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Do you know that 8% of American households have four or more cell phones, but 19% have none at all?
The average porcupine has 30,000 spines.
Now you know. 🙂
Permanent Spring Showers is coming! February 5th!
Greetings my beautiful readers!
I’m happy (and proud) to announce that my new novel is hitting the shelves on February 5th.
Published by 5 Prince Books, Permanent Spring Showers is a work of literary fiction, filled with scandals, surprises, art, humor, romance (i.e., sex), and manipulation. Here is the back cover description of the work:
Professor Rebecca Stanley-Wilson is having a very bad season. Her husband has just admitted to having an affair. And it was with one of her students.
Blame it on a desire for revenge (or way too much alcohol), she then has had one of her own. Unfortunately for her, her affair was with one of the great upcoming painters of his generation. The ramifications of that one torrid evening will not only be felt across her life but over the entire art world.
Sexy, funny, and very surprising, Permanent Spring Showers is the tale of…
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How well should your characters know themselves?
Who are your characters really? You might know. But should THEY?
Today I want to talk about an interesting facet of being human, one that can very much influence character development in our fiction and help make our characters–whether protagonists, antagonists, or supporting cast–feel more “real.”
The idea for this post came to me reflecting on one of my favorite prayers. I try to say it every morning (or at least most mornings.) It rings very true to me. I like this prayer because I know myself well enough to know that my greatest weakness are probably not what I think they are, nor do I really understand my strengths.
(That’s going to be the main point of this post, by the way: how well do we really know ourselves? How well do our characters? So bear with me.)
The prayer comes from Thomas Merton. The part of it that…
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Daniel Beers ‘The Last House’ Review
Written by: Myra Gabor
Bryan and Julie Dylan are a married couple who are not speaking to each other. Julie gave birth to a stillborn child and Bryan is convinced the baby wasn’t his. Julie knows it wasn’t. Bryan gets even by cheating on her. They can’t seem to get past what Julie thinks of as The Incident. They only things they have in common anymore are the bills and the apartment.
When their realtor calls with an amazing house at an amazing price that they can actually afford, they decide that this could be the restart of their marriage.
Instead of the realtor, a neighbor meets them to give them the house key. He seems inordinately happy that they intend to move in. The house is perfectly maintained, inside, as well as out. They explore and everything they see convinces them that this is the house for them.
Problems…
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A Winter Dream – Haiku
A WINTER DREAM (Haiku)
Hot afternoon tea
I sip and dream of the sea
With shores of tranquility
Copyright 2015 Wanda S. Paryla
Melting Lives
What Day Is It?
Today is Bubble Bath Day. Nope. I kid not.
Personally, I love bubble baths. Do you?
Morning Haiku and Waka – A Winter kikôbun – January 1, 2015
Snow lies everywhere today. The world is silent and elegant in its white cloak of fresh fallen snow. Not so long ago, the fields were green with new leaves and the first blossoms of the fruit trees colored the land with dainty paper-like ornaments. In a very short time, the trees hung heavily with fruit which we picked joyfully giving thanks to Mother Nature. Then the leaves turned orange, brown and red to finally fall on the ground leaving stark bare skeletons to dance in the wind.
Walking through these fields throughout the year, here in this northern province of Italy is a year-long joy. Each day has its own flavor and its own joy and is a font of reflection
the snow falls
even on New Year’s day
in Trentino
(c) G.s.k. ’14
Linked to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai – Ghost Writer Post written by Hamish Managua Gunn
2015 Year of the Goat
YEAR OF THE GOAT
We are STILL in the Year of the Horse until mid February. But here is the info for the next animal in line.
Copied from: http://www.sunsigns.org/chinese-zodiac-2015/
(Visit the above link to read your Chinese horoscope for the year of the Goat.)
“The 2015 Chinese Zodiac Year will begin from February 19, 2015 to February 7, 2016. The 2015 Chinese astrology forecasts show that this year will be influential and fruitful for the 12 zodiac signs, especially the Sheep sign. Being a number “8” year, 2015 will prove to be beneficial in both personal and professional arenas.
The 2015 Chinese Zodiac Horoscope will provide you a deep insight and give you quick answers which are free and very accurate. This will act as a guide in helping you make the right decisions in the coming year.
The Sheep is a symbol of peace, balance, harmony and calmness. This is reflected in the Year of the Goat 2015, which is under the Yin influence of the element Wood. You need to use your mind more than being physically active to solve any problem that might arise this year.”
Again, to read the article more fully and to check out your Chinese sign’s horoscope, follow the link I posted above. I am a Rooster:
“The Chinese horoscope 2015 foretells that the only way for the roosters to be successful in the Year of the Green Wood Sheep is to be focused. You need to have clear objectives in mind if you wish to reach your goals. Your confidence and tact will come to your aid.
You are a Metal Rooster if you were born in 1921 or 1981. Water Rooster if your birth year is 1933 or 1993. If you born in 1945, then you are Wood Roosters. Fire Rooster if you were born 1957 and Earth Rooster if born in 1969.”
I was born in 1969 and therefore I am an Earth Rooster. I did not realize that there were divisions as such in the Chinese Zodiac. However, for those of you not skilled in the usual zodiac signs (i.e. Taurus, Cancer, etc.) there are also divisions like this in those signs according to what time during that sign you were born. The first third, second third or final third of your sign. You might like to check into all of these things if you have interest. It’s fun.
There’s a link under each sign on this site for more info on your Chinese horoscope for 2015. I urge you to check it out.
Thanks for reading.
WANDA PARYLA 
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