The General, famed for the daring theft of it during the Civil War, resides now in the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History, Kennesaw, Georgia. It has been one hundred fifty one years and a handful of…
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THE GREAT LOCOMOTIVE CHASE
Posted in Chat Tagged with: Andrews Raid, Charles O'Neill, Civil War, Georgia, James J. Andrews, locomotive, Medal of Honor, memoir, The General, trains, Walt Disney, William Allan Fuller
THE PANTSER TRANSFORMATION
Humans love to share journeys. When we go on vacation, we send postcards and put our trip photos on Facebook. When we lose weight or stop smoking, another kind of journey, we keep our friends informed about our progress. This…
Posted in Chat Tagged with: characters, Facebook, James Frey, journey, K. M. Weiland, Nancy Ellen Dodd, pantser, plot, plotter, post cards, writer
SWIMMING WITH DOLPHINS
“It was wonderful,” she said. “I can’t describe it. The water was warm, and they came right up to me. One of them nudged me with his nose.” I lay on the examination table, while the technician positioned her…
A LOOK AT THE WRITING LIFE
When I think about the profession of fiction writing, I picture a lion tamer surrounded by and trying to control a cage full of big dangerous cats. The lion tamer’s job? Control all of the savage beasts and don’t get…
TWO WOMEN
C Some conflicts make headlines. Some just lead to change, but always with collateral damage. Libraries seem the least likely of battlegrounds unless you consider the life-changing power of ideas and the life sustaining importance of information. Then the…
Posted in Chat Tagged with: battlegrounds, Boise City, Cimarron County, collateral damage, computers, ideas, information, Kenton, Libraries, library catalog, new vision, Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Oklahoma law, the Digital Age
