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Carolyn Paul Branch
I write, study history, and work the reference desk at the public library. My home in the Missouri woods is shared with Richard, my husband of 50+ years, Cookie, a little white terrier, and Sunshine, a big yellow cat. After seven non-fiction books, I finally turned to the writing I always wanted to do: mystery novels. TANGLED ROOTS, a tale of secrets, lies, and murder along the Missouri River, was published January, 2017. My next novel, THE SANITY OF STRAWBERRIES, a murder set inside a state mental hospital, will be published in 2018.
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Category Archives: Just my Opinion
Writer’s block? Procrastinator? Too busy? Tell it like it is! All those words mean LAZY.
Writer’s block? Procrastinator? Too busy? Tell it like it is! All those words mean LAZY. At least, for me, they do. Those are the words I tell myself to explain why I never seem to get anything done. I make … Continue reading
Posted in Just my Opinion, Uncategorized, Writing & Writers
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Cattle – Everything I know about getting along with people – I learned from the cows
I was a seventeen-year-old town girl when my husband moved us to the farm and tried to teach me how to take care of our new cattle herd. He was working in town and gone long hours. Since I … Continue reading
Posted in A to Z April Challenge, Just my Opinion
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What wonders will our future hold?
A clipping from an old newspaper started me thinking. . . From the Fulton Telegraph, April 24, 1874 A marvelous century. A hundred years ago there were no railroads, steamboats, telegraph lines, gas-burners, furnaces, sewing machines, photographs, friction matches, revolvers, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Just my Opinion
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Last Chance
Marketers use the term last chance to motivate procrastinators to get moving. They warn us it’s our last chance to buy whatever it is they are selling. We are bombarded with the phrase in online ads, TV commercials, and by … Continue reading
Posted in A to Z April Challenge, Just my Opinion, Memoir
Tagged A to Z April Challenge, aging, Blogging A-Z Challenge, Mama, memoir
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Emotional Intelligence
Susan Albers promises to unlock the weight-loss power of emotional intelligence. Great! Another diet book, just what we need, right? That’s what I thought at first. If reading diet books would make you thin, I would be wearing a size … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Just my Opinion, Memoir
Tagged diet, Eat Q, emotional intelligence, mindful living, Susan Albers, weight loss
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Under the Dome???? NOT!
Just watched “Under the dome” on CBS. SO disappointed. It is nothing at all like the Stephen King book – nothing. Barbie, the main character has been transformed from a ex-army short order cook wanderer to some kind of … Continue reading
A is for Agents
Agents are real people. Just like you and me. I’ve always known that intellectually, but not with my gut. For years, agents were unapproachable far away giants who guarded the gateway to my dreams. I discovered the truth at a … Continue reading
Posted in A to Z April Challenge, Just my Opinion, Writing & Writers
Tagged A to Z challenge, literary agents
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Why a Conference? The Conversation!
I just came back from the Ozark Creative Writer’s Conference in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. This conference always feels like a family reunion to those of us who keep coming back year after year. I’ve been to bigger conferences with bigger … Continue reading
What’s your opinion of the occupy Wall Street movement?
I’m glad the Daily Post asked this question because the Occupy Wall Street Movement has been on my mind. It seems to be getting bigger and there are variations all over the world. It reminds me so much of the … Continue reading
Posted in Just my Opinion, Post-a-day challenge
Tagged Occupy Wall Street Movement, opinion, post-a-day, postaday, postaday2011, Protest
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What’s More Important: Electricity or the Internet?
From the WordPress post-a-day challenge: As a specific topic to write about: How would you compare the importance of electricity with the invention of the internet? or the cell phone? Can this kind of comparison be made? If you had … Continue reading
