Storytellers Need Listeners

Ann H GabhartAnn's Posts, One Writer's Journal 12 Comments

“No story lives unless someone wants to listen.” ~J.K. Rowling Someone once called me a storyteller and I have ever since thought it was one of the nicest compliments I have ever received about my writing. I want to tell stories or at least write them down. But as the J.K. Rowling quote says, if nobody listens/reads then a story …

A Romantic Meeting & Book Giveaway Chance

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Be brave, young lovers, and follow your star. ~Oscar Hammerstein II It was fun sharing a romantic scene from Love Comes Home on Wednesday’s post. Thanks to all of you who read it and took time to comment on the scene and on the types of romances you like to read in books. The romance threads in When the Meadow Blooms that released …

Slaying the Dragon to Win Fair Maiden

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Take it from a guy: If you’re in love with somebody, you will swim the stream, you will climb the mountain, you will slay the dragon. You’re going to get to her somehow, some way. ~Phil McGraw Slaying the dragon for your true love – now, that sounds romantic. And a bit dangerous, I have to admit. Dragons are big …