Monthly Archives: June 2023

Destiny Renewed!

Posted on June 10, 2023 by mitchteemley

Image by ThankYouFantasyPictures The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. Zack and Gina Dore commiserated with one another over the fact that … Continue reading →

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What Is It About Doorways?

Posted on June 9, 2023 by mitchteemley

What is it about doorways? As surely as doors have handles and hinges, they have feelings attached, as well. Wonder. Doubt. Hope. Fear. No doorway is ever just a doorway. It’s an opportunity or an obligation. A way into someone … Continue reading →

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Tips for Writers: On Universality

Posted on June 8, 2023 by mitchteemley

There may be writers who want to alienate their readers. (I can’t think of any, off-hand, perhaps because they’ve been so successful in achieving their goal.) But the rest of us want to draw our readers in. We want them … Continue reading →

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55 Years Ago Today

Posted on June 7, 2023 by mitchteemley

Bobby Kennedy was assassinated on June 6, 1968. Much more has been written about the death of his older brother John F. Kennedy. But the death of Bobby, our once-and-future president, had even more impact on my generation than JFK’s. … Continue reading →

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The Legend of Literary Me

Posted on June 6, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir Stories are my soulmate. True, humans of the female persuasion staked a claim for my affections early on. But I honestly can’t remember when I wasn’t in love with stories. Maybe it was telling myself far-fetched tales … Continue reading →

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The Key to Lawn (and Self) Mowing

Posted on June 5, 2023 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week We’d bought our first house with a yard, and I was excited about mowing! I got over that quick. Still, if ya got grass, ya gotta mow, and that means: 1) You have to cut it … Continue reading →

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True Freedom

Posted on June 4, 2023 by mitchteemley

“If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth and the truth will set you free.” ~John 8:31-32 †

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Alone. But Not Alone.

Posted on June 3, 2023 by mitchteemley

Photo by Annie Spratt The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. Feeling completely alienated from their friends and from one another, Gina … Continue reading →

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We’re Havin’ a Heatwave!

Posted on June 2, 2023 by mitchteemley

 So, this is spring? A month before summer officially begins here we started experiencing near-record heat, with temperatures rivaling peak summer days and not a rain cloud in sight. The ground is fractured, the shrubs are slouching, and our little … Continue reading →

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Tips for Writers: Making Gradual Miracles

Posted on June 1, 2023 by mitchteemley

Cloudzilla! A sign from God? “The only kind of writing is rewriting.” ~Ernest Hemingway Five years ago, I got the good news that, after a one year delay, my comedy monster movie Notzilla had been greenlighted (received financing)! The not-so-good … Continue reading →

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