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Tuesday, November 4, 2014 5:35:59 PM
Grace E Howell wrote a blog post titled Persistence of a Squirrel:
Grace E said, " &nbs..." more
Monday, October 27, 2014 3:59:22 PM
Grace E Howell wrote a blog post titled Encouraging Words:
Grace E said, "For the first time in years, I missed the SCBWI Midsouth Fall Conference. I missed making new friends and catching up with old ones, talking on and on about everything. I missed the entertaining and inspiring keynote speakers, the sessions full of..." more
Monday, July 16, 2012 1:12:43 PM
Grace E Howell wrote a blog post titled At Last!:
Grace E said, "I am so excited. I’ve finally decided on a major cut to my newest manuscript. Though this blog is supposed to be a writer’s journal, I haven’t mentioned very much lately about the writing process, or anything else for that matter. That’s..." more
Monday, July 16, 2012 1:12:43 PM
Grace E Howell wrote a blog post titled Vampire Musings:
Grace E said, "The other night I finally watched the movie, Twilight. I never planned to watch it at all because I didn’t like the book, had to make myself finish it. I know that’s un-American, judgmental, prejudiced, and all the other tags you can think of to..." more
Monday, November 28, 2011 11:31:58 AM
Grace E Howell wrote a blog post titled Vampire Musings:
Grace E said, "The other night I finally watched the movie, Twilight. I never planned to watch it at all because I didn’t like the book, had to make myself finish it. I know that’s un-American, judgmental, prejudiced, and all the other tags you can think of to..." more
Thursday, November 10, 2011 9:21:19 PM
Grace E Howell wrote a blog post titled Back in the Here and Now:
Grace E said, "I have been lost in my novel for many, many months, neglecting family, friends, life in general, and especially this blog to spend my time with fantasy people in their world. Real time and place were almost dreams to me, and the people I know and..." more
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 3:20:36 PM
Grace E Howell wrote a blog post titled Yann Martel:
Grace E said, "Yesterday I met Yann Martel. In a dimly lit studio at Radio WYPL 89.3, Stephen Usery interviewed Yann Martel as I sat there avidly taking in every word. I’ve been a fan of Martel since I read his Life of Pi a few years ago. The topic of the..." more
Monday, July 19, 2010 1:49:34 PM
Grace E Howell wrote a blog post titled A Taste of Guernsey:
Grace E said, "THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL SOCIETY. What a name for a novel about the German occupation of Guernsey during World War II! I have to admit it. I was intrigued by that title, but when I opened the book and found it was written as a series of..." more
Monday, January 4, 2010 1:20:30 PM
Grace E Howell wrote a blog post titled Funny or NOT:
Grace E said, "Since the evening after Christmas, I’ve been a little concerned about the next generation, the one that follows mine. That evening my sisters, cousins, and I presented “A Musical History of the Bolly Girls” a true farce about our childhood and..." more
Friday, October 30, 2009 12:56:43 PM
Grace E Howell wrote a blog post titled Dancing in the Morning:
Grace E said, "Glorious, breathtaking, awe inspiring! The splendor of the sun-kissed scene that greeted me this morning was indescribable. Overnight, after days of damp gray dullness, golden leaves from the willow oak across the street adorned the ground,..." more
Friday, October 23, 2009 5:36:51 PM
Grace E Howell wrote a blog post titled The Original Seven:
Grace E said, "I thoroughly enjoyed the SCBWI Midsouth Fall Conference in Nashville and was so pumped up afterwards that I could hardly wait to get back home to my computer. That’s why I’ve had to neglect this blog. I was up to my ears in revision of my novel..." more
Monday, September 28, 2009 4:30:13 PM
Grace E Howell wrote a blog post titled Sliding Along:
Grace E said, "This morning I woke with a word in my mouth. I love words, take them to heart, adopt them, work with them–but this one woke me from a sound sleep. It lay there on my tongue as I tried to decide whether to spit it out, swallow it, or digest it. I..." more
Monday, September 7, 2009 6:43:47 PM
Grace E Howell wrote a blog post titled Sneak Attack:
Grace E said, "Yesterday, I did it again, walked outside on a lovely summer afternoon, unprotected. I didn’t forget my sunscreen, and it wasn’t a guy in a black mask who attacked me or a couple of pit bulls. I was assaulted by villains made bold in their..." more
Monday, August 31, 2009 11:54:56 PM
Grace E Howell wrote a blog post titled Wow, Anzac Biscuits!:
Grace E said, "Yesterday, People of the Book by Pulitzer prize winning Geraldine Brooks was my book club’s book of the month. In the novel, an Australian rare book restorer becomes fascinated with the Sarajevo Haggadah as she begins working with it. Crumbs of..." more
Saturday, August 22, 2009 6:12:49 PM
Grace E Howell wrote a blog post titled The Dawn Will Come:
Grace E said, "What a shock! Two days ago, when I went to my website at www.graceehowell.com, it was gone. In its place was a black and white amateurish mish-mash. I could not believe it! My precious website had vanished, lost in the darkness of cyberspace.Here's..." more
Thursday, August 20, 2009 5:51:49 PM
Grace E Howell wrote a blog post titled A Visit with Eudora Welty:
Grace E said, "Books on the piano, books on chairs and sofas, books on the dining room table, every shelf overflowing with books. A myriad of them greets visitors to the home of Eudora Welty, the Pulitzer prize winner who came home to write. Her house and garden..." more
Sunday, August 9, 2009 9:54:18 PM
Grace E Howell wrote a blog post titled Place of the Muses:
Grace E said, "I walked today at Gaisman for the first time in years, and memories of slender saplings, too young for shade, came pouring back. The little trees that saw my young cherubs run from slides to swings, where they squealed with delight as I pushed, now..." more
Thursday, May 28, 2009 8:38:58 PM
Grace E Howell commented on Mary Sandford's Profile:
Grace E said, "Hi, Mary,
When I submitted to Echelon/Quake, I didn't have a website either, but got one shortly after. That's to help with the marketing of books. The decision is up to you. Good luck!
Grace
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Tuesday, April 7, 2009 3:39:01 PM
Grace E Howell wrote a blog post titled John Calipari goes, Josh Pastner comes:
Grace E said, "He abandoned her for one who moved with a more prestigious crowd, and Memphis mourned for John Calipari. She had pledged herself and remained devoted to him. She followed him and depended on him. Every word he said she took to heart. He was her one..." more
Monday, March 23, 2009 4:59:55 PM
Grace E Howell wrote a blog post titled New and Improved:
Grace E said, "In the last post, I talked about rousing this blog and bringing it new life. Since then I’ve been rousing myself, to create a new me. Not that there was anything drastically wrong with the old me, but I think it’s time for a new and improved..." more
Tuesday, March 3, 2009 9:45:03 PM
Grace E Howell wrote a blog post titled Fulfilling a Dream:
Grace E said, "You may be wondering why this blog seems to have died a natural death from pure neglect. I really don’t know, but it’s not because I have nothing to say. Today I am rousing Gracee’s Blog and giving it new life.For the past four months I’ve..." more
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 8:46:25 AM
Grace E Howell commented on Grace Howell's Profile:
Grace E said, "Good to see another Grace Howell on Jacketflap! Best of luck with your writing.
Grace"
Tuesday, November 11, 2014 12:42:15 PM
Grace E Howell wrote a blog post titled Hooked on Reading:
Grace E said, "Not long after TVs were in every home, the word was that reading would soon be obsolete. Later when computers took over the world, it was said books and newspapers would eventually disappear. I don’t know what the future holds, but I will say..." more