Yesterday was the Chinese New Year, the most important of traditional Chinese festivals. You think of the dragon dancing in the parade, Chinese lanterns and red envelopes. I always look up what’s next in the Chinese zodiac.
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Chinese New Year inspiration
Tagged with: China, Chinese zodiac, ChineseNewYear, Holidays, New Year, Traditional Chinese holidays
Posted in Intrigues
Posted in Intrigues
Writing well is a needed skill
I’ve written before about being a teaching assistant for an Introduction to Mass Communication course during graduate school. I’ve also written before about the poorly written essays, paragraphs and just simple sentences and phrases that I had to grade.
Cashless society … where could this go wrong?
I am one of the millions out there who rarely uses cash or coins. I use a debit or credit card for most everything, and my paycheck is delivered automatically to my checking account every two weeks. I used cash…
Social media success depends on time and effort
This is the first post about my experience reading David Meerman Scott‘s book, The New Rules of Marketing and PR. As I said in November, I am going to post a few different posts about what I learned from reading…
Posted in Intrigues, Writing tips
Suspenseful, Thinking Movie. Who knew?
On Monday, my husband and I sat down to watch a scary movie. It’s Halloween time, and it was the only day we had nothing planned in the evening. We had narrowed it down to two: The Grey with Liam…
Tagged with: Biel, drama, entertainment, Horror film, Jessica Biel, movie review, Tall Man, thinking movie
Posted in Intrigues, Movies
Posted in Intrigues, Movies
Why choosing the right color for things is important
I’ve been absent from my blog for a little while lately, the reason being that I bought and moved into a house! Yes, I am now a homeowner. Along with figuring out where I wanted to put everything in my…
Tagged with: accent color, Color, Color preferences, Color wheel, design tips, Paint, twitter, writing tips
Posted in Intrigues, Writing tips
Posted in Intrigues, Writing tips
Story of my not noticing details
I was sitting in a Golden Corral restaurant, holding the table while my mom and brother were up getting food. I hadn’t been sitting for more than a couple minutes when a lady walked up to me with our drinks,…
Tagged with: details, Golden Corral, memory, Sherlock Holmes, writing, Writing Exercises
Posted in Intrigues, Writing tips
Posted in Intrigues, Writing tips
Add Into Fire
Add Over Water
