tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67861999278018765572024-02-22T11:17:47.812-08:00June in WriterlandJune Skalisky Gillamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564754133380480329noreply@blogger.comBlogger126125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786199927801876557.post-70685554430460886082014-07-10T08:35:00.001-07:002014-07-10T08:35:42.177-07:00House of Cuts: A novel trailer<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/u5AVU0j3gTo" width="480"></iframe>June Skalisky Gillamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564754133380480329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786199927801876557.post-46724961118747483762014-07-08T12:02:00.001-07:002014-07-08T12:02:39.800-07:00House of Cuts: A novel trailer<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/gB1t8cs7CtU" width="480"></iframe>June Skalisky Gillamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564754133380480329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786199927801876557.post-42877390643658540242013-01-28T07:08:00.000-08:002013-01-28T07:08:52.115-08:002013 Journalism Scholarships<h5 class="uiStreamMessage userContentWrapper" data-ft="{"type":1,"tn":"K"}">
Almost
$35,000 in scholarships for journalism students is being offered this
year from The Sacramento Press Club, including a $4,000 one honoring
Jerry Gillam. The application requirements are listed at <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.sacpressclub.org/application" href="http://www.sacpressclub.org/application" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank"><span>http://www.sacpressclub.org/</span><wbr></wbr>application</a><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"></span></span></h5>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">Included
among those who may apply are students who will be transferring to a
four-year college from a community college. These applicants will need
some kind of proof of acceptance at a four-year school in addition to
the other elements of the application packet, detailed at the above link.</span></span></h5>
June Skalisky Gillamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564754133380480329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786199927801876557.post-76118101414880850852012-02-02T10:58:00.001-08:002012-02-02T10:58:24.886-08:00Journalism Scholarships!<style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Arial; panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-noshow:yes; color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-noshow:yes; color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica">Know someone who wants $$$$ for college? Will this person be a Journalism or related major at a four-year college by fall 2012?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Does he or she have some connection to the Sacramento area?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial">Since 1974, the Sacramento Press Club has offered scholarships to students who are preparing for a journalism career. For 2012, they are offering six scholarships totaling up to <strong><span style="font-family:Arial">$30,000</span></strong>. They continue to be among the largest journalism awards in Northern California.</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica">Interested persons: Apply by March 31, 2012, for one of the Sacramento Press Club’s Scholarships, including the $4,000 Jerry Gillam Scholarship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>To learn more and apply, go to <a href="http://sacpressclub.org/scholarships">http://sacpressclub.org/scholarships</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica">Donations to the Jerry Gillam Scholarship are welcome and tax deductible, too!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica">Checks can be made out to “<b>The Sacramento Press Club” </b>with memo line: <b>for Jerry Gillam Scholarship</b> and </span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">taxpayer ID number: 94-2803395. Checks can be</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"> mailed to</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Kathleen Beasley</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The Write Connection</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">1000 Sagamore Way</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Sacramento, Ca 95822</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color:black">ELIGIBILITY: </span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">1. Applicants must be college students who will be juniors, seniors or graduate students in the 2012/13 academic year. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">2. Applicants must also have a connection to the Sacramento region. There are three ways to meet this criteria. Applicants only need to meet ONE of the following categories in order to qualify: </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">a. Students from the Sacramento region </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">b. Students enrolled in a Sacramento region college or university</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">c. Students who can show a demonstrated interest in covering news of the Sacramento region. This can include clips of state political coverage, or any issue that you believe ties into the region. Please explain in your cover letter.</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>June Skalisky Gillamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564754133380480329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786199927801876557.post-42019909265008396492011-12-16T08:25:00.001-08:002011-12-16T08:25:34.929-08:00pitch<style>@font-face { font-family: "Century Gothic"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 8pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }h2 { margin: 10pt 0in 0.0001pt; page-break-after: avoid; font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); }h3 { margin: 10pt 0in 0.0001pt; page-break-after: avoid; font-size: 8pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); }a:link, span.MsoHyperlink { color: blue; text-decoration: underline; }a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { color: purple; text-decoration: underline; }span.Heading2Char { color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; }span.Heading3Char { color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style> <h2 style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;">House of Cuts</h2> <h3 style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><a href="http://rmarcejaeger.com/">By June Gillam</a></h3> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Century Gothic";">When dismembered managers begin turning up inside a small town’s only superstore, reporter Hillary Broome finally has something interesting to write about. Her articles on the grisly murders catapult her into the national limelight, threatening to expose the shameful secret that could ruin her career…as well as bringing her to the murderer’s attention. Now Hillary must work with detective Ed Kiffin to solve</span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: "Century Gothic";"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Century Gothic";">the case before she becomes the next victim.</span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: "Century Gothic";"><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span></span>June Skalisky Gillamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564754133380480329noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786199927801876557.post-51878111322499936272011-11-26T10:03:00.001-08:002011-11-26T10:04:57.878-08:00nanowrimo one nearly done!Just 5,000 words short of the magic number 50,000 for my first nanowrimo! National Novel Writing Month! An ultra rough draft of the second in the Hillary Broome novels series, titled House of Dads. <br /><br />Yipee!June Skalisky Gillamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564754133380480329noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786199927801876557.post-55548495799724575592011-10-29T08:02:00.000-07:002011-10-29T08:05:53.969-07:00now to become a publisher...Well, sad to say, the publisher I hoped would bring out House of Cuts thinks it still needs more "tightening" so I am going to follow the footsteps of the Little Red Hen and become a publisher myself. Would likely not do this if I were say 20 or 30 years younger, but I don't have time to send out to agents/publishers and wait for the 100 to 400+ rejections folks say they get before being accepted and published.<br /><br />So, onward! Not sure yet what to call my publishing business. Some ideas are<br />Kovar Press<br />Gold Dust Press<br />Auburn Press<br /><br />........June Skalisky Gillamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564754133380480329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786199927801876557.post-6864202442647356232011-10-01T08:51:00.000-07:002011-10-01T08:53:15.427-07:00pushing on...Going to print out 60,000 plus words latest revision of House of Cuts to read through this weekend, mark up and change and be done with it!!!!!! I hope and pray! Then will start book two of the Hillary Broome series *:)June Skalisky Gillamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564754133380480329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786199927801876557.post-82810474546566229072011-09-21T12:02:00.001-07:002011-09-21T12:04:05.718-07:00Good things take time and more time!Publisher had things she wanted me to change--working it through again... 68 pages left for this go round then maybe one more pass and truly ready for publication... Thank God I love this process--it's kind of like being in an altered state of consciousness, a sort of land I like as well as my "real" life--very weird.June Skalisky Gillamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564754133380480329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786199927801876557.post-25601454411415620512011-07-08T12:08:00.000-07:002011-07-08T12:09:03.584-07:00It's done!!!!!Just sent off the 248 page, 57,000 word, manuscript of House of Cuts to my publisher!!!!!! Now on to all that other stuff like creating my website, listing keywords, etc. Wow, wahoo, whoopee, why not, and whew! (as Tom Robbins writes in Even Cowgirls...)June Skalisky Gillamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564754133380480329noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786199927801876557.post-81761663416551323292011-06-18T06:35:00.000-07:002011-06-18T06:37:14.650-07:00almost ready to publishHouse of Cuts is out to editors now. I am hoping to publish HoC as an eBook before July 15 and get the series rolling with the next one: House of Dads.June Skalisky Gillamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564754133380480329noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786199927801876557.post-54552342392751841092011-05-28T13:48:00.000-07:002011-05-28T13:50:01.842-07:00Once More With FeelingBack at the polishing, halfway through chapter five. Saturday, May 28, 1:45 p.m. Onward...June Skalisky Gillamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564754133380480329noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786199927801876557.post-88476602967647235632011-05-09T09:07:00.000-07:002011-05-09T09:08:56.853-07:00back at itReaching back into the revise/polish basket, trying to iron out all the wrinkes in this stubborn fabric!June Skalisky Gillamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564754133380480329noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786199927801876557.post-52155945434899475612011-04-27T06:21:00.000-07:002011-04-27T06:26:13.575-07:00April nearly gone...Jeez! April is nearly gone and the book is not much further along--this teaching while trying to write is so frustrating. Got to develop (re-develop) a WRITING FIRST rhythm!!!!<br /><br />Latest pitch for House of Cuts to take to Gold Rush Conference this weekend:<br /><br />A flaming red-headed reporter writes stories about grisly dismemberments at a superstore in California’s Central Valley while racing the investigation team--headed up by a detective who's fallen for her--to find the killer and to keep secret her own "crime," then becomes forced to witness another murder in progress, which may lead to her own demise.<br /><br />Latest first 300 words to take to conf:<br /><br /> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Times"; }@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }h1 { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 24pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }span.Heading1Char { font-family: Times; font-weight: bold; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style> <h1 style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></h1> <h1 style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: "Times New Roman";">October dusk streamed through the high windows and spotlighted the terrific pattern.<span style=""> </span>When I laid out the pieces of Brookfield’s arms, they would form the I Ching </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">K'un Trigram,</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> the season of late summer/early autumn.<span style=""> </span>My message would be clear even to the sheep.<span style=""> </span>And for those who had studied wisdom traditions, the design would pay homage to Mother, as well.<span style=""> </span>I rubbed my hands over the penciled drawing in a sort of blessing, scraped my stool away from the workbench, and skipped to the bulletin board.<span style=""> </span>Humming Rub-a-dub-dub, I thumbtacked the drawing onto the crumbly cork, stained over the years but bearing so much I loved.<span style=""> </span>Keeping my gaze on the pattern, I toe-heeled <span style=""> </span>back to the middle of the room, turned and stretched up to snap on the light bulb.<span style=""> </span>Leaning against the load-bearing post in the center, the length of my body relaxed, and I grinned.<span style=""> </span>Let the lesson begin.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></h1> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I shut my eyes and summoned her voice again.<span style=""> </span><i style="">Thou shalt not kill.</i><span style=""> </span>It was always the wrong message.<span style=""> </span>I scanned the dim space, listening. <span style=""> </span>Nothing.<span style=""> </span>She of all people should see the difference.<span style=""> </span>Other kills are evil, yes, dripping with blood and gore.<span style=""> </span>But this, it was sacred.<span style=""> </span>Sacred and clean.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Swiveling around, I gazed at the home-canned goods lining the wall, glass quarts glistening, packed with peaches and cherries.<span style=""> </span>The gallon-sized jars of pickles will come in handy but even better are the bungee cords stretched across the front of the shelves, keeping the jars from falling onto the concrete floor.<span style=""> </span>With bungees, there are no knots to untie.<span style=""> </span>I was satisfied with the extra bungees, their thicknesses, color-coded and coiled up neatly on the bottom shelf. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">My thumbnail hurt from practicing ripping off duct tape.<span style=""> </span>I brushed my fingers across the bristles of my close-cropped hair, then finger-massaged the scalp, counting out twenty-five strokes.</span></p>June Skalisky Gillamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564754133380480329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786199927801876557.post-19996862697255343392011-04-02T08:28:00.000-07:002011-04-02T08:39:21.963-07:00finish line<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9zMpBu9Ytfmagrz1dnWEjRSjukYHBN9lrR8MKAWbRDSThwztvWuxy127aHfz8TidEf0aWFPtjVJqaKQpH_sOFOUuChsIkqZpTyPbO2hYmVKBZV9jCfKUS4Y0AwSkON6IRKoSKtoVZz8M/s1600/mum1.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 171px; height: 200px;" 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then backatit! back at it, lol.June Skalisky Gillamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564754133380480329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786199927801876557.post-7217684855078927442011-03-25T13:41:00.000-07:002011-03-25T13:42:37.862-07:00pitchMy latest sales pitch for House of Cuts: PITCH:<br /><br />Trying to keep secret her own misdeed, a flaming red-headed reporter writes stories about grisly dismemberments at a superstore in California’s Central Valley while racing the investigation team--headed up by a detective who's fallen for her--to find the killer then becomes forced to witness another murder in progress, which may lead to her own demise.<br /><br />Would you buy this book?June Skalisky Gillamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564754133380480329noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786199927801876557.post-43702487861839499382011-03-23T10:46:00.000-07:002011-03-23T10:48:29.816-07:00Power to the powerpoint!<div class="uiTypeahead composerTypeahead 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class="uiUfiComments uiListItem uiListVerticalItemBorder "><ul class="commentList"><li class="uiUfiComment comment_1024904 ufiItem ufiItem uiUfiUnseenItem"><div class="UIImageBlock clearfix uiUfiActorBlock"><a class="actorPic UIImageBlock_Image UIImageBlock_SMALL_Image" href="http://www.facebook.com/jgillam2" tabindex="-1"></a><div class="commentContent UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content"><a class="actorName" href="http://www.facebook.com/jgillam2" hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1293825006">June Augusta Gillam</a> <span jsid="text">set my laptop next to my desktop, made 55 copies of boilerplate scene essentials (POV, time, place, action, reaction) on Powerpoint slides and now will fill in each slide with essentials and can move the slides around if needed. Hope this works!</span></div></div></li></ul></li></ul>June Skalisky Gillamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564754133380480329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786199927801876557.post-85164046903933141272011-03-14T05:51:00.000-07:002011-03-14T05:53:49.313-07:00early at itUp at 5:00 daylight savings time, eek, really 4:00. Now 5:52 and starting to work on House of Cuts, plan for a long day, broken up with a couple one-mile walks if the rain stays light. Onward!June Skalisky Gillamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564754133380480329noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786199927801876557.post-87103655710838539782011-03-13T13:10:00.000-07:002011-03-13T13:11:56.943-07:00tryingWhew! It's one o'clock (new daylight savings robs me of a precious hour) and I'm just done with my online teaching writing and lit work. <br /><br />Will move to HoC asap...June Skalisky Gillamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564754133380480329noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786199927801876557.post-21067183207243578452011-03-12T13:58:00.000-08:002011-03-12T14:02:05.122-08:00breaktime<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6FnUGoPxKwAuL9eoaUVC4xp9LXGefB1dnqVvF0H0fx6_VD5PQsPAzYQNUF1Mtkfzu1IS5Xw-phXFrUFVV7gYnvWSRV9i0I2gu2kCjaXfXbAXATKFruiDAt5t4_gHUYDaVEVdsXOFv420/s1600/cz1gygim.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 64px; height: 64px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6FnUGoPxKwAuL9eoaUVC4xp9LXGefB1dnqVvF0H0fx6_VD5PQsPAzYQNUF1Mtkfzu1IS5Xw-phXFrUFVV7gYnvWSRV9i0I2gu2kCjaXfXbAXATKFruiDAt5t4_gHUYDaVEVdsXOFv420/s200/cz1gygim.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583317110067183618" border="0" /></a><br />After working for three hours on HoC, going for a one mile fastwalk to clear my brain--getting the overall synopsis/chapter outline aligned up now with the actual story. Amazing how many ziggidy zags can creep in!!!!June Skalisky Gillamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564754133380480329noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786199927801876557.post-90846178207694952812011-03-12T10:59:00.000-08:002011-03-12T11:00:54.591-08:00finish lineOne month to go now. March 12 through April 11. Time to knuckle down and finish House of Cuts, for real.June Skalisky Gillamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564754133380480329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786199927801876557.post-8347469825775973682011-03-04T09:02:00.000-08:002011-03-04T09:28:32.307-08:00go slow to go fast?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://coloringpages.nick-magic.com/turtles/003.gif"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 480px;" src="http://coloringpages.nick-magic.com/turtles/003.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>Already March 4! <br /><br />Working on HoCuts, still aiming for that April 11 done date! <br /><br />Feeling winded and smiling, trying to sprint along the word path in front of me...<br /><br />at my pace...June Skalisky Gillamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564754133380480329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786199927801876557.post-41996441907946859352011-02-13T10:09:00.000-08:002011-02-13T10:10:28.705-08:00writing all day...Plan is to write all day today on finishing H of Cuts...June Skalisky Gillamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564754133380480329noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786199927801876557.post-3908471653470067812011-01-19T08:36:00.000-08:002011-01-19T08:37:08.002-08:00Meeting HilaryOkay, here's how Hilary shows up--comments welcome:<br /><br /> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;" align="center"><span style="color: black;">Chapter Two</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.5in; line-height: 200%;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;"><span style="color: black;">I left the dark groves of Morada and drove out through the cool October morning, radio blasting.<span style=""> </span>“Oh Lord, stuck in Lodi again,” wailed the swamp rock singers. This chance to cover introduction of a new home furnishing line by celebrity designer Jacki Jones after she got out of prison was exciting, but I hoped it wouldn’t be a really huge story, nothing to cause anyone to look under the rocks I’d put over my own shame.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;"><span style="color: black;">Scraping my teeth across the chocolate coating of a biscotti, I hummed along with Credence Clearwater’s Revival.<span style=""> </span>The twangy music was comforting—here I was safe, hiding out in the flat Central Valley, sprawled out like a dusty pancake, where no one really wanted to live.<span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;"><span style="color: black;">For now, I was glad to be stuck in flatland Lodi, writing for the small town <u>Express</u> and teaching part-time as faculty advisor for the Lodi college student newspaper.<span style=""> </span>Swigging at my French Roast coffee, I crunched up the last of the biscotti as I drove toward the megastore, located just behind the college out in the boonies of the boonies.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;"><span style="color: black;">PriceCuts’ boxy shape loomed up off the dusty horizon. <span style=""> </span>The exterior of the immense building was divided into sections every thirty or forty feet by paint in contrasting hues to create the look of a long row of separate small shops.<span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;"><span style="color: black;">I parked in the back of the gigantic lot, edged by vineyards and cornfields faded to wrinkled shades of brown this mid-October morning.<span style=""> </span>Ten minutes early for the eight o'clock interview with Steven Brookfield about the plans for Jacki Jones coming to town, I felt flutters in the belly.<span style=""> </span></span></p>June Skalisky Gillamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564754133380480329noreply@blogger.com0