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March 2020 (Posted 03/17/2020

By Chrissy Hartmann

 

May the luck of the Irish be with you…
It is that time of the year. Snow starts to Melt away With the sun revving up for the glorious days to come. We’ve already jumped ahead into spring, now let’s hope Mother Nature succeeds in enticing Planet Earth to follow her course. No last minute surprises from Old Man Winter are wanted. So climb out from under the covers and enjoy the longer days of writing and reading. And may your creativity bring you a pot of gold someday. ☘️

 

 

THE TOP 5

1. March Madness.
2. Dexcom G6.
3. St. Patrick’s Day ☘️☘️☘️
4. Mom’s 81^{st birthday. 🎂}
5. Taxes are done. Woohoo!

 

 

WIP (Work In Progress):

Almost finished with Rescuing Whiskey’s Salvation edits. Woohoo! Woohoo! Novel is soon heading off to the beta readers. Certainly hope this will solve my problem.

 

 

QUERYING:

Back to sending out query’s. Might pitch to a conference in Cleveland sometime in July 2020…if we aren’t still dealing with this crappy coronavirus.

 

 

THE CRAFT

This month’s writing tip…

Use the CASTS technique for your scenes…

C…Character.

A…Action.

S…Senses…Sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell.

T…Turn of Emotion.

S…Surprise.

If you use all of these in your scenes or chapters, you are sure to write a great chapter.

 

 

THE HOLIDAYS:

Getting festive with Saint Patrick’s day. Even got my dog guide, Winnie, Solid green satin ribbon to wear. A few others here are sporting the Irish look. But, I’ll have to admit, PuppyGirl looks the cutest.

 

 

MY BOOKSHELF:

1. Wedding in December by Sarah Morgan
2. The Romance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams
3. On Writing Romance by Lee Michaels
4. The Plot Whisperer by Martha Alderson

 

 

MONTHLY FAVORITES:

SEASON: Winter…Come on Spring!

SPORTS TEAM: The Ohio State University Buckeyes

COLOR: Dark Brown with some Irish green.

CAUSE: The Seeing Eye www.theseeingeye.org

SONG: Truly Madly Deeply by Savage Garden

FOOD: Homemade AiR fried sweet potato fries. Yummy!

HOT DRINK: Irish cream coffee.

FLOWER: Daisies and roses…better yet…both!

 

 

PRICKLERS OF THE MONTH…

• Russia! Russia! Russia!
• Coronavirus and all the hysteria with IT. Come on people, the flu is much worse. 😷
• Preparing the 2019 taxes. Ugh! 😭
• 💸💸💸
• Winter in like a lamb and out like a lion. Roar! 🦁

 

 

THEY SAID…

This month’s quote is by Abraham Lincoln

“Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new at all.”

 

DID YOU KNOW…

 

When they filmed Jack London’s novel Call of the Wild they practiced eco-friendly techniques since the author is a nature lover.” They used biodegradable plateS and utensils, recycled paper, reusable water bottles, solar power, etc.

 

 

HOMETOWN UPDATE:

• Walmart has started their remodel. Soon they’ll have pickup service. Woohoo!
• The Humane Society and The Dog Shelter along with local Veternarian offices host the Bow Wow Ball to raise funds for the shelter.🐶🐕
• The College of Wooster’s basketball coach, Steve Moore, retired this season with a 21 and 8 record Winning over 800 games during his 33-year career with the Fighting Scots. Woohoo! 🏀
• Lucky Records closed. Boo hoo! ☘️😢

 

 

COMMENT BELOW

The Muses want to know… Have you ever found a four-leaf clover? And if you did, did you have to fight a leprechaun for it?

 

 

GOOSING OFF>…

Goosie & Gander have decided to wear green all month long because they believe they’re hoping to remind mother nature they are ready for spring. They want me to remind everyone that even though they are considered Canadian Geese, they did immigrate here to the USA years ago to avoid the arctic tundra’s weather. They secretly consider themselves “Snow Birds.”

 

 

 

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