Category: H.L. Stephens
As a writer, it is my job to imagine the worst scenarios imaginable, and depending upon the type of genre I am delving into, it is my solemn duty to do my best to pry into the darkest aspect of my…
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Category: courage, death, fear, Food For Thought, future, H.L. Stephens, HL Stephens, hope, writing
Tags: Books, Grief, HL Stephens, hope, inspiration, Love, Mister Marmee, Orlando, Shooting, writing
Ben and Jerry’s has the most amazing flavor of ice cream called Chubby Hubby. It is a single pint of decadent saturate-your-sorrows in 35 grams of sinful artery-clogging saturated fat and it’s-probably-better-if-you-don’t-read-the-rest-of-the-nutritional-information yum-inny goodness. For several years, it was my…
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Category: Adventures in Querying, agents, courage, discouragement, Food For Thought, H.L. Stephens, HL Stephens, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, indie, inspiration, inspire, lonely art, publish, publishing, query letters, writing
I used to love the phrase when I was a kid. “A day late and a dollar short” It seemed so jingly. So fun. So easy to catch up to if you just tried hard enough. After all, it was…
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Category: fear, Food For Thought, future, H.L. Stephens, HL Stephens, hope, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, indie, inspiration, inspire, lonely art, mistakes, Mister Marmee, mystery, publish, publishing, submission, Tor Books, writing
There are some moments in life that are worth celebrating. Marriage. The birth of a child. The big promotion. Getting that goiter removed. For me, I have tremendous cause for celebration because my second novel, The Case of the Wayward…
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Grow up. Act your age. Be an adult. Be serious. We have all heard these phrases before; either directed at us or someone we know. If we are old enough, perhaps we have even found cause to say them ourselves…
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There is a saying that behind every myth or legend is a grain of truth; no matter how small the grain may be. The same may be said for every story conceived by the heart of man. Somewhere between the layers…
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Category: Chronicle of, courage, death, discouragement, fear, H.L. Stephens, Happydog, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Mister Marmee, Saying Goodbye, Sir Happy Heart, The Chronicles of Mister Marmee
The Fiscal Cliff. It is a term we have all heard a million times before. It is the proverbial dead horse that has been beaten and ground into the mud so many times, there is little left to look upon…
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Hello friends! Today is a bit of an experiment for me so bear with me as I muddle my way through it. I was graciously invited to be part of THE NEXT BIG THING blog hop by Vicki Taylor, a fellow…
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The past few days have very hard for me….’impossible’ might be a better word. It is not because of the election or Hurricane Sandy or any of the thousands of other issues being reported in the news. I just had…
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Imagine, if you will, a battlefield strewn with the blood and bodies of fallen men with two opposing armies determined to destroy each other. New recruits are pouring in with every breath to fill the ranks on each side as…
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Category: courage, discouragement, fear, H.L. Stephens, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, inspire, Mister Marmee, publish, Smashwords, triumph, Victorian Era, writing
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