by Heather Hambel Curley | Jun 27, 2013 | Writing
So last night, instead of doing something constructive, like washing dishes or vacuuming, I was perusing articles on Dear Author. Admittedly, it’s a site I’d never visited before. So. You know, there was the urge to get “caught up.” An...
by Heather Hambel Curley | Jun 24, 2013 | Randomness
It was a busy weekend, kids. The only writing I accomplished this weekend was a single paragraph I wrote while awkwardly waiting for a wedding rehearsal to start. The only reason I ended up writing it was because there was a fifteen foot crucifix in the front of the...
by Heather Hambel Curley | Jun 17, 2013 | Writing
So, yesterday was Father’s Day, which put me in a foul mood because my dad passed away in 2007. Granted, I didn’t get in as foul a mood as I get around Christmas. Yes. I’m The Grinch. Boris Karloff stands outside my house and sings,...
by Heather Hambel Curley | Jun 15, 2013 | Randomness, Writing
I think I made a colossal misstep. So, when we were milling about the gift shop in the Gettysburg Visitor’s Center, I rummaged around the (surprisingly) small historical fiction section. Several books caught my eye, oddly enough one of which was Gone With the...
by Heather Hambel Curley | Jun 12, 2013 | Writing
I’m fairly certain this is the stone representation of my muse, Clio. Clio is the muse of history. And this is Clio on the Soldier’s National Monument in the National Cemetery at Gettysburg. War is telling Clio the history of what happened at Gettysburg...