by ttripp | Sep 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
While participating in the Jax Book Festival, enjoying the coolness of the Jacksonville Public Library, I could not help but notice the number of homeless people coming in off the street to carouse through the aisles, strike up conversations with the authors, or...
by ttripp | Aug 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
Have You Ever Wondered? Have you ever wondered about the forks in your road? What would have happened if you decided one road versus another? Been born to this family or that one? Chose this friend over another? Who would you be today? Would you be a better version of...
by ttripp | Feb 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
I hope that you have enjoyed reading the first chapters of Still Life and have checked it out on Amazon or Barnes and Noble. If you missed them, they are posted in my blog section. These are some book club questions I have used at book clubs. They are very telling, so...
by ttripp | Feb 13, 2019 | Author, book clubs, fiction, read for fun, writing community
I had the honor of being the guest author at a friend’s book club last night. I must say, that I am also a new member of the group since they invited me in after reading Parting Gifts awhile back. They selected Still Life for the most recent discussion. As an...
by ttripp | Feb 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
Chapter 3-Samantha Samantha raced to the hospital and through the parking lot. Her hands were shaking; her thoughts were spiraling. She needed to calm herself. She needed a minute to stop hearing the officer’s voice in her mind uttering the ugly truth. “There are...
by ttripp | Feb 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
CHAPTER 2-SAMANTHA Samantha tried to maneuver through the morning drop-off line. On sunny days, Samantha walked her children, Sydney and Ryan, to the crossing guard and let them walk the rest of the way on their own. When the weather involved any unpleasantness-too...
by ttripp | Jan 24, 2019 | Books, Uncategorized
CHAPTER 1-JACOB There are moments in one’s life that change everything, that knock a person off a path like a giant meteor colliding with a planet. Maybe if the victim had known it was coming he could have done something to stop it, but then again, who can really stop...
by ttripp | Dec 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
Stacey Horan is an author of young adult fiction from Jacksonville, FL. Click on the link to visit her site, see her books, and hear her podcasts with other authors. Thank you, Stacey, for allowing me to be your first guest....
by ttripp | Nov 29, 2018 | Good to know
Don’t tell people you aren’t any good. They’ll believe you. Don’t act better than everyone else. They will become determined to find your faults. If the people around you are down, tired or frustrated, try to raise them up. If you are down, tired, or frustrated...
by ttripp | Nov 7, 2018 | Author
Laughing is a very funny thing. Truly, it’s a mystery in some ways, how words or an image enter into your brain, and then create this strange urge to open your mouth and let out a distinctive sound known only as a laugh, or for some unique laughers, can imitate a cry....
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