I am looking for a little advice – But first – a story.
So last weekend an online fiction store was offering 50% discounts on their ebooks.
I have been experimenting with trying some of the less centralized sources for ebooks, and I thought the steep discount would be a good way to try out some stuff that I have no way of evaluating before I purchase. Some of the stories I purchased were “Erotic Lit”. I was reading through one, and by the time I was 18 pages in I was horrified. Not at the writing quality (although I have read fan-fiction written by teenagers that was better written), but at what the main romantic character(s) think and do.
I am going to take the rest of this below a cut, it will be a quick synopsis of the first bit I read, I am putting it below the cut for those of you who want to skip, or those who might find the content triggering (non-consensual sexual content).
Continue reading Con-crit – or giving some needed feedback to someone who might not want to hear it.
Jennifer Armstrong
7:30 PM, Jan 30, 2010
Lake Street Church
If you are unfamiliar with the music of Jennifer Armstrong, we forgive you … even though there can be no excuse. Next time, however, severe penalties will be handed down.
A resident of Maine, Jennifer is a musician, storyteller, and teacher whose dozens of concert and workshop titles have helped spread a love and appreciation of traditional music across all age groups. She relates stories from her Celtic-American heritage and plays the Scottish bagpipe, fiddle, banjo, and guitar.
More than just a performer, Jennifer shares her music with her listeners … a trait handed down to her by loving, musical parents Gerry and George Armstrong, with whom she performed since childhood with sister Rebecca.
Jennifer’s music and the passion with which she performs it are as engaging as a baby’s smile. It turns your head and holds you spellbound. And that is exactly the way you will remember them.
Copied from the Celtic Knot site:
Sunday, January 31th
8 pm, No Cover
Storytelling in the Celtic Knot Snug with JENNIFER ARMSTRONG
Telling traditional and personal stories from her Celtic-American heritage and playing the Scottish bagpipe, fiddle, banjo and guitar.
“A storyteller, singer, poet and instrumentalist, Armstrong’s humor, warmth and grace inspire the artist in everyone.”
StorytellingFoundation.net
There will be NO COVER CHARGE for this wonderful event, but we will “pass the hat” for Jennifer that evening.
**PLEASE NOTE**Seating in the Snug is very limited. Come early to reserve your seats, have a meal in our dining room, and then retire with your drinks to the coziness of the Snug for storytelling!!
Reservations strongly recommended.
For those of you who don’t remember or who weren’t there Jenny was one of my very first house concerts . . . She used to be a local and now this is a rare chance to see her without traveling to the east coast.
