Category: Christmas

These blogs, like an Advent calendar, count down the days to Christmas with a variety of works from prominent bloggers in the Independent Writers community. I’d like to mention that Martin did all the work to organize this extravaganza, and all of us, readers and bloggers alike, owe him a virtual shot of whatever he…

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These blogs, like an Advent calendar, count down the days to Christmas with a variety of works from prominent bloggers in the Independent Writers community. My Christmas Mystery Man There is certain magic I experience right at midnight on Christmas Eve. The entire world seems to pause and the air is different somehow. I relax…

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These blogs, like an Advent calendar, count down the days to Christmas with a variety of works from prominent bloggers in the Independent Writers community. I’m once again participating in the 12 Blogs of Christmas with eleven other writers, organized by Martin Crosbie. As part of the event, we are to write about—not surprisingly—Christmas. Many…

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These blogs, like an Advent calendar, count down the days to Christmas with a variety of works from prominent bloggers in the Independent Writers community. The Place for Humbug During the Holiday Season By RJ Crayton Bah, humbug! There, I said it. I know. It’s the Christmas season. Everything is warm and fuzzy like in…

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A Cold Canadian Christmas  When I visit the warmer areas of the world people sometimes ask what it’s like when it’s “really cold,” so I tell this story. At the end, they just look at me. I’m sure they don’t believe half of it. But this is how life in the North goes. For northern Canadians…

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These blogs, like an Advent calendar, count down the days to Christmas with a variety of works from prominent bloggers in the Independent Writers community. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. I wasn’t always so sure. Don’t get me wrong, I wanted to believe—very badly, in fact. I also wanted to believe in the…

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These blogs, like an Advent calendar, count down the days to Christmas with a variety of works from prominent bloggers in the Independent Writers community. We hope they contribute to your Merry Christmas! Fire in the Snow The big man’s boot carefully kicked aside a remaining hunk of what appeared to be a roof rafter. …

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These blogs, like an Advent calendar, count down the days to Christmas with a variety of works from prominent bloggers in the Independent Writers community.   From “The God of My Art”  Sarah Lane hopes you will enjoy listening to this reading from her young adult crossover novel The God of My Art. This chapter…

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These blogs, like an Advent calendar, count down the days to Christmas with a variety of works from prominent bloggers in the Independent Writers community. We hope they contribute to your Merry Christmas!   ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings…

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