Chapter 7: The Honeymoon is Over (Warning--not a light read)
Two days ago I woke up and, overnight, my world had changed. Oh the birds still twittered outside our window and the sun still rose...
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Connie Inglis
Jan 25, 20233 min read
Chapter 6: Thai Dishes of Choice by Ethan C. Adam
Today's blog is all about food--Thai food, to be exact. In my novel, Rewriting Adam, I mention three specific dishes that my protagonist...
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Connie Inglis
May 3, 20223 min read
Melody Jamal Smith
Names are important. We'll get to that. Last week I did something that I'd never done before. No, I didn't go bungee jumping or sky...
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Connie Inglis
Jan 31, 20222 min read
Hope is a Vulnerable Act Part III
What would you consider to be the opposite of hope? Well, you could say hopelessness but that's not really a fair answer. So I ask again,...
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Connie Inglis
Jan 4, 20221 min read
Marketing Delirium
As a newbie author, I'm not a fan of marketing. Yesterday I had an especially bad day with it. Part of me felt like I was being thrown...
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Connie Inglis
Jul 18, 20212 min read
Sun, Moon, and Stars
Another quote from my novel, followed by the excerpt: Ethan lifted his chin at the glowing orb. “I always preferred moonlight.” “Hmm. Why...
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Connie Inglis
Jul 12, 20212 min read
Poetry, Purpose, and Power
Are you familiar with the following poem? How does it make you feel? Even though Rewriting Adam is a novel, I wanted to incorporate my...
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Connie Inglis
Jul 3, 20212 min read
Taking the Plunge
Do you ever feel like an African wildebeest jumping heedlessly into the unknown? I've felt like that ever since I took the plunge into...
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Connie Inglis
Jun 29, 20212 min read
The Curious Case of Janus McGinnis
In Roman mythology, Janus is the god of doors, transitions, and new beginnings. In chapter one of my novel, Rewriting Adam, Janus bursts...
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Connie Inglis
Jun 11, 20211 min read
Do you hear it, Gramma? Do you see it, Bada? Part 2
In my granddaughter's mindfulness to the sound of an airplane in the sky, I realized something else. And that is, how important sound is...
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Connie Inglis
May 17, 20212 min read
The Semantics of Words
99,468. Does that number mean anything to you? How about if I told you that's the number of words in my novel. Does that mean anything to...
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Connie Inglis
Apr 27, 20211 min read
BOOK COVER REVEAL -- FINALLY!
Okay. Okay. I know you've been patiently waiting. Hopefully it will be worth the wait! These were the four choices from my poll back in...
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Connie Inglis
Apr 24, 20212 min read
CURIOSITY is your Superpower!
Are you familiar with the "Little Miss" book series by Roger Hargreaves? Well, a few years ago my daughter and her family gave me this...
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Connie Inglis
Apr 17, 20211 min read
Rewriting Adam Pre-Cover Reveal #2
Here's my second video leading up to the cover reveal of my novel, Rewriting Adam. This is my first interview video with Gary Horsman...
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Connie Inglis
Apr 1, 20213 min read
Bumps in the Road. Rocks in my Head.
It's been a rough month for me. How about for you? Dear Reader/Follower. I must apologize. I've been pretty quiet on social media of any...
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Connie Inglis
Mar 2, 20212 min read
Putao. Putao. Wherefore art thou, Putao?
Putao. Where in the world is that? And why am I writing about it? Does this map help you? Or maybe these names will give you more clue:...
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Connie Inglis
Jan 24, 20212 min read
ANOTHER FAMOUS FIRST LINE
"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Thus begins Leo Tolstoy's novel, Anna Karenina (transl....
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Connie Inglis
Jan 15, 20211 min read
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."
A novel's opening line. I've never been happy with mine. And so I've been reworking the opening scene to make it better. How do I improve...
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Connie Inglis
Dec 8, 20201 min read
A Novel is Born
That fall, in a fiction-writing course, I wrote the first five chapters of a novel.
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Connie Inglis
May 12, 20202 min read
Newbie Novelling
Snippets of life as a novelist working toward publishing my first novel. I have been working on a novel titled Rewriting Adam for the...
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