tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70968707314873784202024-03-14T08:07:11.751-03:00~ Denise of Ingleside ~Lovingly, with all my heart.Denise Bruce of Inglesidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329224933759818306noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096870731487378420.post-76622529824952353922015-07-22T13:27:00.002-03:002015-07-22T13:27:22.319-03:00Prince Edward Island Garden aka My Lucy Maud Montgomery Memorial GardenIt's been a while since I posted...hmmm...how many times have I said that? A LOT. :)<br />
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I've been working hard on my flower gardens and vegetable garden. One garden in particular has some special attention...<br />
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My oldest daughter took this beautiful picture. The garden to the left. Someone told me it reminded them of the shape of Prince Edward Island, and it got me thinking... oh a bad thing for a gardener ;) and finally I decided to do it. I found a map of My Island with my phone and set it on the grass then started outlining and digging. A lot of reshaping afterward and it became my very own Prince Edward Island Garden!<br />
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It's raining out right now which is a blessing so my picture isn't the best. I hope you can see the shape of it. West Point is going to be my Moon Garden. The variegated grass to the left is <a href="http://www.gov.pe.ca/business/onebusiness.php3?number=18728" target="_blank">West Point Lighthouse</a>. One of my favorite lighthouses... </div>
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Just until I get my small lighthouses made by my hubby :) </div>
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This is the beginning of my Lucy Maud Montgomery Memorial Garden. I thought why not have one for her :) I'll be doing an Anne of Green Gables one also <3 nbsp="" p=""><br />
I hope you like my new garden. The Burning Bush is going to get a pruning soon. It's hiding too much of the shape and the log in front... that's my first log planter a dear fellow made for me. I'll post pictures about that soon :) I have some before pictures, but need a few plants to finish it off.<br />
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Happy Gardening, Kindreds <3 all="" and="" blessings="" many="" nbsp="" p="" to="" you=""></3></3>Denise Bruce of Inglesidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329224933759818306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096870731487378420.post-55772555727102730182014-03-26T22:01:00.001-03:002014-03-26T22:01:40.747-03:00I've Joined GROG...Group Blog: We're Throwing a Party and You Get All the Prizes!...Come Grog with me! It's got awesome prizes for writers... AND we get to learn a lot even if we don't win!<br /><br />
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I can't wait to get started again, it's been a while for me with writing after a horrible year last year, but I did, mostly, keep up with my subbing to the agents. </div>
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I was able to do some teensy writing in January... BUT...</div>
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Today my 2014 year is restarting. I'm getting back my mojo thanks so my wonderful cousin, Ann Livingstone, who is a tremendous inspiration for me. Susan Branch has a wonderful painting for just the perfect Inspiration ...</div>
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Denise Bruce of Inglesidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329224933759818306noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096870731487378420.post-61465651398496978162014-02-01T11:01:00.001-04:002014-02-01T11:01:25.002-04:00MacIntyre's Greatest Save Ever - 04/27/13 My nephew :) trying repost<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/UdiHOogSZWU" width="480"></iframe>Denise Bruce of Inglesidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329224933759818306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096870731487378420.post-60479639144986606552013-05-04T12:55:00.001-03:002014-02-01T11:00:06.012-04:00My nephew, Drew MacIntyre's Greatest Save Ever - 04/27/13http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdiHOogSZWUDenise Bruce of Inglesidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329224933759818306noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096870731487378420.post-61215701640154848912013-03-18T22:52:00.002-03:002013-03-18T22:52:33.705-03:00Susanna Hill's Spring ContestI've entered a spring contest :) <a href="http://susannahill.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Susanna Hill</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Mooommy!” Rilla stared out the window at the snowy
scenery. “I want winter to stop! I want to plant flowers and follow bees to
their homes and dance with the butterflies. Winter is BORING!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Soon dear,” Mama said, “One more day and the
groundhog will tell us if there will be more winter.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rilla grinned. “I know! I’ll trap the groundhog!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She put on her winter gear, then while a fluffy snow
fell, Rilla headed to the groundhog hole and danced and shoveled a path around
it. “Hey. These shovelfuls of snow are like blocks. I could make walls with
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Now to cut some limbs from the trees to make sure
the sun shines through and the groundhog will see his shadow.” As Rilla cut the
limbs, they fell inside the walls. “Hmmm, they would make a good roof and I
could have a fort!” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">With the last limb in place, Rilla jumped when she
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Who is making all this racket?” A groundhog with
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“What have you done to my home?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“I…ah…um..,” stammered Rilla. “I wanted to make sure
you saw your shadow tomorrow. But aren’t you supposed to be a boy?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The groundhog waddled around checking Rilla’s work.
“Uncle Phil is retired. I’m Phyllis and it’s my job now. What’s your name and
why go through all this trouble?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“My name’s Rilla and…well…winter is boring. I want
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“This isn’t going to stop me, you know. I’d just use
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Besides, this is a pretty good fort AND it sure
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Welllllll.” Rilla looked around and smiled. “It was
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“So you still think winters boring?” Phyllis asked.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“Haha! No,” Rilla said. “Winter isn’t boring after all.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Yay!” said Phyllis. “So, let’s have some more fun
and decorate this new home of mine!” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Okay,” Rilla said. “I like winter now, and one day,
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I've joined with <a href="http://www.juliehedlund.com/12-x-12/" target="_blank">Julie Hedlund's 12 x 12 </a>group this year. I couldn't pass up the chance for the Gold membership and the chance for an editor or agent to see my work once a month... plus there are ever so much more goodies per package. You won't be disappointed joining with <span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">12 x 12</span><br />
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Last year I wrote and revised 27 stories. <span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">12 x 12 </span>is filled with wonderful people who are always there for you. <br />
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It's a beautiful white world here on PEI and also night time :D <br />
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Have a beautiful evening, everyone!<br />
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<span style="color: black;"> I'm back to blogging. Thanks so much for sticking around with me. It's been busy, but is calming down now :) </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"> I've been working at grading potatoes. I meant to get some pics, but always forgot, plus it's hard to get the pictures with gloves on and when I take them off, I'm heading home for break or dinner lol but here is a link to the place I worked... <a href="http://www.eastpointpotato.ca/" target="_blank">www.eastpointpotato.ca</a> It's right behind my house, so easy access for me :) </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"> If you click <a href="http://www.eastpointpotato.ca/home.php?page=process" target="_blank">The Process </a>then click picture #11</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"> That's where I grade. It's the picture from the site. You can tour the place, too if you're on<span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"> PEI</span> :) I liked it, it was fun with the ladies :) AND I thought up a few stories too... One cute picture book idea too lol of course about a potatoe and I'll definitely have him at East Point Potatoe :D </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"> I've been working at my gardens getting them all ready for my daughter's prom :) This will take a few posts to fill you in on all the news :), so this one will be for letting you know I'm back :) and first up will be a video I took of the trees here at <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Ingleside</span>. I turned the video around to get the whole tree in, so hopefully you won't get a kink lol Hope this works.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"> </span>Denise Bruce of Inglesidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329224933759818306noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096870731487378420.post-48863363839533363512012-03-15T10:19:00.001-03:002012-03-15T10:19:39.889-03:00CBC Books - The CanLit Hunger Games<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/books/2012/03/the-canlit-hunger-games.html#socialcomments-submit">CBC Books - The CanLit Hunger Games</a><br />
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Vote for Anne Shirley to win!!Denise Bruce of Inglesidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329224933759818306noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096870731487378420.post-17433699027310261422012-03-06T23:42:00.000-04:002012-03-06T23:42:15.471-04:00KONY 2012<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Y4MnpzG5Sqc?fs=1" allowfullscreen="" width="480" frameborder="0" height="270"></iframe><br /><br />Stop Joseph Kony! Stop Joseph Kony! Stop Joseph Kony! Stop Joseph Kony! Stop Joseph Kony! Stop Joseph Kony! Stop Joseph Kony! Stop Joseph Kony! Stop Joseph Kony! Stop Joseph Kony! Stop Joseph Kony! Stop Joseph Kony! Stop Jo<span class="text_exposed_show">seph Kony! Stop Joseph Kony! Stop Joseph Kony! Stop Joseph Kony! Stop Joseph Kony! Stop Joseph Kony!<br /><br /> Share THIS movie... forward THIS movie in YOUR emails... talk about HIM... anything to Make Joseph Kony FAMOUS... that will STOP JOSEPH KONY! </span>Denise Bruce of Inglesidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329224933759818306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096870731487378420.post-65637705307590394192012-02-29T08:38:00.002-04:002012-02-29T08:38:35.131-04:00My Query Was Critiqued by Ishta Mercurio!<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i><b>I'm so excited! </b></i></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.ishtamercurio.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ishta Mercurio</span></a> posted last week about her new idea. She would critique query's on Wednesdays! <br />
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I decided to go for it and posted to her and today is THE day... My query for <span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><u><b>Rilla's Bangs</b></u></span> was critiqued. I haven't read it yet, but I do know I have a lot to learn and there will be a lot for poor<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"> <a href="http://www.ishtamercurio.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Ishta</a></span> to correct lol but I am up for the challenge of fixing my query to the best I can get it. <br />
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So the idea is... You all can go post on <a href="http://www.ishtamercurio.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Ishta's site</a> to critique my query, too. The more people who critique it, the more I learn. Hard critiques are the best and most wanted. <br />
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I've been busy, busy, busy with writing. I'm looking for a job and know I've got to get as much as I can done now, while I have the time. It's busy, but I'm up for that too!<br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">Can YOU take the plunge to say what you are thankful for and the hard part... tell me one positive thing about Y-O-U? </span><br />
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<br />Denise Bruce of Inglesidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329224933759818306noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096870731487378420.post-53116062582427714482012-02-22T23:41:00.000-04:002012-02-22T23:48:44.293-04:00Relaxing with Willard and Susan BranchI was busy today, and couldn't wait for a break. <br />
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I had the best break of all *sigh* <span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><b>Susan Branch </b></span>sent out her dear <u><b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">Willard</span></b></u>... who is <span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"><u><b>Willard</b></u></span>, you ask? It's her newsletter. <a href="http://www.susanbranch.com/sign-up-for-newsletter" target="_blank"> It can be seen here</a>... and you can also sign up there for it. <br />
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You can also buy a set of<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"><u> Willard's</u></span> to come to your door. I've yet to do this, but so can't wait! <a href="http://shopping.susanbranch.com/All-Good-News-P1947C44.aspx" target="_blank">Here's the link.</a><br />
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: x-large;"><i>Believe YOU ME!! </i></span>This is<span style="color: #93c47d;"><b><u style="font-size: xx-large;"> </u><span style="font-size: large;">THE BEST</span></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span>newsletter ever! It's all written and painted like this. It's a true treasure.<span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;"><u><b> Susan Branch</b></u></span> is such an inspiration. She gets me out of a sadness so fast. I hold her up there with my dear<span style="color: #ea9999;"><i><b> Lucy Maud Montgomery</b></i></span> for sure. </div>
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When I feel blue, or the day just won't go right, or I had sad news, or even the weather not cooperating' I just have to open one of <a href="http://shopping.susanbranch.com/Susan-Branch-Books-C44.aspx" target="_blank">Susan's wonderful books</a> up and am instantly filled with a <span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;"><b><u>delicious</u></b></span> happiness. </div>
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It's an <i><b><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Ingleside Treasure</span></b></i> for always. </div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b><u>Positiveness:</u></b></span> hmmm these are so hard to say something good about yourself... Hope I didn't use this one before lol... I'm a good decorator... if you like the way I decorate lol</div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b><u>Thankfulness:</u></b></span> I am so, very much, thankful for <span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;"><i>Susan Branch.</i></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><span style="color: #ea9999;"><3</span></b></span><span style="color: #ea9999;"> </span></div>
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<br />Denise Bruce of Inglesidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329224933759818306noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096870731487378420.post-42663905361841878742012-02-19T23:15:00.001-04:002012-02-19T23:15:15.559-04:00I just won Dies Irae by Christine Fonseca!What a day :) I just found out I won this book... <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dies-Irae-Requiem-Series-ebook/dp/B007227N7M" target="_blank">Dies Irae</a> by <a href="http://christinefonseca.blogspot.com/2012/01/wwo-dies-irae-blog-tour.html" target="_blank">Christine Fonseca</a><br />
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Here's what Christine has to say about it... The older kids will love reading it :) Thank you Christine! And a bit Thank you to my critique partner, <a href="http://aritistadonna.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Nata </a>who had the contest on her wonderful blog!! <br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">"Some sacrifices should never be made—even for love. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mikayel lives by one rule—obey the orders of the angelic Council at all costs. That is, until he and his friends, Azza and Demi, are sent to Earth. Assigned as Watchers while they await their decision of which angelic order to serve, the three assume the bodies of teenagers and experience life as human. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The sensations are overwhelming as the angels experience a host of human emotions—rage, terror, love—and come ever closer to breaking one of the unbreakable rules—never fall in love. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">But being human isn’t the only problem facing the three angels. Unbeknownst to the Council, demonic activity is on the rise, threatening to break a tenuous peace that has existed for a millennia; a peace Azza seems bent on destroying. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Caught in a struggle for power with unseen demonic forces and Azza, and fighting against his rising emotional attachment to Demi, Mikayel must now decide how much he is willing to sacrifice for his new found love—a decision that could reignite an ancient war and will threaten the only thing that matters to the angels, the survival of humanity."</span></span><br />
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Have a nice evening, everyone.Denise Bruce of Inglesidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329224933759818306noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096870731487378420.post-47372013146240679462012-02-19T00:37:00.003-04:002012-02-19T00:37:46.149-04:00Entered Julie Hedlund's pitching contest!!EEK!! I entered a pitch contest!! <br />
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<a href="http://writeupmylife.com/2012/02/16/tamson-weston-12-x-12-pitch-contest/" target="_blank">Julie Hedlund </a>of 12x12 in 2012 had a guest on her blog... <a href="http://tamsonweston.com/blog/" target="_blank">Tamson Weston</a>. She's giving us the chance to win a manuscript critique from her... it's worth $300~!!!~<br />
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Not sure if I wrote mine right, but I did it! I took a deep breath... thought of my story... had <a href="http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2010/05/how-to-write-one-sentence-pitch.html" target="_blank">Nathan Bransford</a> for help too ( after I googled ;)<br />
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I pitched for the story I mentioned the other day. <u><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">Rilla's Bangs</span></u>.<br />
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<br />Denise Bruce of Inglesidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329224933759818306noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096870731487378420.post-69647442597179491462012-02-16T15:25:00.000-04:002012-02-16T15:25:25.514-04:00Ice Storm Hit Prince Edward IslandI thought I'd share some of the pictures of the ice storm we had. My son went out and took some pictures and got some great ones. We lost 3 trees and a lot of limbs off others. I was sad about my babies, esp one in particular, but they are so deliciously pretty *sigh*<br />
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Here's my saddest one.. I wrote a story for this set a couple years ago.. The Birch and The Spirea... when I bought the spirea many years ago, I notices the birch growing out of it a couple years later. I hid this from my husband ;) I knew he'd want it cut out. How could I separate them!! The birch grew taller and finally my husband noticed. I wouldn't let him cut it down... they belonged together... but the storm did it's nasty work to the birch and it's broken, but if you see, it's only broken where it meets the spirea... more to the story when it's published ;) </div>
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I've been sick, but am <span style="color: #38761d;">100%</span> this week,<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"> yay</span>! BUT! I haven't stopped writing during these days. I've been working with my critique groups on a few stories. <br />
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You all know I've been working on <span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">Pippa</span>, as my #1 story in verse. I've sent it to a wonderful lady, who is so kind and giving. <a href="http://www.margotfinke.com/" target="_blank"> Margot Finke </a> Here's her<a href="http://www.facebook.com/margot.finke" target="_blank"> facebook page</a>. She critiques manuscripts and is very kind. She helped me and advised me and steered me in the right direction with writing in verse. <br />
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One lady <span style="color: magenta;">Margot</span> directed me too is <a href="http://www.dorichaconas.com/Icing%20the%20Cake%20page.htm" target="_blank">Dori Chaconas </a> who has great advice on that link about writing in verse. I was able to start getting a handle on that horrid <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre_(poetry)" target="_blank">meter</a>. It wasn't until I found <a href="http://www.writershelper.com/write-verse.html" target="_blank">Writer's Helper</a> ... you sign up for the 4 emails... it's free... and <span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">BOOM</span>!! I was able to understand meter and be able to catch it with the<span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;"> taDA</span> <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">TAda</span> system!! <span style="color: yellow;">sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.</span>.. I redid <span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">Pippa</span>... and again... and again... and now again... I'm going to get this story perfect if it kills me! It's a good story and worth it to me. I know I can do it... it's just going to take a <span style="color: yellow;">loooooooooooooooooooong</span> time lol I'm so up for the challenge. After almost a year of working on this story, I can't give up on her now :)<br />
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I also have a few stories out there getting critiqued... been working on them since November during <a href="http://taralazar.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/take-the-piboidmo-2011-winners-pledge/" target="_blank">Piboidmo </a> which started with the wonderful <a href="http://www.facebook.com/authortara" target="_blank">Tara Lazar</a> Then I signed up for the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/166634796767542/" target="_blank">12x12 in 2012</a> challenge with <a href="http://writeupmylife.com/" target="_blank">Julie Hedlund </a> who is so kind and caring. It's where you take your piboidmo story and write one out for every month of 2012 and you end up with 12 drafts of your stories. It's a great way to motivate. I'm trying to do it for now, but once work starts up, I'll have to leave it.<br />
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One story I started at the beginning of piboidmo was about my daughter and her bangs... I'm happy to say that it's ready to send out :) I can't believe it after such a job it is to get Pippa perfect. I hope it's a winner! <br />
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Lesson learned... you need critique groups to learn... if you don't have one, go find one. They are worth it. Some might be hard to take, but give it a while and you'll realize they are for the best and will help you. Maybe I'll do a post on critiques later on :)<br />
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Ok, <span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><i>Thankfulness </i></span>and <span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;"><i>Positiveness</i></span>...<br />
I'm thankful my kids are kind and soft hearted, which means they get hurt easily, but it's better than being an unkind person with a hard- sending hurt to others on purpose- heart. <br />
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I'm becoming a better writer of verse than when I started :) it's positive! lol<br />
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Have a nice day, everyone. I hope it's filled with many blessings.<br />
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<br />Denise Bruce of Inglesidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329224933759818306noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096870731487378420.post-69360816579924194092012-01-09T00:17:00.002-04:002012-01-09T00:17:31.804-04:00Writing Contest!Writer Friend, <a href="http://donasdays.blogspot.com/2011/12/new-yeara-new-easy-contest.html" target="_blank">Donna Martin</a> is having a contest. All you have to do is comment and share the contest.<br />
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Enjoy the Eastern End of Prince Edward Island :)Denise Bruce of Inglesidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329224933759818306noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096870731487378420.post-53651888791534677622011-12-07T23:47:00.001-04:002011-12-08T00:32:46.647-04:00**I'm a PiBoIdMo Winner!**<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well, I finished<a href="http://taralazar.wordpress.com/piboidmo2010/" target="_blank"> PiBoIdMo</a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: large;">Picture Book Idea Month</span> and it was THE best fun ever! I joined the<a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/265963663444660/287587101282316/" target="_blank"> facebook</a> group which is filled with so many wonderful people. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">They are the best</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">.</span> <a href="http://taralazar.wordpress.com/about/" target="_blank">Tara Lazar</a> was our faithful and terribly busy leader, who lead pretty much all of us to victory! Thank you, Tara :)<br />
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I came up with the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">30 new ideas</span>, which I had written out, most with beginnings, middles, and endings, but then there were <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">about 30 other ideas </span>that just popped and were one liners if that. I didn't want to lose my ideas so I wrote while it was fresh in my head :)<br />
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I've entered into<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"> <a href="http://taralazar.wordpress.com/piboidmo2010/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">PiBoIdMo</span></a> </span></b>this month. You have to come up with an idea for a picture book every day, then write out what you can of it. You can think up any number of ideas a day too. I think it's quite fun. <br />
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Have fallen behind today, and have a half hour before getting my <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>6 year old</i></b></span> ready for <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>bed</i></b></span>... grabbing pencil and paper and away I go to the land of .......... <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b><3</b></span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">I just </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;">remembered</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> :) you thought I'd forget, didn't you ;) ... it's time for </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"><u>Positiveness</u></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> and </span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">Thankfulness</span></u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">: </span></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-weight: bold;"><i><u>One Positive thing</u></i></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"> about yourself and </span><i><u style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">One Thankful thing</span></u></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">... here's mine:</span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Taking from Dear Kim's words... I'm a good encourager to friends.</span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">I am thankful for my family, they care, love and are there for me, always <3</span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">OK! YOUR TURN!! It's hard, but it'll help you feel good about yourself.. it's a good, positive thing in a world like this. YOU CAN DO IT! </span></b></div>Denise Bruce of Inglesidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329224933759818306noreply@blogger.com2