Φθηνοπωρο
Πού πήγε το καλοκαίρι; Και ο Οκτώβριος έχει σχεδόν τελειώσει. Θυμάμαι τις μέρες που ο χρόνος δεν κυλούσε αρκετά γρήγορα. Τα σχολικά διαλείμματα αργούσαν πολυ να φτάσουν και τελείωναν πολύ γρήγορα. Ναι, είμαι σίγουρη ότι θυμάσαι εκείνη την περίοδο της ζωής σου. Για...
Halloween Beyond Salem MA
Happy Halloween As I drive around, i can't help but notice the Halloween decorations in people's yards. My mind travels back to the years when Trey, my grandson, was younger and dressed up for the occasion. Instead of writing about Halloween I think I will make...
Just Hanging out in Manchester-by-the-Sea
This makes me want to stop and join them for a cup of tea. He he he! I drive by this group of skeletal decorations to and from my home. Don’t ask me why I enjoy looking at a bunch of skeletons, but I do. Luckily the recommended speed is fifteen miles per hour which of...
Fall, North Shore of Boston
Where did the summer go? And October is almost over. I remember the days when time was not moving fast enough. School breaks took forever to arrive and were over way too fast. Yes, I am certain that you recall that period in your life. For me it was decades ago...
Συλλογη πληροφοριων και γραφη
Συλλογή πληροφοριών και γραφή. Μόλις οργάνωσα και εφάρμοσα τα εργαλεία που χρειαζόμουν για να ξεκινήσω, ξεκίνησα έναν γρήγορο δρόμο για το πρόχειρο σχέδιο. Ένα πράγμα που έμαθα σίγουρα και αγκάλιασα ήταν να γράφω μόνο και όχι να επεξεργάζομαι. Γράψτε, χωρίς διόρθωση,...
ΧΕΠΠΗ ΧΑΛΛΟΓΟΥΗΝ
Halloween- Στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες ντύνονται καρναβάλια. Καθώς οδηγώ, βλέπω τριγύρω μου τις αποκριάτικες διακοσμήσεις στις αυλές των σπιτιών. Το μυαλό μου ανατρέχει στα χρονια όπου ο Trey ο εγγονός μου, μικρός τότε, ντυνόταν ανάλογα με την περίσταση. Ελπίζω οι...
The monarch butterfly
The monarch butterfly In the summer of 2022. The monarch butterfly was declared an endangered species. I’m wondering if because of that I appreciated them more this year than in the past. I intentionally lingered when I saw one of these beautiful creatures. I watched...
Fans, Friends, and a Memoir
in June of 2022 Charles and I completed our work on the "rough and messy draft". it was a drum roll moment when I clicked on the "send" button which sent the manuscript for developmental editing. I sent over 100,000 words to Kate my editor. Her first request was to...
Μετα του Hay House Publishing προκληση
Μετά του Hay House Publishing πρόκληση Τι εβδομάδα ήταν. Πληθώρα πληροφοριών και ενθουσιασμού. Δεν μπορούσα να πιστέψω ότι τελικά θα έγραφα το βιβλίο μου - τα απομνημονεύματά μου. Οι παρουσιαστές Reid Tracy και Kelly Notaras, αφιέρωσαν στους συμμετέχοντες, πληθώρα...
Phew! Made it through the messy draft
Whew! I made it through the rough and messy draft. Thanks to Charles I had a revision I could assign to chapters in my Scrivener outline. I used general terms for chapter names. Terms which were indicative of the subject covered in each section. I found this part of...
Gathering information and writing
Once I organized and implemented the tools I needed to begin I embarked on a fast track to the rough draft. One thing I learned for sure and embraced was to just write and not edit. Write, without correcting, without worrying about grammar etc. Using my index...
After The Hay House Publishing Writing Challenge
What a week it was. An abundance of information and excitement. I could not believe I was finally going to write my book-my memoir. The presenters, Reid Tracy and Kelly Notaras, lavished the participants with a plethora of insights, data, sources, and of course...
Highway Signs Northern Greece
Do you often take highway signs for granted? Especially a familiar one you see on the highway? What do highway signs mean? What do you think of when you see a familiar sign on the highway? Whenever my sister and I approach the above sign, in addition to...
Πως ξεκίνησε το βιβλίο
"Πρέπει να γράψεις ένα βιβλίο". είπε η Μάουρα αφού άκουσε τις απαντήσεις μου στις ερωτήσεις της. Ήταν απλές, τυπικές ερωτήσεις που όλοι κάνουμε. «Πόσο χρονών ήσασταν όταν ήρθατε στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες. Μιλουσατε αγγλικά; Γιατί η αδερφή σου είναι στην Ελλάδα;». Είχα...
How it all Began
“You should write a book”. Maura said after hearing my answers to her questions. They were simple, typical questions we all ask. “How old were you when you came to the United States. Did you speak English? How come your sister is in Greece?” I had heard the same...