but the price is too
steep. His brother-in-law offers him a deal: tutor his American ward in
proper English customs, so she’ll be marriage material, and Will can
have one of his horses. Maybe Miss Georgia Duvall prefers being a
jockey, is obstinate and high spirited, but once she’s cleaned up and
presentable, he’ll have no trouble finding her a quality suitor. She
might even be quite pretty beneath the racetrack dust.<br />
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The last
thing Georgia Duvall wants is to be married off to an English peer. But
she won’t defy her father’s wishes, and sets her cap for the oldest lord
she can find—a man who’ll die quickly and leave her alone to manage her
inheritance. The Earl of Grandleigh might think he’ll teach her manners
and marry her off to someone younger than eighty, but there hasn’t been
an obstacle yet Georgia can’t overcome. Including a stuffy, overbearing
English lord.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black;">The Earl's Christmas Colt</span></span></b></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black;">Sussex County, England, 1819</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black;">Lady Arabella Sutton is stunned
to learn her brother has betrothed her to a stranger despite his promises for a
season in London. Although she is the first to admit no man would suit, since
she’s more interested in horses than marriage, the last thing she wants is to
become a brood mare to a stuffy old earl. Facing a future she cannot abide, she
takes an impetuous ride to clear her head and ends up tending her injured mare
instead.</span></span><br />
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Oliver Westwyck, the Earl of
Marsdale, can’t believe his luck when he stops at an inn the night before he’s
to meet his fiancée. In the stable, while tending the colt he intends to give
to his future wife, he happens upon her—rain-drenched but beautiful. She
assumes he’s a stable hand, a fine joke he means to end…until Lady Arabella
declares all noblemen are egotistical, conceited, and arrogant. How can he
reveal his true identity before he’s managed to change her mind and win her
heart?</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></b> Rebecca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04370607072381065185noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234659773641947976.post-33497188192836077452016-03-07T07:49:00.004-09:002017-09-05T21:20:24.830-08:00Melting His Alaskan Heart<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black;">Book #3 in the Alaskan Hero series is available!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">When
Ethan Forrester's hockey star brother begs him to take his place at a
masquerade fundraiser due to illness, Ethan grudgingly agrees to help
the cause. After all, he'll be wearing a mask that covers the scar
across his eye. No one will know his true identity.</span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: black;">Sports
journalist Carly Hughes will do whatever it takes to procure the
interview no one else can get from the NHL Stanley cup winning captain.
After a few drinks she confesses her need for an exclusive interview or
she'll be fired. Ethan knows his brother as well as he knows
himself--spilling a few details should keep the man's privacy
intact--mostly.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">However,
when their interview moves to the penthouse suite, Ethan tries to
explain he's not the Forrester brother she's looking for, but Carly
insists he keep his mask on.</span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: black;">Daylight
brings some harsh truths, and a serious hangover. Carly not only forgot
to record her interview, but she wakes up with a stranger in her bed.
Or was this case of mistaken identity the best thing that's ever
happened to her?</span><br />
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altar, California girl Sabrina Tate needs to make a fast getaway. With her
famous overbearing parents and the paparazzi hot on her heels, where else is a
jilted bride to go to lick her wounds but Alaska? With only her tropical
honeymoon clothes in tow, she makes her escape. For two weeks, she’ll live on
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on a mission. He’s turned his rugged yet luxurious Alaskan lodge into a hotspot
for hunters, all in the hope to make up for a painful event in his past. But
when Sabrina—one of the rare women to enter his rugged realm—stumbles into his
world, he can’t get rid of her fast enough. He has no time for her yoga,
vegetarian meal requests, or Scrabble.</span></span></div>
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the other, and two hearts collide. With time ticking away, they have to decide
where they belong. Is a life in a different world better than being a world
apart?</span></span></div>
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I'm a huge dog lover and I love mushing! This young lady is a joy to
watch. Mushing and Equestrian competition is especially cool, I think,
because men and women compete as equals. The Iditarod starts on Monday
and I'm volunteering as a dog handler. Can't Wait!<br />Rebecca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04370607072381065185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234659773641947976.post-31897505744675545162015-02-23T10:09:00.003-09:002015-02-23T10:09:45.928-09:00Alaskan roads<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Driving across the state of Alaska. Always an adventure!<br /><br />Rebecca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04370607072381065185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234659773641947976.post-61234170881127194202015-02-04T17:15:00.001-09:002015-02-04T17:15:14.469-09:00Hockey Love!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's been almost a year since this amazing team won the Alaska small school State Championship in overtime! It's one of those memories that will stay with me forever. Not only because it was my son's senior year and what better way to end his high school hockey career, but the storyteller in me loved the fact that this team was the underdog. We weren't expected to win. We weren't the favorite. We weren't the team to bet on. Anyone who knew this team, knew it had the heart to win, but this state championship game would have to be the perfect game, every single player would have to play their absolute best. And it happened! It was amazing. We won!Rebecca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04370607072381065185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234659773641947976.post-36849375205343410812014-12-17T09:38:00.003-09:002014-12-17T09:38:54.890-09:00Happy Holidays<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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As if life isn’t stressful enough—we get the holidays! Yay!</div>
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I remember as a kid listening to my Mom and Grandma
discussing the pros and cons of having the annual family Christmas party at my
Grandma’s house or not, and they couldn’t understand why one of the other
aunt’s wouldn’t offer up their house for the party since my Grandma had
out-of-town guests at hers. I didn’t understand what the big deal was. Just
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Well, sure it’s fun--for the kids. I didn’t appreciate all
the work my Grandma did to host the annual Christmas Eve “get-together” of
approximately 40-50 relatives. This was a full meal with all the trimmings, all
the dishes, and all the clean up afterwards. My Grandma didn’t even have a
dishwasher and how about all the cleaning of the house before the party? Many
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In honor of my Grandma, I decided to have friends and family
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nog, and share some laughs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And if my
house isn’t that clean? *shrugs* So what.</div>
Rebecca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04370607072381065185noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234659773641947976.post-43863352854065850992014-12-08T21:53:00.001-09:002014-12-08T21:53:59.022-09:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My kind of Christmas Tree!Rebecca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04370607072381065185noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234659773641947976.post-15983683781546115952014-11-22T09:55:00.001-09:002014-11-22T09:57:09.625-09:00Beautiful Alaska<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a typical scene in the fall. Lots of pilots flying to hunting camps. This is my husband's plane and I'm in the back seat. I only wish fall lasted longer. It's such a short season here.Rebecca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04370607072381065185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234659773641947976.post-9058979093947339752014-10-25T11:52:00.000-08:002014-10-25T12:24:33.583-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.<br />
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson<br />
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I just love this photo of Zenyatta. I'll never forget her race in the Breeder's Cup in 2010 and losing by a nose. Sometimes giving your very best still isn't enough to win the race. If you don't know the story of this incredible filly, just google her and be amazed. Rebecca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04370607072381065185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234659773641947976.post-45225904461451766032014-10-22T08:37:00.000-08:002014-10-22T08:37:09.700-08:00Quirky gifts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I received these slippers/flip flops from my cousin. She just decided to get them for me. Not sure why. Don't you love receiving gifts for no purpose other than to give you a gift? And quirky gifts like slippers/flip flops are even better! I remember visiting my great-grandfather in a nursing home when I was very young. He would buy quirky things from the gift shop there. I noticed a little sculpture of a hand. I thought it was so unique. He said I could have it. I wish I still had that quirky hand. As I came to find out later, it was an ash tray. No one in my family smoked, but it was the coolest hand ash tray ever. What is the most interesting gift you've ever received?Rebecca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04370607072381065185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234659773641947976.post-14380280479712528852014-10-07T09:04:00.002-08:002014-10-07T09:04:55.935-08:00Fall Colors<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Autumn in interior Alaska happens very quickly. In the blink of an eye you have yellow leaves, then they are gone. I enjoy the fall colors as long as they last!<br /><br />Rebecca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04370607072381065185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234659773641947976.post-81143217841768991012014-07-07T14:16:00.004-08:002014-07-07T14:16:59.367-08:00Sea Lions!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm pretty spoiled, I take moments like these for granted. We Alaskans see wildlife in their natural habitat all the time. Make sure you have the volume turned up so you can truly appreciate the sound of these magnificent creatures. Although you do get to miss out on the smell!Rebecca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04370607072381065185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234659773641947976.post-4270913186819767732014-06-30T13:56:00.001-08:002014-06-30T13:57:19.095-08:00Wildlife viewing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Another great thing about Alaska is all the opportunities you have to see wildlife. We saw this little guy along side the road. He was hanging out with his mom and twin sibling.</span></span>Rebecca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04370607072381065185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234659773641947976.post-87850714803125437172014-06-20T08:07:00.002-08:002014-06-20T08:07:23.343-08:00Grayling Fishing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">One of the great things about Alaska is the fishing. Does
this photo need any words? Pure joy, maybe? In Alaska, it’s easy to have a portion of the
river all to yourself, nobody else around for miles. The wide open spaces can’t be beat.</span></div>
Rebecca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04370607072381065185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234659773641947976.post-12742824950615775602014-06-19T12:20:00.004-08:002014-06-19T15:36:10.908-08:00Wild Roses<style>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In my bio when I say I have a love-hate relationship with Alaska--I
really mean it. I do love it here in the summertime so very much. So, in
recognition of the “love” side of my relationship of Alaska, I’m going to post
various reasons, and some pictures of why I love it here throughout the summer.
The wild roses are a particular favorite love of mine. Generally speaking, the
roses you purchase at a flower shop no longer have the beautiful fragrance they
used to have. Florists have bred the smell right out of them it seems and
frankly, the smell is the reason I love roses. Alaska’s wild roses smell
wonderful and grow naturally in thickets and rocky slopes all over Alaska. Many
parts of </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">the plant are edible during different parts of
the season. The petals are made for jelly and for tea. In late summer, the rose
hips can be eaten right off the bush for a quick snack. But more than anything,
they are beautiful to look at and I look forward to seeing them every year.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I’m an author and I’m going to tell you my dirty
little secret—I don’t know what a misplaced modified is.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Yes, I took an English 101 in college where I
was supposed to learn all the correct rules of grammar, but I hated that class.
I think I got a B, but I’ve long since forgotten everything I shoveled into my
short term memory banks concerning participles, modifiers, and the like. I
think part of the reason I delayed becoming a writer for so long was because I
had this idea in my head of what a writer should be. And he/she was definitely
someone who knew all about grammar and punctuation and, well, the rules
of writing. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It took me a couple years of thinking about
writing before I actually did the writing, but one conversation stood out in my
mind that pointed me in the right direction. I was discussing breast cancer
with my cousin, Diana Megli (family members call her Sis) who was undergoing
her third relapse with the disgusting disease. The conversation was something
like this. She said, “Most people say, why me? I say, why not me?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I had never thought of cancer or anything else
quite like that before. I harbored my secret desire, wondering if I could ever
write a young adult or adult romance novel. I kept chanting those same words to
myself, “Why not me?”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Why shouldn’t anyone pursue their dreams? I let
my ideas of not knowing every rule of grammar hold me back, but Sis made me
realize there was no reason to hold back, except my own insecurities. Who was
it who said, “Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.”
Oh, that would be Alfred Lord Tennyson.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I decided to adopt my cousin’s attitude, of why
not me and Lord Tennyson’s watered down version of love and said to myself, “Better
to have tried and failed, then never to have tried at all.” Or who knows, maybe
somebody famous already said that. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So now you know my dirty little secret and how I
overcame it. And here’s another secret: get a grammar queen critique partner.
Believe me, they are out there. Regardless, don’t let anything hold you back
from your goals, whether it be misplaced modifiers or simply not believing in
yourself. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Don’t say, why me? Say, why not me?</span></div>
Rebecca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04370607072381065185noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234659773641947976.post-57093851059077681562011-05-13T12:33:00.003-08:002014-06-17T23:19:00.196-08:00Advice on Writing and Life<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">"E.L. Doctorow said once said that 'Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.' You don't have to see where you're going, you don't have to see your destination or everything you will pass along the way. You just have to see two or three feet ahead of you. This is right up there with the best advice on writing, or life, I have ever heard."- Anne Lamott (Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life)
<br />
<br />This quote is exactly what I needed for inspiration today. I think it goes along with the idea to stop and smell the roses along the way. It's all about the journey.</span>
Rebecca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04370607072381065185noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234659773641947976.post-65027672790624919462011-04-19T12:25:00.005-08:002014-06-17T23:19:14.645-08:00Writing and Storytelling<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I am a writer.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I've always been a good writer, but I'm still learning how to be a good storyteller. I'm learning how to trust my right brain/random abstract side and push the concrete sequential part of my brain aside while I write. I can always have my grammar queen friends critique my bad sentence structure later, but really listening to your creative side isn't easy.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">How many times do you come up with this cool idea, only seconds later think...oh, that was dumb.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I decided to start this blog as testament of my writing journey. Yes, of course I want to be published, but it isn't the end all/be all crowning achievement of my writing (although it'd be nice) journey. My writing is me. It's who I am. I will always write. I am a writer.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">If someone said to me, you'll never be published (it has happened before--I know hard to believe) and I believed them, it still wouldn't stop me from writing.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I am a writer.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">But what I also want to say is...I'm a storyteller. I will get there. I'm working on it.</span>Rebecca Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04370607072381065185noreply@blogger.com3