Author Archives: laurelrainsnow

About laurelrainsnow

A retired social worker, I have turned to an old love--writing--and now have five novels published and available on Amazon.com. I am luxuriating in the writer's life, but I also enjoy spending time with family--four grown children and seven grandchildren--and traveling, collecting unique objects, and going to the movies.

BOOKING THROUGH THURSDAY: DIY — MAY 31

Posted on May 31, 2012 by laurelrainsnow

Good morning, Bloggers!  Today’s prompt from Booking Through Thursday appeals to our creative sides. Prompt: Cathy De Los Santos asks: If you could write a book, what would it be about, and why? (Though, of course, some of you already HAVE.)   From 2006-2008, I published five novels, all of which dealt in some way [...]

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FANTASIES, SNIPPETS, & DREAMS — MAY 30

Posted on May 30, 2012 by laurelrainsnow

  I have a fantasy sometimes:  a room or rooms completely lined with books, from floor to ceiling.  Like in the photo above. Oh, I do have plenty of books in my home, and there are books in every room, including the bathrooms and the hallway. But wouldn’t it be great to have one all-encompassing [...]

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WHERE DOES CREATIVITY HAPPEN? — A JOURNEY — APRIL 18

Posted on April 18, 2012 by laurelrainsnow

The hub of my creativity is my office…or so I believe.  But when I think about it in depth, I realize that creativity happens everywhere.  Out in the world, where I find myself drawn to certain people who could become the physical characterizations of someone in the novel I’m writing.  Or dialogue I overhear could [...]

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SELF-MOTIVATION: WHAT WORKS FOR YOU? — APRIL 10

Posted on April 10, 2012 by laurelrainsnow

  Sometimes our journey seemingly leads us away from our creative process. That’s how the past few weeks have seemed to me.  But while I haven’t worked on my edits much lately, I’m constantly thinking about the creation and the characters. Maybe that’s how the process works for me these days. Meanwhile, today I did [...]

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A WRITING JOURNEY: WHAT DRIVES US? — MARCH 2

Posted on March 2, 2012 by laurelrainsnow

  It’s been an interesting couple of months into the New Year.  I’ve been working away at my edits; and soon I hope to have finished products. When is something ever finished, though? I don’t think I struggled this much with my first five novels, now available on Amazon.com. Maybe I was naive.  Or perhaps [...]

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CREATING A NEW WEBSITE — A BIG PROJECT — FEB. 8

Posted on February 8, 2012 by laurelrainsnow

  Today I’ve been working really hard to change a lot of links on my various blogs:  redirecting them to my new website that I’ve been working on since Monday. Yes, that’s right.  A totally new site. What brought this on?  Well, my old site was at Microsoft Office Live, and there are big changes [...]

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WHAT’S IN A NAME? — FEB. 1

Posted on February 1, 2012 by laurelrainsnow

I know that changing a blog name can be confusing to readers and followers.  But I realized that the theme of this blog is more than just about the creative moments in our lives; it’s about a journey. It started gradually, and then I began seeing the process differently.  When I changed my tagline here [...]

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SURROUNDED BY COZINESS — JAN. 27

Posted on January 27, 2012 by laurelrainsnow

When I am in my office—my creative hub!—I like to surround myself with favorite vignettes and sentimental objects that spark my creativity. Like this bulletin board above (and in the blog header).  On it are a collection of family photos, business cards, a notice of a gallery opening (for my son’s Ireland photos), and even [...]

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THE CREATIVE JOURNEY — BLOGS, BOOKS, & PHOTOS — JAN. 22

Posted on January 22, 2012 by laurelrainsnow

Do you ever have the kind of day that takes you on a meandering pathway of creativity?  One in which something strikes you as an opportunity, and you take off, just to see where it might lead? Today was a day like that, beginning with an e-mail. A bad news/good news kind of notification.  The [...]

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AN OPPORTUNITY — KINDLE OWNERS — JAN. 16

Posted on January 16, 2012 by laurelrainsnow

Check out my Amazon Kindle page for the opportunity for a free read of Web of Tyranny. The special is for Amazon Prime members. Here’s a blurb: In equal parts funny and serious, Web of Tyranny by Laurel-Rain Snow is a proud, if poignant tale of Margaret Elaine Graham, a woman entangled in the trenches [...]

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