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Yes! The Baby Dragon Contest WINNERS are hereby announced!
Thank you so much to all participants… your names are noted, gratefully, for the acknowledgements page in Zella and The Little People. Here are the baby dragon names: Dun dun Dun!!! [...]
Wonderful warm wishes to you, dear reader ~ a glorious solstice is upon us. I’d like to remind you that the Baby Dragon Name Contest will soon be over. I’ve received some incredible names and had such fun with this contest; I’ll print out a shortlist of some favs for [...]
Hints from Hector
We all learn different things at different times. No such thing as a stupid question. The truth shall set you free. All of these axioms come to mind from time to time in everyone’s life. After Hector, I asked away and then I listened…
First, I was pointed to [...]
Kelly died. Kelly Ann McGillis, my sister, the person I slept beside for the first 15 years of my life. I knew she was thinking about leaving this realm; I prayed that she wouldn’t. She left on March 24, 2010 ~ I write that date down now, thinking a month [...]
Interview with Hector: “It’s Time to Walk your Walk”!
Mary: Happy Spring, Hector and lovely Readers!
Hector: And just in time to share some special faery know how… we’ll talk a bit about some of your ancestors today, Mary… the ancient Celts. They loved the heartbeat of the land and worshipped [...]
Hector says: Welcome to 2010 Folks!
Now is your chance to practice some Hector magic.
Write down a simple desire and see how long it takes to manifest: translation: dream your biggest dream and watch it come true!!
Now is the time to stop waiting for your life to happen and to consciously [...]
Hector’s Living Tips for 2010: Climbing a Stairway to Heaven
Hector says to take baby steps ~ he loves Walt Disney’s favourite saying: Keep Moving Forward.
And he tells us all to remember Dr. Martin Luther King… “Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just [...]
The Glorious Gift of Gratitude
Here’s my take on a beautiful anonymous poem:
Count your blessings
Count your blessings instead of your crosses;
Count your gains instead of your losses.
Count your joys instead of your woes;
Count your friends instead of your foes.
Count your smiles instead of your tears;
Count your courage instead of your fears.
Count [...]
AFTER YOU WRITE THE BOOK, THE WORK BEGINS (ahhhh!):
After I finished the first Hector book, I decided that it was meant to be published immediately because of the nature of how quickly it came through. Before I had finished writing the novel, I had started the first steps toward publishing.
STEP [...]
