Category: Star Wars

• A Big World

  

  Disclaimer: If you are tired of my musings on the glories of life, this post is not for you. While I do have periods of deep sadness and depression, those are my long periods of silence, for why should I drag my readers into the abyss with me? Recently, however, I have been in the […]

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  March 16, 2019

  Christmas, Entertainment, Family, Fantasy, Food, Friends, Gardening, General, Inspirations, Life, Literature, Movies and television, music, Star Wars, theater, Travel

  Aaron Copeland, animals, art, Bach, Bible, Billy Joel, Chagall, Cindy Lauper, Creation, family, food, friends, Gardening, God, landscapes, Leann Rimes, Les Miserables, Michelangelo, movies, music, nature, Pop the dog, Queen, Sistine Chapel, Tim McGraw, travel, Van Gogh, Vermeer

• All Those Crazy Ideas

  

  I am often asked where I get the ideas for my stories.  The answer is “Anywhere.” I don’t just sit on the sofa and wait for inspiration to strike, however; I look for it wherever I go during the day, or in my environment when I am home. Things hit me at the craziest times. […]

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  August 26, 2018

  Christmas, Family, Friends, General, Give me a sense of humor, Lord, Inspirations, Life, Literature, Maisie’s List, Megan’s Christmas Knight, People of the Green Hills, Research, Soul Lost, Star Wars, Suzanne’s Secrets, Writing, Writing

  Alfred the Great, creative process, Finding ideas for stories, fougou, Maisie’s List, Megan’s Christmas Knight, People of the Green Hills, research, Soul Lost, time travel, Wild Rose Press, writing ideas, writing inspirations, writing process

• Star Wars Club–Week 2

  

  My students know a lot about Star Wars.  They know most of the characters, not only from the canon movies, but also from the TV show “The Clone Wars” and a plethora of merchandise like Legos.  What they are not well versed in, however, is how it all began, so it is my goal with […]

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  January 22, 2016

  Entertainment, General, Movies and television, Star Wars

  A New Hope, C3PO, Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Millennium Falcon, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Princess Leia, R2D2, Star Wars, Star Wars Club, Tatooine

• Star Wars Club–Week 1

  

  I’ve said before that I had a Star Wars club at my elementary school that fell victim to other claims on my time.  Someone has brought up-and so I am considering-that it is time to open that door again.  With that in mind, I am making a trial run of such a club here on […]

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  January 8, 2016

  Entertainment, Fantasy, General, Inspirations, Movies and television, Star Wars

  Force Awakens, George Lucas, hero’s journey, ILM, Lucasfilms, Luke Skywalker, Pixar, Star Wars, THX

• Happy New Year and Star Wars

  

  As 2016, I am ready to jump in with both feet and take this year by storm.  My inspiration and motivation?  Star Wars. Star Wars got an amazing reboot in 2015, and so I am rebooted as well.  A New Hope is one of the defining moments of my youth, and watching The Force Awakens with this new generation […]

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  January 1, 2016

  Entertainment, Fantasy, General, Inspirations, Life, Star Wars

  Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, inspiration, Mark Hamill, new start, New Year, Star Wars, the Force