Category: Writing

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!!!

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• https://leadvillelaurel.com/writing-tips/
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• https://twitter.com/LeadvilleLaurel
• Intro/outro voice by Nick McHargue,
  Podcast music from Jamendo Royalty Free Music

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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

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• 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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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?

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• 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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a very short, no politics episode!

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• Intro/outro voice by Nick McHargue,
  Podcast music from Jamendo Royalty Free Music

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…acclaimed Brooklyn-based jewelry designer and granddaughter of Holocaust survivors

Show Notes with Links

• Freida Rothman is an acclaimed Brooklyn-based jewelry designer.
• We discuss life under COVID-19 quarantine restrictions
• Freida delivers meals to Holocaust survivors in Brooklyn and we discuss what they fear. Read the article here: Vital Meals Help Holocaust Survivors Amid Coronavirus Crisis
• “Surround yourself with the dreamers and the doers, the belieers and thinker, but most of all, surround yourself with those who see the greatness within you.” Freida’s grandparent instilled in her a belief in herself.

• As a second-generation jeweler, she doubted herself until Nordstrom enthusiastically carried her line!
• Fond and poignant memories of her grandmothers.
• Inspired by Brooklyn “grit”
• Freida is a mentor on the Accessories Innovation Committee and a member of the Female Founder Collective.
• Freida’s goal: To “empower every woman to channel the strength, grit, and beauty in the world around us to stay strong in the face of life’s many challenges.”
• Freida gives back to her community, including to Nachas Health and Family Network.
• Sara Potecha, author of West Point Woman (and my West Point classmate) introduced me to Freida after meeting her at an event at Davis Jewelers.
• Freida discusses the power women have over their environment and their homes.

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• 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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in which I talk about spiky fences!

Show Notes

• So, so tired today
• Number! So many numbers!
• Shooting star!
• Johnsonville brats have MSG (UGH!)
• Come back tomorrow when I’ll be less rambling!

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• https://twitter.com/LeadvilleLaurel
• Intro/outro voice by Nick McHargue,
  Podcast music from Jamendo Royalty Free Music

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My first prepper video! OvaEasy Eggs!

Show Notes with Links

• Another day, another day in quarantine during “Extreme Social Distancing”
• Another clever toilet paper alternative suggestion
• Article about long-term isolation from a retired astronaut Scott Kelly. His advice: On Isolation
• My Heirloom seeds arrived!
• Link to my prepper video: Product Review of OvaEasy

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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Get out of those pajamas!

Show Notes with Links

• “I wonder if this is not actually happening,” someone posted about the COVID-19 Coronavirus.
• Yes, it IS happening, and we’ve been to the moon, and the earth is not FLAT!!!!!
• I talk about why you should get out of your pajamas every day during this Coronavirus pandemic…and other things.
• Please follow social distancing directives!
• And check out my narrated episodes of Waterwight!

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!