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tishiejean

tishiejean

I can't imagine not reading. Luckily I'm married to a kindred spirit who tolerates my book light. I prefer fiction: Literary, Mainstream (no Romance or Fantasy). I do a bit of writing (doesn't every avid reader at some time think "I could do better than this?") So I've collected books on writing craft. I'm a retired RN with a BA from UCLA.
  • Marina del Rey, CA, USA
  • member since January 6 2008

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  • Robin636

    Robin636 says

    Hey tj,
    long time no...just wanted to let you know my 90 movie is on youtube...
    here's da link: www.youtube.com/msrobinglasser if you like it, please tell your friends...no friends? tell your enemies...read any good books lately...hee hee

    posted 13 days ago. ( send a note )
  • One-Eyed Cat

    One-Eyed Cat says

    You're either becoming more ecletic in your reading, or you found a new section of the library.

    posted 3 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • One-Eyed Cat

    One-Eyed Cat says

    Patricia Cornwell has buried herself 100 feet under with unreadable trash. I missed a book because in her newest, Scarpetti, I found out that Cornwell added a disgusting twist to the ongoing story by having had Marino sexually accost Scarpetti. Obviously PC doesn't believe in men and women being friends with one another. Her publisher has got to drop her soon and make room for 'real' writers like you.

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • One-Eyed Cat

    One-Eyed Cat says

    "When Will There Be Good News" - there's a book title after my own heart. You branched out on Kate Atkinson without even sending me a telegram. I don't keep secrets from you.

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • One-Eyed Cat

    One-Eyed Cat says

    Oh dear, Patricia got one star. I wonder if her stalker will dismiss his pursuit. At least she should be able to fire one of her six body guards.

    posted 7 months ago. ( send a note )
  • kerstin d

    kerstin d says

    Hello!
    I am new to Shelfaro so I thought it would be fun to meet new friends. I like romantic suspense but not romance books.
    I am 52. How old are you?
    My mother was a staff nurse at a mental hosptial.
    Have a nice weekend.
    Kindly,
    Kerstin

    posted 8 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Sam Oliver, author of,

    Sam Oliver, author of, "Another Path into Healing" says

    Thank You.

    posted 10 months ago. ( send a note )
  • One-Eyed Cat

    One-Eyed Cat says

    Your fans have been waiting for a new five-star review from Tishiejean AND we don't have to go into the part of the library with bats flying overhead. Yes indeed, I'm going to have to put down my television remote long enough to read Lush Life.

    posted 10 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Ed Lynskey

    Ed Lynskey says

    Thanks for the friend add, tishiejean, and for your message. I hope you'll find my books to be good reads. The Blue Cheer has a large library distribution. I look forward to hearing from you. Have a great Sunday and lots of good reads in 2009.

    Ed Lynskey
    PELHAM FELL HERE: P.I. Frank Johnson book #3
    “It makes me want to read more.”-James Crumley

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Lou B

    Lou B says

    Yeah, but it's a beautiful ending. And you can always go back and start at the beginning! Enjoy!

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Robin636

    Robin636 says

    hope you get all you want in the new year

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Lou B

    Lou B says

    Since you have a few Burke novels on your shelf, you'd probably also like to know that Andrew Vachss' 18th and *final* Burke novel goes on sale December 30. More info at vachss dot com. Thanks!

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • mcdunc

    mcdunc says

    I passed the 50K word mark this morning, which is all you need to be a winner in the NaNoWriMo marathon. I can't say that I am pleased with the work, but I do have enough words for a formidable marshmallow roast. Should I decide to rework it several more times, I have enough for that too.
    I am enjoying Canal Dreams by Iain Banks. Delicate themes and characters, suspenseful, with a unique setting in Panama. I reviewed Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man, (Joseph Heller of Catch 22 fame) a book that almost forced me out of the NaNo, but eventually helped me better understand the process I was involved in.
    Hope you are well, and turning your six word potentials into some well written actuals.
    Dunc

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • mcdunc

    mcdunc says

    Having used up 29,315 words in 16 days I have only have three six packs to spare in this reply.
    "Six in one blow? Simply amazing!"
    "Followed my mind, lost my heart."
    "Followed my heart, lost my mind."
    Good luck, and thanks for the book recommendation.
    Dunc

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • mcdunc

    mcdunc says

    I know what you mean when you mention the edit-as-you-go method. I am trying to be non-critical as I write this. It's 1667 words a day to get to 50,000 at the end of 30 days. I can do that many provided I don't get bogged down with: "oh, that's pretty dull," or, "no one will read this," or, "you keep using the same words over and over", or, "this is just too sloppy", or, "where is the suspense?", or "you are telling not showing"...etc, etc...he he..

    There is going to be plenty to be critical about in December when I am finished. The movie, "Finding Forester" had good advice, "write the first draft with your heart, the next with your mind". So telling the story is my first step, and crafting the story will have to come later.

    I am at 11,107 ugly words after 7 days, just 600 shy of the daily goal. Not bad since I was sick on the second day and didn't write a single word. I am gradually catching up. I don't really have a plot in mind. It is unfolding as it goes. A small town resource teacher dealing with difficult student issues is the starting point. There are plenty of themes appearing as it develops, and I will have to do some careful gardening later to select, prune, feed, water, nurture, and weed out the seedlings. It's something I know a lot about, so I felt it was a good place to start. I have never really done a novel, although I have longer stories that I thought might become one, even though they are all unfinished... Victims of my self loathing, doubts, and procrastination... :-)) Hey life gets in the way of art sometiimes too...

    I just finished two books, The First Vial and One False Move. The First Vial is a debut novel by Linnea Heinrichs and piqued my historical interest. The plague, medieval life, and finding true love. Blatantly romantic, but then so am I. One False Move is an Alex Kava novel, simply written, with a well developed villain, plausible storyline, and easy to read.

    Thanks for your support,
    TTYS,
    D

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • mcdunc

    mcdunc says

    I took the plunge and registered for the NaNoWriMo. So it looks like I will be doing more writing than reading in Nov. We are leaving today for the mountains. I hope to be established in Vernon early next week, and will begin then. The 23 hour drive will give me time to do some planning. As you noted, most avid readers have tried to write or thought about it a lot. I have a few unfinished stories in the old cupboard, and even a published one. I figure there are still a few good years left in this mind and bod... and I should spend them doing something stimulating and creative, although the wit and reason aren't as fast as they once were. Still, there is more breadth, and not just on my _ss, than I had in my brasher years. (The censor on this site won't let me use the 'a' in the missing position!!!)

    The Book of Air and Shadows, (M. Gruber) disappointed me in the end, but I still rated it at 3 stars because of the great beginning, and it historical content. The portrayal of the main character deteriorated as the book progressed and this poisoned my attitude towards his version of reality. I realize your memories of the book may be dim, so don't worry about replying to my comments or review. Unfortunately I had to return all my books to the library before we leave, so I only partly finished East is East by TC Boyle. I will pick it up again, when next I resurface as a reader. One of these days we will have to agree to read the same book at the same time.

    Remember, you have only two more days to register for the November Writing Month :-) If you do, add me as a buddy. My nickname is James.Duncan

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • james m

    james m says

    Hi Tishie the reading lover, cool picture. I am not far from you in Santa Monica and I go to the B and N in the Marina all the time! If you like quirky books read the rest of this. If not don't waste your time. I had severe OCD, anxiety attacks, and depression for over thirty years but finally had enough and over came most of it.. I wrote a quirky book called Man Interrupted that details how I did it.. It's told in a funny way as in, "trying to confront my drug fears I end up having a drug dealer chasing me." I had all kinds of obsessions about germs etc. I would turn faucets off with my feet and so. Oscar winner Mel Brooks has a nice blurb on the cover too. Go to www.amazon.com to check it out. Or pop into a Barnes and Noble in the Marina. Let me know? I'm working on the screenplay now. best James.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • mcdunc

    mcdunc says

    Coffee, eh? Yes, it's my kickstart in the morning. I knew there must be someone in your life who keeps you "Full of Beans". Sweet!

    I love the Okanagan because winter is only two months long in the valley, yet persists on the slopes for five. I ski, snowboard, snowkite and occasionally strap on the cross-country boards with my wife. We escape five months of flatlander winter in Winnipeg and trade it for two in the mountains. I can even kiteboard on Lake Okanagan because it does not freeze. It's not your California winter, or your Caribbean holiday, but for landlocked, icicle laden, bitter winter, prairie dwellers it's a temperate escape. In fact, we trade Manitoba housebound climate chains for British Columbia snowbound tire chains. The physical chains are so much easier to bear than the psychological ones.

    I will drop you a note when I have finished Air and Shadows.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • mcdunc

    mcdunc says

    I am in the last chapters of Michael Gruber's Air and Shadows. For the memory jog, it's about the search for a long lost Shakespearean manuscript, the murder of a scholar involved in the search, an Intellectual Property lawyer who has relationship difficulties, a young man living with his mother and infatuated by a young female con artist, also involved in the search. The novel focuses on letters written in the 16th century, and enciphered by a man who claims to have been William Shakespeare's friend.

    Leaving for the mountains next week, and trying to get a lot of last minute packing, cleaning, paperwork, etc, done, so the reading has been slow. With the market's "recovery" in progress, I hope your living allowance is safe. I will write again when I have finished the book.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • mcdunc

    mcdunc says

    Yes, temperature drops can precipitate unfashionable sartorial choices, but I am sure you look good in a sweater too. It's around 0 celsius here in the mornings and as the sun rises the temperature moves to a balmy 8 or 9. Translation..32F to 50F from the beginning of the day to its high point, and it's not even winter yet. Perhaps you know that Winnipeg's nickname is Winterpeg ;-)

    I will definitely try to jump-start your memory regarding "The Book of Air and Shadows" Do you have a reaction to defibrillators, or cortisone injections, or many cups of strong coffee? I see that doing internet searches has a positive effect on aging brains, even more so than reading (http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/14/brain-aging-web.html). I think we have the best of both worlds here, reading and searching. However, I still can't remember where I put my glasses ??

    The economic meltdown is certainly serious and I hope your retirement funds are safe. I draw a pension, so my worries mostly center around the horrors of inflation. I like this life and the prospect of returning to work, provided there is a job for me, makes for real nightmares.

    Yesterday we had our election and returned a conservative minority government, the same situation that we have had for the past two years. I hope that you get better results from your election, as 8 years of you know who have left the USA and the world in a jackpot. However, I have such little faith in changing from one horse to another without changing the rules of the race, that I could be labelled cynical.

    Sounds like you are rolling through the pages at a voracious rate, while still managing to browse the bookmarts and libraries for undiscovered gems. My wife likes Patricia Cornwell, but I have not read anything by her. I will add Richard Russo to my future reads list. Have a great week. Hope you are safe from all the fires. Best wishes..Dunc

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )


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