Author Archives: aliceaudrey
The Tudors – Henry and Anne Get It On.
Just so you know, I’m the one who comes up with the cheesy titles. Mr. Al never thinks to give me one. Anyway, when we left off Henry was about to discover something about his virginal queen-to-be not entirely to his liking. *** It turned out, or so Henry later claimed, that Anne had been “corrupted” while in France. That she had had sexual experiences that left her, technically, still a virgin. He did not elaborate on what the experiences […]
Challenge 3 Round 4 Winner
Is Captive Nightmare. If your story was in the top 5, please come and claim your entry. Alice
Travel in the Post-Nine Eleven Era
Although I’ve been flying since I was a little kid, I haven’t been in the air since 911. I had heard so much about how much harder it was to get through security that I was quite concerned. Perhaps it was the time of day we flew, but it wasn’t nearly as bad as I expected. The set up was a little different from I remembered, but not bad. We started off in the line for the courtesy desk to […]
Elk Stroganoff
As I’ve said before, I live in Montana. For a long time I lived in Wisconsin. When I moved back to Montana after having lived in Madison Wisconsin I was surprised by a touch of culture shock. This was brought home to me the day I received a copy of the local PTA’s cookbook. The book is titled Kids’ Favorite Recipes. In it are collected recipes donated by each of the parents to attend after school activities. When I opened […]
The Maya Breeze Inn
May Breeze Beach is on the peninsula leading to Placencia. It’s a little community of half a dozen resorts stretched out over a couple of miles. Except for right in front of the Maya Breeze Inn itself, it’s dirt road. In front of the Inn, it’s packed gravel. I suspected each segment of the road is paid for by the people fronting it. Although there was a heck of a lot of construction going on all up and down the peninsula, […]
Suzie's House – Where Next?
Most of the time I have only a vague idea what I’m going to do with Suzie’s House until I sit down to write it, which I frequently get around to on Thursday. This week I don’t even have a glimmer. So, what would you like to see next? Anyone’s Point of View of particular interest to you? Any particular relationship you’d like to see explored? Any issue on your mind? Let me know. Alice
FanLit Forever Challenge 4
Round Four of Challenge 3 closes today. The ranking votes are nearly in. The winner will be chosen in the next three days. And we are all getting heartily sick of Ben and Tara. It’s like David Damien and Patience all over again! Unlike Avon, we have some latitude, and we are taking advantage of it. We are going to take a break from Challenge 3 to do a quick, one-chapter round. Challenge 4. And it is a blast! We […]
Suzie’s House 16: Crying Over Nothing
Drew marched down the hospital hall, as angry with himself as he was with Miranda. Of course Miranda would make a play for him. She hadn’t been facing the length of the hall, so wouldn’t know Suzie could see her kiss him. More to the point, she probably didn’t realize it would hurt Suzie. Miranda struck him as the kind of girl who didn’t see much beyond the end of her nose. He felt a mild twinge of conscience for […]
Three Men and a Tudor.
Mr. Al has written a very long piece of Tudor history. I asked him to slice off a piece for me, and this was the result: *** In November of 1529, Henry was still in love with Anne. But the strain to her of keeping a guy like Henry at arms length for five years was taking its toll. Although she didn’t seem to mind making enemies among those who were outside her family faction, her increasingly short temper and […]
Truth in Critique
Probably the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my writing career is critique other people’s writing. You may have noticed I’m a big fan of balance. I seriously believe everything in life comes down to it. Critique is no exception. In critique the balance is between truth and encouragement. It’s easy to critique someone who doesn’t need it. Then truth and encouragement come together for form one big “Wonderful! Excellent! Send it out!” That leaves the other 80 percent of […]
Tagged
Just so you know, Bev, I DID notice that you tagged me, and I WILL be making a response here, but it could take me a while to wrap my mind around it. Alice
Belize City
All the pictures shown here were taken on Easter Monday, which apparently is a major holiday in Belize. The entire city felt as deserted as a ghost town. I only saw a few other tourists, and some police whose job it is to protect the tourists while wandering around all day long. When we found the natives, they were all desperately trying to catch a ferry out to the cayes. I wish I’d been less prudish about taking pictures of […]
Alien From the Backyard
My kids constantly ask what’s for supper, then when I tell them they try to change the menu. For instance I might tell them roast beef two hours after I put the roast in the oven and they will suggest spaghetti. Suggest? Insist! I got so annoyed with it that I started answering, “food. We are eating food.” And nothing more. One day my son got so annoyed with me that he yelled “You’re going to feed us something horrible, […]
Linky Linky
Here are a couple more you might find interesting, though not the same way. http://jauntyquills.com/2007/04/27/fun-vacation-things/ http://wordflirts.blogspot.com/ Alice
