by Linda Mackillop | May 31, 2023 | Blogging
The first question folks often ask a novelist is about their book’s inspirations. How did you come up with the idea? Is this a true story about you? What inspired the book? Often I tell people a fictional story is a compilation of truth and made up...
by Linda Mackillop | Apr 24, 2023 | Business
I learned something new yesterday. I’ve never heard about Reaction videos on YouTube before. (Thanks, Joel!) My first reaction was to be dumbfounded people spend time watching how others react to their favorite movies or songs. Don’t they just want to...
by Linda Mackillop | Jul 18, 2022 | Blogging
Photo by Jake Thacker on Unsplash My name is Eva Gordon, and I may have memory loss, but I can still read. And I’ve read all those harsh words people have used to describe me in that book: cantankerous, hard-edged, stubborn, irascible, unpleasant. At least one...
by Linda Mackillop | Jul 1, 2022 | Business
Photo by Matheus Ferrero on Unsplash An excerpt from my article on friendship in The Redbud Post. We were in a heavy conversation about career frustrations and disappointment and the way life’s planned path sometimes jumps the rails. My son was expressing pent...
by Linda Mackillop | May 9, 2022 | Blogging
I still own the same sewing machine that once belonged to my grandmother and great grandmother. The small black Singer machine assisted me with making childhood clothes, my wedding dress, and curtains hanging today in one of our rooms. In the past, when people saw my...
