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Yup! I did it! I submitted my first Buzzfeed post and it was really fun! Check it out here and tell me what you think!
Popcorn–It’s What’s for Dinner (or Lunch, or Breakfast)!
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Buzzfeed
Category: Writing
Award-winning author Laurel McHargue writes and publishes in multiple genres and shares tips on writing creatively and publishing.
Sounds like a party, am I right?
Show Notes
- I discuss why I’m clearly not yet a pro at walking, although I’ve been practicing this specific ‘sport’ for 60 years!
- Props and sincere thanks to the entire ER staff at HRRMC! Thank you!
- I talk about Cinco de Mayo parties with hopes that with life in the grip of a global pandemic, people will stop finding things to be offended about.
- More mental heath wellness tips and confession about my own OCD tics.
- Not sure where those Cinco de Mayo photos are…perhaps in the attic of our Leadville house!
If you enjoy my podcast episodes, you might enjoy my books!
- Laurel’s Amazon Author page
- https://leadvillelaurel.com/writing-tips/
- https://www.facebook.com/LeadvilleLaurel/
- https://twitter.com/LeadvilleLaurel
- Intro/outro voice by Nick McHargue,
Podcast music from Jamendo Royalty Free Music
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(with an eye toward the humorous nature of it all!)
Show Notes
- I finally do it. I make the trek to Safeway for the first time since mask-wearing during social distancing became a requirement.
- I do not forget the cheese.
If you enjoy my podcast episodes, you might enjoy my books!
- Laurel’s Amazon Author page
- https://leadvillelaurel.com/writing-tips/
- https://www.facebook.com/LeadvilleLaurel/
- https://twitter.com/LeadvilleLaurel
- Intro/outro voice by Nick McHargue,
Podcast music from Jamendo Royalty Free Music
If you enjoyed this episode and others, please subscribe to Alligator Preserves on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts, and tell your friends about it! I’d love it if you “liked” the episodes you listen to, and I’d love it even more if you’d post a quick comment!
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Q Diaries 33: My New Life
Dumplings and Ducklings
Show Notes
- More mental health wellness tips during quarantine from Dr. Donlon.
- How COVID-19 has changed my perspective on where I live.
- New recipe ideas (pumpkin dumplings) and excitement about becoming a duck wrangler.
- CCWE writing prompt about home and belonging
- DO NOT DRINK, GARGLE WITH, INGEST, or INJECT household cleaning supplies! (still can’t believe the man in charge of the United States–the “person who has a good you-know-what”–thought this might be a good idea to test). (Well, yes, I can).
- Be safe. Be hopeful. Be kind to yourself and to others.
If you enjoy my podcast episodes, you might enjoy my books!
- Laurel’s Amazon Author page
- https://leadvillelaurel.com/writing-tips/
- https://www.facebook.com/LeadvilleLaurel/
- https://twitter.com/LeadvilleLaurel
- Intro/outro voice by Nick McHargue,
Podcast music from Jamendo Royalty Free Music
If you enjoyed this episode and others, please subscribe to Alligator Preserves on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts, and tell your friends about it! I’d love it if you “liked” the episodes you listen to, and I’d love it even more if you’d post a quick comment!
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Q Diaries 32
More Mental Health Tips and Writing Inspiration
Show Notes with Links
- I share a few more of Dr. Donlon’s Mental Health tips for quarantine
- I share my guest blog post about “How Tanked Evolved”
- NYCMidnight.com writing contests
- My latest collection of short stories: Dark Ebb: Grim Tales
- I set my short story in Boston’s New England Aquarium
If you enjoy my podcast episodes, you might enjoy my books!
- Laurel’s Amazon Author page
- https://leadvillelaurel.com/writing-tips/
- https://www.facebook.com/LeadvilleLaurel/
- https://twitter.com/LeadvilleLaurel
- Intro/outro voice by Nick McHargue,
Podcast music from Jamendo Royalty Free Music
If you enjoyed this episode and others, please subscribe to Alligator Preserves on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts, and tell your friends about it! I’d love it if you “liked” the episodes you listen to, and I’d love it even more if you’d post a quick comment!
Show Notes and Links
- A catch-up episode of gardening, duck research, fruit tree research, puzzle progress and pea soup sickness!
- These are Khaki Campbell ducks, and we’re going to have 5 next month!
- More mental health tips from Dr. Donlon, which I needed this week because I’ve been feeling uninspired…
- But I do have some great new ideas for my next book!
- By the way, have you ordered your copy of DARK EBB: GRIM TALES yet?
- I’ll be going back to weekly episodes again. Next one on Monday!
If you enjoy my podcast episodes, you might enjoy my books!
- Laurel’s Amazon Author page
- https://leadvillelaurel.com/writing-tips/
- https://www.facebook.com/LeadvilleLaurel/
- https://twitter.com/LeadvilleLaurel
- Intro/outro voice by Nick McHargue,
Podcast music from Jamendo Royalty Free Music
If you enjoyed this episode and others, please subscribe to Alligator Preserves on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts, and tell your friends about it! I’d love it if you “liked” the episodes you listen to, and I’d love it even more if you’d post a quick comment!
So tired!
Show notes
- Quarantine fatigue and mental health tips
- Planting seeds (14 varieties!)
- Puzzle mania
- Artist Becky Jewell‘s live Instagram episode, creating the graphic novel for “Crow-Magnum”!
- I’ve started my next book!!!
If you enjoy my podcast episodes, you might enjoy my books!
- Laurel’s Amazon Author page
- https://leadvillelaurel.com/writing-tips/
- https://www.facebook.com/LeadvilleLaurel/
- https://twitter.com/LeadvilleLaurel
- Intro/outro voice by Nick McHargue,
Podcast music from Jamendo Royalty Free Music
If you enjoyed this episode and others, please subscribe to Alligator Preserves on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts, and tell your friends about it! I’d love it if you “liked” the episodes you listen to, and I’d love it even more if you’d post a quick comment!
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Q Diaries 25: My 100th Episode!
The day Bernie drops from the presidential race (4/8/2020)
Show Notes
- Hard to believe this is my 100th episode (not including my short story episodes).
- I share a few quarantine mental health tips provided by my Michigan bestie Nadine Collier, who sent a list of 25 from Dr. Donlon.
- Election news…please don’t write in Bernie Sanders…respect his decision to stop his quest for the White House.
- Denver Pop Culture Con 2020 update
- Started my new book!!!
If you enjoy my podcast episodes, you might enjoy my books!
- Laurel’s Amazon Author page
- https://leadvillelaurel.com/writing-tips/
- https://www.facebook.com/LeadvilleLaurel/
- https://twitter.com/LeadvilleLaurel
- Intro/outro voice by Nick McHargue,
Podcast music from Jamendo Royalty Free Music
If you enjoyed this episode and others, please subscribe to Alligator Preserves on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts, and tell your friends about it! I’d love it if you “liked” the episodes you listen to, and I’d love it even more if you’d post a quick comment!
Show Notes:
- I followed my own “Q Tip” and stayed off of my computer all weekend!
- Also, I’m just saying “NO” (thank you) to “chain” requests
- Worked on my puzzle, started book 10 of Bernard Cornwell’s Warrior/Saxon Chronicles, dug in the garden, met Susan’s horse–Louie L’amar, caught up with friends and family
- Found and washed a Worlds Fair 1893 handkerchief
- Uprighted a fallen grave marker cross
- Encouraged Willie to eat weeks in my garden (didn’t take much encouragement!)
- Registered for NYCMidnight microfiction contest
- Transfered DPCC 2020 registration to May 2021
If you enjoy my podcast episodes, you might enjoy my books!
- Laurel’s Amazon Author page
- https://leadvillelaurel.com/writing-tips/
- https://www.facebook.com/LeadvilleLaurel/
- https://twitter.com/LeadvilleLaurel
- Intro/outro voice by Nick McHargue,
Podcast music from Jamendo Royalty Free Music
If you enjoyed this episode and others, please subscribe to Alligator Preserves on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts, and tell your friends about it! I’d love it if you “liked” the episodes you listen to, and I’d love it even more if you’d post a quick comment!
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Q Diaries 15-19 and a Q Tip
Show Notes:
- This is a fivefer (five Q Diary days in one)
- In which I discuss many things, including the launch of my new book: DARK EBB: GRIM TALES, because who doesn’t want to read dark short stories during a global pandemic?
If you enjoy my podcast episodes, you might enjoy my books!
- Laurel’s Amazon Author page
- https://leadvillelaurel.com/writing-tips/
- https://www.facebook.com/LeadvilleLaurel/
- https://twitter.com/LeadvilleLaurel
- Intro/outro voice by Nick McHargue,
Podcast music from Jamendo Royalty Free Music
If you enjoyed this episode and others, please subscribe to Alligator Preserves on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts, and tell your friends about it! I’d love it if you “liked” the episodes you listen to, and I’d love it even more if you’d post a quick comment!