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K, Kay, Kei

Posted on April 12, 2019 4 Comments

K is the eleventh letter in our alphabet and today’s letter for the A to Z Blogging Challenge. I was stumped. Looking for inspiration I turned to Wikipedia and searched for “K”. K (namedkay/keɪ/)[1] is the eleventh letter of the modern English alphabet and the ISO basic Latin alphabet. In English, the letter K usually represents the voiceless velar plosive. Pretty easy definition […]

Plot Generator

Posted on January 11, 2019 1 Comment

This morning, I sat staring at my computer looking for inspiration. I noticed a bookmark that I saved ages ago. I left it in the nav bar so I could go back and check it out later. Instead, I proceeded to forget about it. Until now. The book mark is to a plot generating website. […]

Writer’s Block?

Posted on May 16, 2018 4 Comments

Imagine yourself with a clean sheet of paper in front of you. You have to write a short story about something, but no matter how long you stare at that crisp white piece of paper you have nothing. Zip. Ziltch. Not one word comes to mind. What do you do? How do you get over […]

T is for Tourist Trophy Races

Posted on April 23, 2018 1 Comment

My main character in The Manx, Kaitlin Manning, and her father, Charles, are on the Isle of Man to photograph the TT races when Kaitlin stumbles across the first piece of a puzzle that takes her far from the races. I became fascinated by these races when looking for a reason for Kaitlin to visit the […]

J is for Jabot

Posted on April 11, 2018 2 Comments

I have really enjoyed doing the A to Z Blog Challenge so far. It has been fun, up until the letter ‘J’. I have been wracking my brain trying to think of a J-something to write about as it might relate to the Isle of Man or The Manx, but no. My mind has been […]

A to Z April Challenge

Posted on March 30, 2018 1 Comment

I was trolling around on Facebook and found an interesting blog writing challenge. A to Z April Challenge is designed for bloggers to post every day during the month of April (except Sunday….but include April Fools Day which is a Sunday….and it’s Easter Sunday too). Each post uses the letters of the alphabet thematically. April […]

Karen Emanuelson

Posted on August 15, 2014 Leave a Comment

KJ~~ Please tell us a little bit about yourself. Karen~~ I’m a Viking re-enactor and do era correct sword-fighting. My bird, Xanadu, a Peach-faced African Lovebird, is my oldest animal at 15 1/2. She detests my cats and is happiest if she can get them in trouble. I have two Pugs, Jera and her brother, […]