Posts Tagged: k.b. owen
Veterans’ Day has me thinking about mystery writers who have served in the military, and there are a fair number of big-time names! I thought I’d try my hand at creating an infographic on the subject. So, here are some of the top authors of classic mysteries who were also veterans – I took some…
With election day coming up in the United States, my thoughts are turning to a woman’s right to vote. We are so accustomed to any U.S. citizen being allowed to cast a ballot that it’s difficult to conceive of parts of the world where that still isn’t the case. There’s an interesting story from last…
Hi there, fellow readers! The American Library Association has designated September 21-27th Banned Books Week, with the goal of bringing attention to banned or “challenged” books. Here’s the Association’s statement of purpose, along with its definition of what constitutes a banned or challenged book: Each year, the ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom compiles a list of…
Happy Friday! Earlier this week, freelance writer and creativity coach Cate Russell-Cole tagged me and others in her post Inspiring Spaces Blog Hop: Share What Ignites Your Creativity, where she invited us to share our “creative” spaces. I decided to do it in the form of a video log…hope you enjoy it! (Psst…it’s the “makeup-free” version.…
Happy Tuesday, everyone! Let’s call this “Take Your Pick” Tuesday, since today’s post is a mashup of 5 sites, chosen from the many, many bookmarks I have in my “K’s blog” folder. It’s an eclectic assortment, but I hope you get a kick out of them! In no particular order: 1. “Girl Thrashes a…
In honor of August 13th being Left-Hander’s Day, I’m re-posting a piece I wrote two-years ago entitled: “Land of the Lefty.” Hope you enjoy it! I was copying my lesson quietly, in one of those sewn-together marble composition books that never seemed to stay flat, trying not to smear the lead pencil dust along…
Well, we missed the June 30th deadline for submitting long-winded prose loaded with hackneyed, trite expressions, otherwise known as the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest (they haven’t announced the 2014 winners yet, so maybe you can slip in your entry). The contest was named after Victorian novelist Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, (1803-1873). His writing…
Happy Friday, everyone! Here’s a quick clip for your amusement, made by PAL, “Pets Add Life.” It’s part of their campaign for pets to have companions so they’re not alone all day. Enjoy! If the embed doesn’t work, here’s the link: http://youtu.be/jW3XtKBlTz0 We used to have guinea pigs…I didn’t know they could count to 3!…
