Author Archives: literarylee

About literarylee

I sling words for a living. Always have, always will. Some have been interesting and fun; most not. These days, I write the fun words early in the morning before the adults are up and make me eat my Cream of Wheat.

The Pun Method of Teaching Christmas Carols

Posted on December 16, 2011 by literarylee

Walking the other day through the awesomely ugly yet somehow festive-this-time-of-year halls of the acres long, deep and wide building where I work, I was singing Christmas carols under my breath, blithely anticipating the holiday almost upon us.  I got to, … Continue reading →

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Do You Talk to Yourself? Write it Down!

Posted on December 15, 2011 by literarylee

Do you talk to yourself?  Write it down.  Carry a small notebook with you wherever you go so you can be your own secretary, taking down the notes, the words, the ideas you are speaking in your own mind.  Sitting … Continue reading →

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How to Make Biscuits

Posted on December 13, 2011 by literarylee

We weren’t able to share Thanksgiving with my parents and other relatives in my childhood hometown this year.  If we had, my wife and I probably would have hosted the event.  I would have made the biscuits.  As it turned out, … Continue reading →

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Happy Anniversary to The Life Literary

Posted on December 9, 2011 by literarylee

I wrote the first very humble, very simple post for this blog one year ago today.  Ah yes, friends, I remember that moment well.  There I stood (I stand to write) in my darkened home office, the monitor lighting my … Continue reading →

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National Novel Writing Month Follow-up Stats

Posted on December 8, 2011 by literarylee

Click this link for interesting statistics (such as, out of this year’s 256,618 participants, 36,774 made it to the 50,000 word mark) about National Novel Writing Month: NaNoWriMo Follow Up Statistics I received my winner’s t-shirt in the mail (I bought it..the … Continue reading →

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The Rider Chronicles 13 – Grandma, Grandpa, and the Little Pink Frog

Posted on December 7, 2011 by literarylee

For whatever reason, perhaps because plenty of willing hands are always available to perform the office, or because the hands typing these words have had their fill of it, helping raise three children as they did, I have never really … Continue reading →

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Be St. Nicholas

Posted on December 6, 2011 by literarylee

Today around the world, millions of people are celebrating St. Nicholas Day.  Through the centuries, this figure has acquired many traits and stories and garb and even a new name.  Behind it all stands an actual historical figure, a real … Continue reading →

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Writers In The Mist – Dr. Argyle Schield’s Field Notes, Part 2

Posted on December 5, 2011 by literarylee

Here is the second part of Dr. Schield’s tweeted field notes recording his observations of writer’s in their natural habitat. (Writers In The Mist Introduction) (Writers In The Mist – Field Notes Part 1) WITM: I want to communicate with … Continue reading →

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Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

Posted on December 4, 2011 by literarylee

Anonymous (Early American) The tree of life my soul hath seen Laden with fruit and always green The tree of life my soul hath seen Laden with fruit and always green The trees of nature fruitless be Compared with Christ … Continue reading →

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Writers In The Mist – Dr. Argyle Schield’s Field Notes, Part 1

Posted on December 2, 2011 by literarylee

Throughout the month of November while I was frantically noveling, raking up words by the bushel and bagging them in a thumb drive, I mostly blogged items I had prepared before November began, being too busy with the book to bother with the blog.  Imagine my … Continue reading →

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