Dark Green Archives - LIF STRAND

It’s December 21

By lifstrand | December 21, 2024 - 7:06 pm |December 21, 2024 Art, Dark Green, Photography

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And you know what that means! Days are going to start getting longer and I say HURRAY to that! And even better, the sequel to Dark Green, will be published soon! Big announcement when that happens, for sure! Happy New Year!

What’s up?

By lifstrand | November 4, 2024 - 6:56 pm |November 4, 2024 Art, Dark Green, Education, Fabric art, Photography

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I don’t know about you, but the past months have been stressful. And yet I’m excited in a positive way. What’s up with that? What’s up is my feelings of excitement about things to come, and those feelings are based on things I’ve been doing. Such as: Art: Fabric, paints,… Continue reading →

I thought it was spring

By lifstrand | April 6, 2024 - 7:33 pm |April 6, 2024 Dark Green, Weather

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Because, you know, it’s been almost three weeks since the spring equinox. Sure, the days are getting longer – and yay for that – but the weather? Grrrr! This morning I woke to 3 1/2 ” of snow. Okay, it’s really beautiful, but sometimes a girl needs to wake up… Continue reading →

Progress reports

By lifstrand | March 10, 2024 - 7:39 pm |March 10, 2024 Dark Green, Misc blather

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Spring is almost here, which is not to say that winter is over. But I have news! At least three tulip bulbs survived the winter, so that’s some kind of progress, isn’t it? On the other hand, an unidentified critter has been munching on the tulips and the crocus, so… Continue reading →

DARK GREEN: It’s simple but not easy

By lifstrand | November 8, 2023 - 4:27 am |November 8, 2023 Dark Green, Writing Business

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See that book I’m holding in the photo (don’t look at my hair, please). That’s my novel DARK GREEN, the first in the Mangas County Mysteries series. When I published it last fall I didn’t know it was going to need a subtitle. I mean, I knew that it was… Continue reading →

Raven on the roof

By lifstrand | October 1, 2023 - 5:32 pm |October 1, 2023 Critters, Misc blather

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I’ve got lots of news to report but I’m too busy so here’s a raven photo. I call this bird my barn raven, because she/he/it hangs out with my horses. My raven is usually alone even though there are plenty of other ravens that live in and above my valley…. Continue reading →

Dark Green sequel

By lifstrand | August 15, 2023 - 8:02 pm |August 15, 2023 Dark Green

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Update: I’ll pass 30K words today on my first draft of the sequel to Dark Green. This will be the second book in the Mangas County Mysteries series As I’m writing I’m keeping the need for a catchy title in mind. I’ve come up with what seems to me to… Continue reading →

Nothin’ much, just losin’ my mind

By lifstrand | June 29, 2023 - 1:35 am |June 29, 2023 Writing Business

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It’s the heat. I’m losing my mind. It’s a dry heat, to be sure, but it’s still hot. It’s so hot even the weeds are wilted. It’s too hot to work in my studio. The thought of handling fabric when it’s this damn hot is a non-starter. Plus, in an… Continue reading →

Brag: a five star review of DARK GREEN!

By lifstrand | May 25, 2023 - 1:09 am |May 25, 2023 Writing Business

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First thing this morning I saw the email snippet line of a review of Dark Green: Thank you for giving us the opportunity to review your book. Uh oh. I had a schedule today. If I read the review I might be late. If I read the review I might… Continue reading →

Update – Dark Green promo, website, sequel, and stuff

By lifstrand | May 19, 2023 - 9:45 pm |May 19, 2023 Writing Business

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I have been diligently promoting Dark Green on social media and I’ve paid for Dark Green promo as well, but is it doing any good? Hard to tell. People say they’re buying books but when I check the sales numbers I think what people mean is that they’re planning to… Continue reading →