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Diane L. Major: EXCERPT: Author's Note
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Diane L. Major. Hope is what ambition is made of. 8224; Author’s Note. So why write Clovis in the first-person . It wasn’t a choice. It was born of a first sentence which was not, in the end, destined to remain. It’s the ultimate expression that this is a work of historical fiction. Here we have … the founder and first king of France. This text is followed in the MS by a glossary of entries for characters, terms, locations, etc. See Author's Notes entries in the "excerpts" tag. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Diane L. Major: Collection
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Diane L. Major. Hope is what ambition is made of. Monday, August 3, 2015. On "performing" the seven deadly sins. One should be "sharp when expounding, stern when correcting and kindly when exhorting." (For those who are uber-nerdy on this subject, the full paper is here. An interesting essay contest - in which a farm is the prize. Cue Mission Impossible theme music: the intel in monkey feces - or "Why Primatologists Love to Collect Poo". Best headline I've seen today. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Diane L. Major: SYNOPSIS: "The Ax and the Vase"
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Diane L. Major. Hope is what ambition is made of. SYNOPSIS: "The Ax and the Vase". The Ax and the Vase. King through noble birth . commander through right of virtue. Liber Historiae Francorum, author(s) unknown. The Ax and the Vase. Tells the story of Clovis I, the first Catholic king in Europe,. Founder of the the Merovingian Dynasty, the king who gave birth to the nation of France. At fifteen , Clovis begins his reign with ambition not shared by the seasoned men of his father’s stockade. Ragnachar beco...
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Diane L. Major: Collection
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Diane L. Major. Hope is what ambition is made of. Thursday, July 23, 2015. It is rare, if not unprecedented, for me to contemplate the phrase "everybody's talking about it! Without scoffing, pinching salt, or otherwise having no patience with the entire concept. But Harper Lee has brought us as close as I've ever seen, with the Go Set a Watchman. A linguistic/historical/cultural must-read, because it's incisive and important on multiple levels. It's good storytelling, it's good teaching, it touches o...
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Diane L. Major: Retouched
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Diane L. Major. Hope is what ambition is made of. Tuesday, July 21, 2015. I've spent a lot of years losing touch with a lot of people, and the internet makes it possible to erase barriers with the click of an anonymous button. I've been fortunate, in that those I need not be in touch with have not seemed to need to be in touch with me either. Ahh, but. "But" - the stuff of which blog posts are made. Expectations, back then, were nascent things; but First was the first relationship I ever had that HAD the...
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Diane L. Major: Collection
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Diane L. Major. Hope is what ambition is made of. Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Nothing says summer snacking like a nice, light tongue. Of course, at your finer establishments, you might ask for a refreshing cockscomb. Courtesy of Two Nerdy History Girls. On detail images from paintings, and what we can learn: costume nerding - is it a boy? Again at TNHG.). The History Blog is hanging out in my 'hood - their take on Childeric's bees (and more). This is your brain . This is your brain on books. Sermon for Sunda...
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Diane L. Major: May 2015
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Diane L. Major. Hope is what ambition is made of. Wednesday, May 27, 2015. Today was a good day. In addition to buying a couple rugs for the house on an outing with my mon on Saturday, and some much needed sneakers and other shoes on an outing with Cute Shoes (of course! So last night, I dug up the appropriate paperwork to show I traded The Godforsaken Car in just a bit over one year ago now, and today I scanned the pages at work and emailed them to myself at home. The DMV website was so easy to use, I w...
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Diane L. Major: Childeric's Bees
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Diane L. Major. Hope is what ambition is made of. Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Doing a quick self-referential link search for the last post. I am floored to see there isn't a single post in this blog about Childeric's bees. Drawings of the original, widely flared-winged bees. Childeric's grave goods are described in detail, including a prodigious series of funereal sacrifices.). It is also said that the bees were in fact the inspiration for the fleur. Her eyes, grey as his had been, were dry and steady, but s...
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Diane L. Major: Author Bio
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Diane L. Major. Hope is what ambition is made of. The child of a physics professor and a genuine steel magnolia, Diane makes her living as an executive level administrative professional. This helps to pay for novel-writing time, and keeps the best pets in the world in kibble and comfort. Diane believes in the Oxford comma, and is an unrepentant nerd for Star Trek, superhero movies, and medieval history. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. SYNOPSIS: "The Ax and the Vase". Not Even a Year.
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Diane L. Major: Vintage Theory
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Diane L. Major. Hope is what ambition is made of. Wednesday, August 5, 2015. I have a theory and it is mine, but you can have it - indeed, you can comment on it and all those lovely things we can do in blog-land. So go to it! But it is several years old. And it is made of a very light, delicate jersey knit. This got me thinking. Here is the thing I realized:. When the first whiffs of 80s retro came along, I waited for the vintage to come out. And it never did. We have pieces of these original decades....
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