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on Friday
(A snaggle-tooth over sixty words. Damn!)
on Thursday
Music blaring--Springsteen and his 'Pink Cadillac.' Paper cluttered desk looks lived in and comfortable. Sunlight is coming in through the French Doors behind me and the two year old granddaughter is dancing beside me on the polished hardwood floo...
on Thursday
The short wing of the L-shaped desk faced a window that opened onto a postage stamp yard. Bare trees waved skeletal fingers of branch in the wind. Book shelves covered the wall opposite the longer side of the desk; two doors—closet and entry—were ...
on Thursday
I think historicals, like science fiction, tell us more abot the times they are written in and you're right, only bad writing makes them boring.
on Wednesday
So true, and the causes are as varied as the military's excuses. I recently spoke to a 3-time Iraq vet who surprised me with how much guilt he feels for "abandoning" his friends who are still there. We tend to think of suicides as the ones who don...
on Wednesday
Peg Herring added 2 blog posts
on Wednesday
You're not alone. I make up my mind to re-organize my hard drive about four times a year. The fact that I make up my mind to do it four times a year proves how often it actually gets done.
on Tuesday

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Hometown:
Northern Michigan
About Me:
Author and retired teacher, speaker on communication.
I Am A:
Reader, Writer
Website:
http://www.pegherring.com
Books And Authors I Like:
Dickens, Hardy, Shakespeare for oldies
Jan Burke, Lee Child, Anne Perry, Craig Johnson just to name a few...
Movies And TV Shows I Like:
TV: NFL football, just about anybody playing
Old British sitcoms
Movies: Kind of eclectic, but I like everything Brad Pitt's done and almost everything with Meryl Streep.
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Another Challenge

Here's one I used to use with my students to get past the I-can't-write-poetry defense.

A noun (in this case your current protagonist)
4 adjectives describing the noun
A phrase
A noun related to the original noun

Here's mine:
Simon,
Callow, curious, virtuous, brave,
Loyal as the day is long,
Sleuth.

Posted on November 20, 2009 at 9:33pm —

Peg Herring

I Challenge You

Sixty words to describe your office right this minute. Here's mine:

The chilly room was crammed with books, papers, and the paraphrenalia of two computers, one for standing, one for sitting. Stuck along the wainscot trim were congratulatory cards and letters, and atop a small, music-laden bookshelf lay two naked dolls. A glass of water, going tepid, had a sheet of paper across its top to keep the flies out.

Posted on November 19, 2009 at 10:09pm — 3 Comments

Peg Herring

History, and Do You Care?

My aunt, the last surviving member of her generation, is 95. When I asked her about family history so I could write it down and preserve it, her response was, "Who cares? That's the past."

I got a review yesterday from a woman who loved HER HIGHNESS, but she prefaced her praise with the comment that she almost didn't read it (she won an ARC) because historicals are boring.

Obviously, I'm of a different sort. I love history, not so much the sweep of politics and armies and civilization, but the… Continue

Posted on November 18, 2009 at 9:51pm — 1 Comment

Peg Herring

Storage-Actual and Otherwise

Don't ask me where these things come from, but I started wondering this morning why we keep the soy sauce behind the dish soap and the teriyaki sauce in a different area, next to the cinnamon. No logic there, merely an unconscious decision at some point in the past that became habit and now is required. I can imagine either my husband or I bellowing to the other, "Where have you put the soy sauce?" if it were to end up somewhere else.

That's how my files are, too. Everything is stored in some s… Continue

Posted on November 17, 2009 at 11:01pm — 1 Comment

Peg Herring

Answers Will Vary

My mother, an elementary teacher, once had a student hand in homework that stymied her for a few moments. All the true-false, multiple choice, and short answer responses were correct, but all the essay questions were answered with the phrase "Answers will vary." She finally figured out that during recess, while she was on hall duty, the kid had swiped her teacher's edition from the desk, copied what was written there onto his paper, and then put the book back.

What I've been thinking of as I ed… Continue

Posted on November 16, 2009 at 10:12pm — 1 Comment

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At 5:18am on September 3, 2009, Monique said…
Please add me to the list for the book drawing. Sounds like a great series!
At 6:52pm on August 30, 2009, Lisa Richardson said…
I'd love to read the first of hopefully many in a new series! Please throw my name in the hat!
At 12:50pm on August 30, 2009, Helen Kiker said…
Please add me to the list for the book drawing.
At 11:44am on August 30, 2009, Penny Tuttle said…
I'm a huge historical mystery fan and would love to win an ARC of HER HIGHNESS' FIRST MURDER - please add my name to the hat!! Thank you.
At 10:51am on August 30, 2009, HappyRuby said…
Your book sounds exciting. Put my name in the hat.
At 3:30pm on August 29, 2009, janimar said…
I love the Tudors and would love to read your new book.
At 8:37am on August 29, 2009, Larry W. Chavis said…
Hi Peg, I'd like the book.
At 10:26am on January 11, 2009, Margaret Palmer said…
Hey Peg, I have started working on my book. I have 13 chapters written and working on my 14th. It's really going well. I saw the Malice contest, but I don't think I'll finish in time. If you want to take a peek, the link is http://www.goodreads.com/profile/lovemyfrogs . Thanks for the friendship.
At 5:00am on December 22, 2008, Sheri Fresonke Harper said…
I hope you have a merry Christmas and happy holiday season :) Sheri
At 2:55am on October 29, 2008, Beth Groundwater said…
Thanks for befriending this fellow mystery author, Peg, and I'll see you in Indianapolis for Bouchercon/mini-Magna next fall, if not sooner!
 
 

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