Blue Alchemist
The ocean's vastness and endless horizon pull me in. When I stand on shore and witness the briny blue kiss the sky, it fills me with...
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Musings
Joie Lesin
Sep 139 min read
On Enchanted Forests and Elemental Magic
On Enchanted Forests and Elemental Magic: An Interview with Barbara Robinson, author of A Cure for Spring Fever (The Wild Rose Press).
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Joie Lesin
Jul 52 min read
Skyward
Skyward: Memories of childhood become faded things. Sometimes the details escape us. So, we fill them in with our imagination.
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Joie Lesin
Apr 304 min read
Meet Me in Cana
Cana is a town nestled somewhere in the California wine country. It’s 1945 and to visit there, one must travel winding roads.
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Joie Lesin
Apr 22 min read
Wild Blue Magic
I have a new found love for writing poetry despite adamantly declaring, "I'm not a poet," for years.
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Joie Lesin
Nov 25, 20232 min read
The Morros
I love the ocean. I revel in the sound of the waves sweeping to shore. The sound sometimes loud enough to drown out all others.
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Joie Lesin
Nov 5, 20232 min read
Lonely Barquinho
Lonely Barquinho ~ A story about a lonely little boat.
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Joie Lesin
Sep 24, 20231 min read
Becoming Ghosts
Becoming Ghosts ~ Autumn is Joie Lesin's favorite season. Perhaps there is beauty in decay.
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Joie Lesin
Jun 9, 20232 min read
The Scent of Coffee
The Scent of Coffee. As a writer, I rely on the sense of smell to enrich a scene and help make the storytelling all that much deeper.
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Joie Lesin
May 4, 20232 min read
My Birthday in Outer Space
In July 1977, my brothers treated me to a movie and those events cemented my love for Space Opera.
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Joie Lesin
Apr 14, 20232 min read
The Flower Girl
Music and books go together like two sides of the same coin. I could not have one without the other. Each book I write has a soundtrack.
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Joie Lesin
Mar 22, 20232 min read
(This is Not) a Book Review
This is the story of how my sister handed me a book and I fell in love with a whole genre.
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Joie Lesin
Feb 4, 20232 min read
A Writer's Daydream
One moment I’m eating my late breakfast, the next my mind is envisioning the haunted gravel road that leads up to the Clemente Vineyard.
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Joie Lesin
Jan 5, 20232 min read
COVID, the Thanksgiving that Wasn't and the New Year
The new year means a new beginning. With COVID and the year behind me, it's time to finish that book!
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Joie Lesin
Oct 28, 20222 min read
'Tis the Season for NaNoWriMo
Tis the Season for NaNoWriMo ~ In my house, the holiday season starts with NanoWriMo.
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Joie Lesin
Oct 11, 20223 min read
The Magic in Writing
The Magic in Writing ~ As a writer, there is nothing more magical than when you envision a scene and capture it on paper just as you saw it.
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Joie Lesin
Sep 27, 20221 min read
You are Cordially Invited
Welcome to My Worlds Where mermaids hide in the ocean depths and ghosts communicate with the living... Hello! I'm Joie Lesin. Joie for...
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