In some ways, getting slapped in the face is actually worse than getting punched. The physical pain is almost the same. But there’s an added dose of humiliation and shame on top. An overlay of mortification. As if someone dumped a pail of loser juice over your head. Plus, your cheeks get all flushed. And […]
If you haven’t already seen this video, it’s definitely worth watching!
Back in the halcyon days of high school, when life was perfect and there was no stress and happy thoughts ran like wild bunnies through the tall grass… Oh, wait. Okay, back in high school, my best friend Kari and I had an imaginary companion. This is not as strange as it sounds, and I […]
Ha! Check it out. I found the origin of “angry superheroes.” Here you go. Fresh from my old, old, old home school blog. Because, hey, I know you care. A lot. Really. So, why “angrysuperheroes”? A good question. It started with C’s faces. Budding actress that she is, she used to run around being a […]
We told the kids today that, yes, we would get them a kitten (hopefully the 10+ year old cat will not freak). This prompted many hugs and kisses…and the eldest child finding this video.
I’ve been listening to some tapes on story craft, and something in one of them recently struck me. In a nutshell, the instructor was talking about the first act, and how in the set-up, we see the hero in their ordinary life–the status quo. Then, per the Hero’s Journey, Joseph Campbell, Vogler, and basic story […]
Yeah, it’s a bit bizarre, but I felt like I needed a place where I could be Julie Kenner or J.K. Beck or Julie Beck (gads, please, not back to elementary school). So while I’ll continue to blog about book-specific stuff over at www.juliekenner.com and www.jkbeck.com, this puppy here is going to be the new […]
I’m so excited about the seventh book in one of my absolute favorite series to write! And OMG, you are not going to believe what happens!
BUY NOW!Former sheriff Winston Starr doesn’t think about the past. That dark day when he lost the sweet, innocent woman he’d loved, dead because of his mistake in a mission that had gone horribly wrong.
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But things are not as Winston believes, and he soon finds himself on the run with the woman who ripped his heart out. Now, the only thing stronger than his rage is his desire for the woman who destroyed him.
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