Today’s post is part of Lexa Cain‘s blog hop celebrating the small things. Visit our fearless leader and her two wonderful co-hosts L.G. Keltner @ Writing Off The Edge and Katie @ TheCyborgMom.


What are you celebrating?
Today’s post is part of Lexa Cain‘s blog hop celebrating the small things. Visit our fearless leader and her two wonderful co-hosts L.G. Keltner @ Writing Off The Edge and Katie @ TheCyborgMom.
What are you celebrating?
I’d like to start by thanking Diana for allowing me to stop by her blog today. I’m happy to be here! While I’m here, I’d like to talk about how I see my main characters, and what I envisioned for the cover and how it came about.
Writing descriptions may be something I can somewhat pull off, but I knew from the beginning I couldn’t do the cover art on my own. I needed someone else to help me in that department. When I first envisioned the cover, the bloody flower was there. However, I envisioned it in many locations. One idea involved it lying crushed on the pavement beside someone’s boot. Another had it lying in the palm of someone’s hand. I also envisioned it in the garden where it grows in the story. The only truly important thing to me, however, was that the flower be there. To me, it’s an important symbol in the story. This fact was passed on to the artist, who sent an initial sketch of the flower. I was in love. The following week, I had the completed image, and I loved it. The most important thing I wanted from the cover came through beautifully.
Title: A Silent Soliloquy
Welcome to ‘Celebrating the Small Things’, started by VikLit (bless her!) and now run by Lexa Cain, our fearless leader and her two wonderful co-hosts L.G. Keltner @ Writing Off The Edge and Tonya Drecker at Kidbits. Go visit them!
Today I am celebrating surviving a hectic week at work and the weekend that will include an overnight trip to Maine, the land of craggy coasts, charming towns, some nifty cities and some really good food! My charming old Labrador Retriever, white face and all, is at what he seems to think of as ‘summer camp’ where he gets to snooze, romp, stuff his face, get fussed over, bark, slobber, and generally act like a happy old doofus of a dog.
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Where I’ll be |
My car is packed and ready, I’ll be topping the gas, and tomorrow morning, early, I’ll be heading north (pronounced ‘nowath’ by the natives). Why not leave tonight? Errr… Well, only a fool heads toward Main and the Mountains on a Friday night in July.
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Lovely place to lunch or dine… |
I will be snatching lunch on Saturday at a little place called Azure Cafe in Freeport. I stumbled upon this my last visit, when I was hungry and asked the local folks for a lunch recommendation. This was one of them, and I liked the patio. The food was simple but with a little spark that indicated to me that the chef had a real understanding of taste, flavor and presentation, and had imagination and a sense of humor. Surprise! I learned later that it had won quite a few awards. The food was great and the people were just lovely. So I will be lunching there tomorrow.
Incidentally, there’s a website called ‘Tripadvisor’ (www.tripadvisor.com) that is by and for travelers who give feedback on their experiences. I have a few reviews there, and I have not been steered wrong when I looked things up.
Lots to celebrate! How about you?
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