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Saturday, January 3, 2015 3:11:15 PM
Laura Best wrote a blog post titled Welcoming 2015 With Some Writerly Intentions:
Laura said, "I love the start of a brand new year. I’m sure I say that every year around about this time, but it’s SO true. A brand new year is so full of possibilities, like a blank page just waiting to be written on or a field of unblemished snow where not..." more
Sunday, December 21, 2014 4:49:31 PM
Laura Best wrote a blog post titled Why Writers Need to be Listeners:
Laura said, "In this world there are talkers and there are listeners. A writer is both. Many may not agree with me, but here are my thoughts on this. A few months back, a friend and I spent the afternoon together. About half-way into our visit she said, “I’m..." more
Sunday, December 14, 2014 4:38:13 PM
Laura Best wrote a blog post titled Supporting Your Author Friend:
Laura said, "This post could have been written by my family and friends. It’s all about how to support your authorly friends out there, and since my friends and family have been awesome enough to support me through the publication of two books I wanted to..." more
Monday, December 8, 2014 11:41:39 AM
Laura Best wrote a blog post titled On Being “Common”:
Laura said, "The other day I referred to someone as being “common.” Okay, so that kind of sounds like a bad thing–to be common, I mean. But it’s not and I’ll tell you why. In my little corner of the world we use the word..." more
Saturday, November 22, 2014 9:32:27 PM
Laura Best wrote a blog post titled Coping with the Darkness:
Laura said, "The darkness these days makes me feel like staying close to home especially in the evenings. I want to sit by a fire and drink hot chocolate, curl up with a good book (we always say a good book as if we’d ever want to read a horrible one)..." more
Monday, November 10, 2014 10:36:09 AM
Laura Best wrote a blog post titled 10 Ways to Avoid Buying That Author’s Book:
Laura said, "We’ve all been to those events, you know the ones, where local authors are set up pedaling their wares. It can be kind of uncomfortable for the average won’t-be-book-buyer. Especially when said author is located in a spot that you have to pass..." more
Monday, November 10, 2014 10:36:09 AM
Laura Best wrote a blog post titled A Disease, a Wedding and an Anthology:
Laura said, "I have a disease. It may be incurable. Some of you know this already and some of you have suspected it for some time, but have remained silent. Please don’t pity me. I really don’t like pity. The disease I have keeps me awake at night,..." more
Monday, November 10, 2014 10:36:09 AM
Laura Best wrote a blog post titled Hearing With a Broken Ear—the sequel:
Laura said, "Life has a way of making us stop and smile from time to time. Today was one of those days for me. I just learned that Miss Charlotte has started reading “Flying With a Broken Wing.” She has a bookmark to keep her place and she told me..." more
Friday, November 7, 2014 8:56:19 PM
Laura Best wrote a blog post titled Hearing With a Broken Ear—the sequel:
Laura said, "Life has a way of making us stop and smile from time to time. Today was one of those days for me. I just learned that Miss Charlotte has started reading “Flying With a Broken Wing.” She has a bookmark to keep her place and she told me..." more
Sunday, October 5, 2014 3:49:33 AM
Laura Best wrote a blog post titled A Disease, a Wedding and an Anthology:
Laura said, "I have a disease. It may be incurable. Some of you know this already and some of you have suspected it for some time, but have remained silent. Please don’t pity me. I really don’t like pity. The disease I have keeps me awake at night,..." more
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 8:10:15 AM
Laura Best wrote a blog post titled 10 Ways to Avoid Buying That Author’s Book:
Laura said, "We’ve all been to those events, you know the ones, where local authors are set up pedaling their wares. It can be kind of uncomfortable for the average won’t-be-book-buyer. Especially when said author is located in a spot that you have to pass..." more
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 2:30:17 AM
Laura Best wrote a blog post titled Where the Healing Begins:
Laura said, "I was going to write a post about the tragic circumstances that recently took place in Moncton when three RCMP officers lost their lives in the line of duty, but I don’t think I want this post to go that way. Instead, I want to write about the..." more
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 2:30:17 AM
Laura Best wrote a blog post titled Emergency Book Signing–Sometimes You Have to Go That Extra Mile or Thirty:
Laura said, "Yes, I did say emergency book signing! Sounds strange, I know, but life is filled with strange and unusually things. Some days even the smallest thing can miraculously turn into an emergency especially when there’s a book involved. Sometimes..." more
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 2:30:17 AM
Laura Best wrote a blog post titled Arthur. Oh, Arthur!:
Laura said, "Some of you may be aware that, here in the Maritime Hurricane, Arthur came barreling through last Saturday. Lots of power outages and lost communications. Downed trees. Power in our area was out for four days, but as far as I know there are a few..." more
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 2:30:17 AM
Laura Best wrote a blog post titled Arthur Photos.:
Laura said, "Here in the Maritimes we all have our own “Arthur” story to tell. In East Dalhousie, power was out for four days. Some of us lost our phones and Internet service. My phone, for instance was out for 10 days, and since I’m on..." more
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 2:30:17 AM
Laura Best wrote a blog post titled Hitting the Big 500:
Laura said, "I just gave myself a pat on the back because we can all use one from time to time and sometimes there’s no one else around to do it for us. This seemed like such an occasion. For some reason hitting the big 500 feels like a big deal. When I..." more
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 2:30:16 AM
Laura Best wrote a blog post titled We Call it a Book Club:
Laura said, "And it is—sort of. Each month we choose a book to read and then gather together to discuss it because that’s what book clubs are about. Right? It sounded so simplistic in the beginning, just a fun thing to do. It was all about the reading..." more
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 2:30:16 AM
Laura Best wrote a blog post titled My It-Doesn’t-Matter Attitude:
Laura said, "Lately, I’ve been taking an “it-doesn’t-matter” kind of attitude when it comes to writing. On the surface that sounds like a bad thing, but let me explain. It used to be I fretted over how much writing I was accomplishing in the run of a..." more
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 2:30:16 AM
Laura Best wrote a blog post titled Interview with Marsha Skrypuch:
Laura said, "Today, it is my pleasure to welcome author, Marsha Skrypuch to my blog. Marsha Skrypuch (pronounced SKRIPP-ick) prides herself on being the only children’s author in Canada who is a dyslexic princess, and has received death threats and hate..." more
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 2:30:15 AM
Laura Best wrote a blog post titled Not a Blog Post:
Laura said, "I’d been planning all week to write a blog post….. but it didn’t happen. I got busy and, well….. it just didn’t happen. Family came to visit, not to mention that I work everyday. Throw in an appointment or two, grocery shopping, a trip to..." more
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 2:30:15 AM
Laura Best wrote a blog post titled Soaring Into Freedom:
Laura said, "The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask. ~~Jim Morrison This quote seems rather fitting for a post on freedom as I sifted..." more
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 6:25:57 AM
Laura Best wrote a blog post titled Soaring Into Freedom:
Laura said, "The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask. ~~Jim Morrison This quote seems rather fitting for a post on freedom as I sifted..." more
Sunday, October 2, 2016 2:11:37 PM
Laura Best made friends with Shelley Workinger