May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind always be at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, and rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of His hand – An Old Irish Blessing
Archive for the ‘Writing’ Category
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
Posted in Writing, tagged Irish Blessing, Shamrock, St. Patrick's Day on March 17, 2012 | 46 Comments »
Wild Places
Posted in MLRowland, Nature, Photography, Quotes, Writing, tagged Katherine Mansfield, Michigan, Nature, photography, quotes, Wildflowers on February 14, 2012 | 50 Comments »
“The mind I love must have wild places, a tangled orchard where dark damsons drop in the heavy grass, an overgrown little wood, the chance of a snake or two, a pool that nobody’s fathomed the depth of, and paths threaded with flowers planted by the mind.” – Katherine Mansfield
Sharks: 3. Humans: 76 million.
Posted in Environmental Issues, MLRowland, Nature, Writing, tagged Activism, Austin E. Lamberts, Biodiversity, Conservation, Ecosystems, Ecotourism, Environmental Issues, Environmentalism, hammerhead sharks, Marine Zoology, Natural Resources, NOAA, oceans, Shark Diving, sharks on February 11, 2012 | 545 Comments »
Why the heck am I writing about sharks and not, say, writing? Or search and rescue? Or Colorado? Several reasons. 1. My father was a marine zoologist and loved the ocean and all things therein. I inherited that love from him. 2. I hate (loathe, detest, despise, um, loathe) movies which inaccurately portray animals (wolves), [...]
“Death Follows After”
Posted in Books, MLRowland, Search and Rescue, Writing, tagged Books, Creative Writing, Death Follows After, Don't Get Dead, Fiction, Gracie Kinkaid, MLRowland, mystery, mystery series, Outdoor Skills, Search and Rescue, Wilderness Survival, Women in Search and Rescue, Women Writers, Women's Issues, Writing on February 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
What’s Gracie up to next? Here’s a sneak peek at the next book in my Gracie Kinkaid Mysteries, “Death Follows After”: When Mountain Search and Rescue expert, Gracie Kinkaid, begins to suspect that a local 15-year-old girl who has gone missing is connected with the violent death of a friend, she’s plunged headlong into an insidious [...]
Quote of the Day – Dorothy Parker
Posted in MLRowland, Quotes, Writing, tagged Dorothy Parker, Humor, Paraprosdokian, quotes, Writing on January 14, 2012 | 4 Comments »
“This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.”
Color? Or Colour?
Posted in Blogging, MLRowland, Writing, tagged American English, blogging, Blogs, British English, English, Grammar, MLRowland, Spelling, Usage, Writing on January 10, 2012 | 2 Comments »
A recent comment from a reader pointed out that I had a number of misspellings in my blog posts. My first reaction was, “Really?!?” While an occasional error may slip through, I proofread my blog posts pretty carefully before I publish them. Then I started wondering about why he or she would say there were misspellings. [...]
What the Heck is a Paraprosdokian?
Posted in MLRowland, Writing, tagged Dorothy Parker, Figures of speech, Humor, Paraprosdokian, Winston Churchill on January 5, 2012 | 17 Comments »
Someone sent me an e-mail with a list of paraprosdokians. What the heck is a paraprosdokian? I’d never even heard of the word before. A paraprosdokian is a figure of speech “in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected” and which causes the reader to re-consider or re-interpret the first [...]
Happy New Year!
Posted in Inspirational, MLRowland, Writing, tagged 2012, Happy New Year, Inspirational, Peace, Pray, Prayer, Writing on January 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Happy New Year! If you’re a writer, published or not, keep writing! If you’re a human being–live your life to the fullest!! Regardless of your religion, pray for peace! Here’s to a fabulous 2012 for all the world!
Got Rejection Dejection? Part 3
Posted in MLRowland, Writing, tagged blogging, Rejection Dejection, Writing on December 31, 2011 | 6 Comments »
For those of you who read and appreciated my blogs, “Got Rejection Dejection?” Parts 1 & 2, here’s the link to an excellent article written by Susan Perry about this same topic: https://www.stumbleupon.com/su/24k8Ys/www.psychologytoday.com/blog/creating-in-flow/201011/5-freewriting-secrets-being-genius/ Happy writing!
Women in a Man’s World
Posted in MLRowland, Writing, tagged Activism, Evangeline Lamberts, Grand Rapids history, League of Women Voters, Politics, Women in a Man's World, Women's Issues, Writing on December 28, 2011 | 6 Comments »
I’m writing my second novel about Gracie Kinkaid, a woman on a mountain Search and Rescue team. As a result, I’ve often considered the subject of women operating in a man’s world, whether it be at work, at church, at school or in life in general. This blog is in honor of my mother, Evangeline [...]
Got Rejection Dejection? Part 2
Posted in Books, MLRowland, Writing, tagged Books, Creative Writing, Don't Get Dead, Got Rejection Dejection?, Literary Agents, MLRowland, New Writers, Rejection, Rejection Letters, Writing on December 16, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I received so many comments on the “Got Rejection Dejection?” blog that I started thinking about why we’re singing the rejection blues in the first place. What are some of the reasons our writing gets rejected by agents or publishers or producers? Here are some ideas for you to consider: 1. Are you realistic enough about [...]
Turning Lead into Gold
Posted in Inspirational, MLRowland, Writing, tagged Activism, Books, Disapproval, Inspirational, M. Somerset Maugham, Maugham, Of Human Bondage, quotes, Shyness, Stammer, The Moon and Sixpence, The Razor's Edge, Writing on December 12, 2011 | 8 Comments »
“What has influenced my life more than any other thing has been my stammer. Had I not stammered I would probably have gone to Cambridge as my brothers did, perhaps have become a don and every now and then published a dreary book about French literature.” W. Somerset Maugham said these words. Instead of Cambridge, [...]
Quote of the Day – Leo Tolstoy
Posted in Quotes, Writing, tagged Activism, Leo Tolstoy, Literature, Politics, quotes, Writing on December 8, 2011 | 7 Comments »
“Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.” Apropos in light of our current political climate/tactics.
