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NEW BRUNSWICK — Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan said his office is investigating the fatal shooting of Barry E. Deloatch, 47, of New Brunswick during an "incident" this morning with city police.
Kaplan said two New Brunswick police officers, who were not identified, encountered Deloatch at 12:12 a.m.
"That meeting resulted in a foot pursuit that ended in an alley where the shooting occurred," the prosecutor's statement said.
Deloatch was pronounced dead at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick at 12:37 a.m.
Kaplan said an autopsy was underway by the county medical examiner's office but results were not yet known.
He said additional information will be released as it becomes available.
Kaplan said New Brunswick police immediately notified his office of the shooting and his office notified the Attorney General's Office in accordance with the use-of-force guidelines established by that office.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call county Investigator Jeffrey Temple at (732) 745-3373.
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Christine Margaret Wood is charged with attempted murder, offering an indignity to human remains and concealing the body of a child.
The 30-year-old Riverview woman was not in Moncton provincial court Tuesday when the matter arose, but defence lawyer Scott Fowler said after the proceeding that he elected the trial mode on his client's behalf.
The boy's remains were found on a remote logging road near Monteagle, N.B., in April 2009.
The child became known as Baby Taylor in the weeks after his body was discovered based on the name of the road where he was found.
Wood was charged last May and released on conditions.
The case was set over to Feb. 25 to set a date for a preliminary hearing.

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Friday, January 24, 2014
How Writing Blind Improved My Descriptions
In the small town of Dry Gulch, Texas, a good-hearted busybody just can't keep herself from surreptitiously trying to match up women in dire straits with men of good character she hopes can help them. How is she to know she's also giving each couple a little nudge toward love?
73 comments:
- Tina Radcliffe said...
OKLAHOMA!!!! Home of my heart for 17 years! T-town!
This is a wonderful post. I love the noisy verbs. Thank you.
Will come back with an example in the am.
Just wanted to say hi and bring in a couple of Okie treats. Banana bread with pecans and chunky oatmeal cookies with pecans.
- January 24, 2014 at 12:13 AM
- Marianne Barkman said...
Regina...which of Grace's other senses are sharpened by the loss of her sight? I just finished reading Kim Vogel Sawyers WHAT ONCE WAS LOST and found it amazing how much Tommy could tell by smell. I am itching to read this novel. Thanks for gracing Seekerville with your post today.
- January 24, 2014 at 12:14 AM
- Terri said...
Regina, I just finished reading An Unforeseen Match and loved it! You did an amazing job showing the trials a blind woman would face in 1893. Thanks for sharing the great list of noisy verbs. I know they will be a big help in my writing.
- January 24, 2014 at 12:29 AM
- Piper Huguley said...
Noisy verbs talk to us.
What a wonderful way of discussing "show don't tell." I think I just had a breakthrough! Thank you for including your chart. I would love to be in the drawing, but if I don't win, I will go to Amazon myself.
I love that you made this exploration of a blind woman at this time. Was it your way of giving Mary Ingalls an HEA? I always wondered about that. Have a great day Regina and thanks for visiting Seekerville!
- January 24, 2014 at 4:31 AM
- Cindy W. said...
Loved the post this morning Regina. I love it when authors share their expertise to others so that we can grow from what their know.
I'll have to come back later today with examples. It's off to work I go!
I have been pining for a copy of A Match Made in Texas for weeks now. I would love to win a copy.
Smiles & Blessings,
Cindy W.
countrybear52 AT yahoo DOT com
- January 24, 2014 at 5:03 AM
- Sally Shupe said...
Love that list of noisy verbs! Thanks for the great post today. Would love to win A Match in Texas. Have heard wonderful things about the book, but haven't gotten to read it yet!
tscmshupe [at] pemtel [dot] net
- January 24, 2014 at 6:18 AM
- Regina Jennings said...
Wow! Y'all are up early...or maybe stayed up late. :)
Tina - Thanks for breakfast! Cookies and banana bread hit the spot.
Marianne - You are right, eventually she would learn to rely on her other senses, but in this story Grace's blindness has come on recently. In fact, part of her arc is learning to rely on her other senses, like touch, which is a fun sense to have with Clayton around. ;)
Terri - Thanks so much for the endorsement! Maybe I'm just a noisy person?
Piper - Mary Ingalls never did marry but lived with her parents and then her younger sisters after Ma and Pa died. I'm sure she was a huge help to them, but I wish she would've met someone, too. Great thought about giving her a HEA, though. She definitely deserved one.
Cindy & Sally - Good luck in the drawing and have a good Friday.
- January 24, 2014 at 6:39 AM
- Glynna Kaye said...
Welcome to Seekerville, REGINA! WOW, what a challenging book to write, but sounds as if you did extensive homework and found a way to bring the story alive by putting the reader in your heroine's shoes, letting them experience the world as she "sees" it through her hearing.
- January 24, 2014 at 6:41 AM
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- January 24, 2014 at 6:42 AM
- Regina Jennings said...
Glynna Kaye - I'd always wanted to try a blind heroine and I felt better about the challenge doing a novella-length instead of full-length, but it wasn't as hard as I'd feared.
- January 24, 2014 at 6:47 AM
- Naomi Rawlings said...
I LOVE it! I'm totally stealing that list of noisy verbs, and now I totally want to read the novella as well. Thanks for the suggestions about improving our descriptions. I'm off to add a "thwack" or two to my novel. :-)
- January 24, 2014 at 7:38 AM
- DebH said...
unless you have unusually stealthy children—in which case you might want to go check on them.
LOL. that line worth the price of admission here alone. i love this post. i also happen to be a big fan of the Ingalls - had the complete set of books in my childhood and read through it at least three times. i also have wondered about writing from a blind person view point, so this post is awesome!!!!
i will go look at some of my work and return later with a noisy verb sentence change - but i just wanted to write something now. this is so cool!!!!!
oh, and i so want to win a copy of the book - so throw my name in please.
- January 24, 2014 at 8:01 AM
- Ruth Logan Herne said...
Noisy verb list is a stroke of genius, Regina!!!!
Oh my stars, this could be useful when using older characters... suspense novels.... mystery....
What a wonderful asset this is and I'd never thought of it!
Regina, thank you and goodest of mornings! So nice to have you here. I read Match Made in Texas on my ten-hour trip home from North Carolina, and LOVED IT!!!!!
So nice to have you girls with us to chat about it these past couple of weeks.
What a beautiful job you did of engaging the reader through the "eyes" and ears of a sight-challenged heroine. Kudos!
- January 24, 2014 at 8:13 AM
- Ruth Logan Herne said...
Coffee is here!!!! And a new little machine friend has joined Ruthy's kitchen (and Mary Virginia Munoz has the VERY SAME MACHINE, WE ARE CLEARLY MOTHER AND DAUGHTER!!!!)
Mr. Coffee Latte Maker is now living on my counter!!!!!
Psyched! Who wants a latte????
- January 24, 2014 at 8:15 AM
- Audra Harders said...
Regina, what a challenge to write a blind heroine. I loved your examples of sights vs blind writing. Very descriptive to the point where I thought I smelled ham sizzling in MY kitchen, LOL!
Marianne raised a great questions about the other senses intensifing. It must have been an interesting adventure relying on the other senses to get your character's point across.
Thanks for sharing!
Oh and since it's Friday, I brought some breakfast burritos to share. Dig in while they're hot!
- January 24, 2014 at 8:20 AM
- Audra Harders said...
BTW, I loved your noisy verbs. LOL! Thanks for compiling the list and sharing with us.
- January 24, 2014 at 8:21 AM
- Regina Jennings said...
Naomi - Steal with a clean conscience! I also pinned the list on Pinterest if you'd like to have it there. Glad to be of some help.
Deb - My dad is from Mansfield, MO, and my great-grandpa was Laura and Almanzo's neighbor there, so I enjoyed an Ingalls-enriched childhood as well. Makes me wonder how much of that influenced me to write in that time period. :)
Ruth - Thanks for reading our collection! My sister read my section aloud coming home from a skiing trip with her family and had to tell me how my nephews were grossed out by the kiss! Hopefully, your car didn't have the same reaction, LOL.
- January 24, 2014 at 8:21 AM
- Mary Hicks said...
Loved the list of noisy verbs and the interesting post! Thank you, Regina!
Would love to have my name in the pot for the drawing! :-)
- January 24, 2014 at 8:50 AM
- Jeanne T said...
Regina, what a great list of noisy verbs! I've made synonym lists for other words I find myself using a lot (like walk), but I haven't done it for something like noisy verbs. LOVE IT!!
I'm thinking on a sentence to contribute a little later on. :)
I'd love to be entered into the drawing!
Oh, and I laughed out loud at the thought of checking stealthy children. With two boys, i always peek in on them when it gets quiet.
- January 24, 2014 at 8:50 AM
- Meghan Carver said...
Love this, Regina! Your example is so telling, and now I'm really looking forward to reading the book. Thanks for sharing your discoveries, and please enter me in the drawing.
- January 24, 2014 at 8:52 AM
- Julie Hilton Steele said...
Love the focus on noise. That is the sense I forget to add the most. The chart is great!
I must confess to having a thing for blind heroes. They are vulnerable. But I also have a thing for Helen Keller. So blind heroines are intriguing to me.
Put me in for the book!
- January 24, 2014 at 9:01 AM
- Courtney Phillips said...
A blind heroine--I've never read anything with a blind heroine, but you've made me want to.
Descriptions are something I really like to write. They seem to test me to see how creative I can be.
That novella has my interest!
- January 24, 2014 at 9:10 AM
- Jackie said...
Hi Regina,
What a fun post. I love those verb. I have issues smelling, lot of allergies and many smells stop me up or give me a headache. Some things I just can't smell. I frequently Google a scent and see how others describe it. So I probably could never write from a blind person's POV.
Thanks for sharing with us today.
- January 24, 2014 at 9:12 AM
- Regina Jennings said...
Audra - Breakfast burritos and bacon in the same post. Awesome!
Mary & Meghan - You are entered!
Jeanne - I love the idea of a list of "walking" verbs. I'd refer to it all the time! Please share if you have the inclination.
Julie & Courtney - I read "The Blind Contessa's New Machine" for research and enjoyed how she did her descriptions.
Jackie - I wonder if we could make a list of "Smelly Verbs"! Maybe not as inspiring. ;)
- January 24, 2014 at 9:36 AM
- Melanie Dickerson said...
Hey, Regina! What a cool post! :-) Congrats on all your success! I enjoyed meeting you a few years ago at ACFW. Keep up the good work!
- January 24, 2014 at 9:52 AM
- Debby Giusti said...
Regina, what a great blog. Love your list of noisy verbs.
Verbs are so, so important. For suspense, I believe they make the action work. Cut the details. Pick the right verb and the action zings!
I lead a writing group at my church. Your writing blind process might provide a good exercise for my "class." First they write a scene featuring a hero and heroine and plenty of action. Then they rewrite the scene as if one of the characters is blind.
A good exercise for all writers!
Thanks! Stay warm! We're in the teens in GA.
- January 24, 2014 at 10:11 AM
- Mary Connealy said...
Regina what a great list. You should probably publish it and sell it for $0.99 on Amazon.
- January 24, 2014 at 10:23 AM
- Mary Connealy said...
And this is such a great reminder to us not to always use sight, the five senses are always important and by taking away the most obvious one, the one we go to first, it makes the story really rich.
- January 24, 2014 at 10:24 AM
- Myra Johnson said...
Love your list of "noisy verbs," Regina! Writers can become so focused on the visuals that we forget the other four senses, and hearing is certainly an important one. I also try to incorporate smells, tastes, and textures wherever appropriate--if not in the first draft, then as I'm working through revisions.
Great reminder, even for our fully sighted characters!
- January 24, 2014 at 10:32 AM
- Sandra Leesmith said...
Morning REGINA, What a delightful post. Thank you for joining us in Seekerville.
MARY I've so enjoyed the posts from your anthology friends. smile
Like MYRA, I like that list of noisy verbs. Great resource and reminder to use our senses.
Have fun today.
- January 24, 2014 at 10:56 AM
- Janet Dean said...
Welcome to Seekerville, Regina!! Thank you for the excellent post and the list of noisy verbs. Definitly print worthy and something I will refer to often!
I have A Match Made in Texas on my TBR pile. Can't wait to dig into An Unforeseen Match, what sounds like another delightful novella!
- January 24, 2014 at 11:04 AM
- Janet Dean said...
Tina, thanks for the yummy banana bread and oatmeal cookies!
- January 24, 2014 at 11:05 AM
- Janet Dean said...
Regina, I loved Little House on the Prairie and remember crying that Mary was going blind. A wonderful series of gentler times.
- January 24, 2014 at 11:21 AM
- Julie Lessman said...
Love, Love, LOVE this post, my friend!! Like you, I have often thought of what it would be like to write a story through the eyes of a blind person where beauty is in the soul instead of one's looks. And you DID it!! WOW, I am totally impressed. :)
And I am printing that fab list of words off RIGHT NOW because those are sooooo GREAT!!
I actually included a list in Romance-ology 101 of appropriate bleep words/derogatory words for the Christian market, so I ADORE lists like this!!
I also have my own emotion list where I list tons of words/phrases for actions like swallowing hard, flirting, how the heart beats, etc. SOOOOO helpful!!
- January 24, 2014 at 11:34 AM
- Janet Lee Barton said...
Great post Regina! I love your list of noisy verbs!
- January 24, 2014 at 11:35 AM
- Helen Gray said...
Wish I had had this list long ago. I have a manuscript with a blind heroine.
I loved writing it, but by the end I was very tired from always having to figure out how to handle each scene differently than with an "ordinary" heroine.
There's fresh coffee.
And I'd love to have a copy of A Match Made in Texas.
- January 24, 2014 at 11:44 AM
- Jennifer Smith said...
I've seen "A Match Made in Heaven" everywhere, and now I'm more curious than ever to read it! I actually just bought a copy as a gift for a friend, but I'd love to win a copy to read myself! :)
I'm sure writing from the POV of someone blind or deaf really stretches you as a writer. Thanks for this thought-provoking post.
- January 24, 2014 at 12:04 PM
- DebH said...
whoa... your Great-grandpa was neighbors with Laura and Almanzo? How cool is THAT???
haven't found anything for rewrite for blind hero/heroine in my stuff here at work, but I want to try this and post in the comments.
still in awe of close proximity to my childhood favorite hero/heroine...
- January 24, 2014 at 12:13 PM
- Missy Tippens said...
Regina, thanks so much for sharing your chart! You're so right about how using those verbs can spice up our writing.
I loved how you changed the scene in your post. Great job!
- January 24, 2014 at 12:17 PM
- Missy Tippens said...
Piper, you're right! Using the noisy verbs is definitely a good way to show a scene (and not tell).
- January 24, 2014 at 12:19 PM
- Stephanie Landsem said...
I stole your list, Regina. I don't have a blind heroine, as you know, but I could use some help with a MUTE character. Hope you have some tips for me :)
- January 24, 2014 at 12:26 PM
- Heidi said...
I was anxiously awaiting the release of this book to read Neill Archer's story by Karen, and I always enjoy a Mary Connealy story. As much as I loved their stories, yours is my favorite! I loved the moments between Grace and Clayton, and how he enabled her to keep her strength in humbling circumstances. I am so excited to read your full-length novels now!!!
- January 24, 2014 at 12:29 PM
- Regina Jennings said...
Melanie - Good to see you, ACFW-Sister! Thanks for stopping in.
Debby - That sounds like a great exercise. I actually wore a blindfold for a few days around the house and was amazed at how I knew what was going on even when I couldn't see it. Conversations were the hardest, especially in groups when you didn't know who was talking to whom or if they were talking to you!
Mary - I think I'd need to make it a book to sell it for .99, righ? One word per page, maybe.
Myra - Exactly. I'm finding the list helpful even on my current WIP.
Sandra - I always have fun here at Seekerville! Y'all are the best!
- January 24, 2014 at 12:38 PM
- Missy Tippens said...
Regina, that's so true about the sense of touch! :) Fantastic for a romance.
- January 24, 2014 at 12:43 PM
- Chill N said...
Regina, what a wonderful term -- "noisy verbs." The list is a super resource I'll be sharing with others.
Fascinating what you learned from a blind heroine. Don't you love it when our characters teach us? :-)
Nancy C
- January 24, 2014 at 12:46 PM
- Regina Jennings said...
Janet D. - Thank you! I hope you enjoy the novella.
Julie - I love your insult list! I have a printed out list of Shakespearean insults that my family has bandied about for year. Now we have some new material! Thanks for having me.
Janet B. - Thanks for coming out and encouraging your fellow OCFW member!
Helen - Grace was perfect for a novella. Just the right length. :)
Jennifer - You bet! Good luck on the drawing.
Missy - Thanks, Missy. It was a good exercise that I hope stays with me.
Stephanie - Always trying to one up me, huh? Yeah, mute is going to make dialogue difficult. My advice, have your kids be mute for a weekend to give you practice in describing how they communicate. You owe me if they fall for that.
Heidi - I'm so glad you liked Grace and Clayton's story. And thanks for looking up my other books. BTW, Love in the Balance is only $3.99 on ebook right now. ;)
- January 24, 2014 at 12:48 PM
- Connie Queen said...
I love when other people take the time to write words lists. I struggle to think outside the box. I'm copying this off right now.
Okay, I really need to go buy Match Made in Texas. I've heard such good things about the stories.
- January 24, 2014 at 1:00 PM
- Robin Patchen said...
How interesting, Regina! I have A Match Made in Texas, but I haven't read it yet. I think it's time to pull it out. Well done.
- January 24, 2014 at 1:13 PM
- Regina Jennings said...
Nancy - Exactly. I was intimidated to try this, but I learned something so I'm glad I did.
Connie - Copy away, and I have it on Pinterest, too, if you'd like to share there. BTW, is that a Harlequin Dane in your picture? We've had one of those. Right now we have a female Boston Dane named Esther. She's curled up on the couch. :)
- January 24, 2014 at 1:13 PM
- Connie Queen said...
LOL. He's a fawnequin dane. (brown and white spotted.) Boston's are gorgeous.
- January 24, 2014 at 1:21 PM
- Jan Drexler said...
Hi Regina!
What a great concept for a heroine! That's a huge obstacle for her, and I can hardly wait to read the book to find out what happens.
Here's my "before" sentence: The storm was over and from the sounds of things, the snow was melting already.
Here it is after: The storm was over, and the steady drip of water hitting the rain barrel told him the snow was melting already.
And I'm another one who thinks it's so cool that your great-grandfather lived near Laura and Almanzo. Wow.
- January 24, 2014 at 1:23 PM
- Ruth Logan Herne said...
My son has a fawn Great Dane. Cooper's "aunt" was the Eukanuba champion a few years ago, a gorgeous Fawn dane that draws the eye. And Cooper is "old style" Dane, the broader-chested, thicker legged variety Just a gorgeous animal, a lot like having a small horse living in the house!
I love dogs.
- January 24, 2014 at 1:42 PM
- Ruth Logan Herne said...
Hey, Regina, Almanzo's original home was up here in Malone, New York. I set my first series of books up there in the North Country, and it's amazing when you read the account in Farmer Boy, how anyone could pull a living from an area with such a short growing season.
But they did!
And when the boys moved West, they brought a lot of their mother's homespun Northeast wisdom with them.
Great stuff!
- January 24, 2014 at 1:44 PM
- Tina Radcliffe said...
I'm baaaack with food! I brought corn bread and chili as I know our blind heroine loves it!
- January 24, 2014 at 2:30 PM
- Missy Tippens said...
Sounds yummy, Tina! While up in NE Kentucky, right on the Ohio River, we got some GOOD Cincinnati style chili. We ate at Gold Star, a chain we don't have around here. YUMMO!
- January 24, 2014 at 2:33 PM
- Pam Hillman said...
Loved The Unforseen Match. Just finished all four books. Such fun!
You did a great job with Grace and Clayton. :)
- January 24, 2014 at 2:47 PM
- Regina Jennings said...
Robin - Thanks for coming by!
Connie - Now I see! How beautiful.
Jan - Great example. Thanks for contributing.
Ruth - Wow, what a great bloodline. And I think Farmer Boy is one of my favorites. I love imagining Laura and Manly talking about his family together as she wrote the book. So sweet. One of my favorite treasures from Rocky Ridge in Mansfield is a CD of music mentioned in the books...and it's played on Pa's fiddle! It's great inspiration as I'm writing historical novels set in that time.
- January 24, 2014 at 2:48 PM
- Pam Hillman said...
Love the noisy verb list. Must steal! lol
I had a blind character in Claiming Mariah and readers keep begging for her story. Hopefully, Amanda's story will be in print some day.
And Marianne, I'll have to get a copy of Kim's book, too. Thanks for the suggestion.
- January 24, 2014 at 3:03 PM
- Andrea Strong said...
I asked for this book for Christmas, but received other wonderful stuff from my list instead. So last weekend I took my daughter to the nearest Christian bookstore to redeem her free birthday gift from the kids club there. Well that's the story I gave her and her daddy.
Really I was hunting up this book!
I've read the first two stories and I didn't want either of them to end. That's the problem with novellas--they just aren't long enough.
In a strange turn of events, a friend of mine on Facbook shared a picture of this book apparently posted by your sister originally. I got very excited that I knew someone who knew your sister. I did some poking around on FB and discovered that your sister lives, or has lived, in the town where my dad grew up, and where my husband and I attended college. And I guess she is friends with some people I've known all my life. Small world.
I loved An Unforeseen Match. Your noisy verbs were wonderful, and I had no trouble envisioning the surroundings, or Grace's point of view. I love the brief moments when things became clear for her, and that she treasures those moments.
When she woke up in the middle of the night thinking she'd finally lost all of her sight, my heart broke for her even though I was pretty sure it was just night time. When Clayton lit the lantern, I breathed a sigh of relief right along with her.
I'd love to be entered for the post it notes. One can never have to many of those.
- January 24, 2014 at 3:37 PM
- Natalie Monk said...
Hi, Regina! Love these noisy verbs!!!
Here's a before sentence:
Valor took soggy steps toward a giddy Lacey, who climbed back on her "horse."
Here's the after:
Valor sloshed toward a giggling Lacey, who sputtered and clambered back onto her "horse."
Oh, P.S. I love your author bio. Too cute. ;)
- January 24, 2014 at 3:59 PM
- Tina Radcliffe said...
These words are so good I want to use them all at once.
The ladder gave a crack as the old wood split. Fanny squealed as her feet began to slid. She reached out her fingers scraping against the house in a useless effort to save herself.
Airborne, she screeched.
With a swoosh and a grunt she landed, into Bradley Cooper's arm.
His voice reverberated against her. "Are you okay?"
"Yes," Fanny croaked.
- January 24, 2014 at 5:52 PM
- Tina Radcliffe said...
I am hoping Mr. Cooper reads this and notes my undying love for him and invites me to dinner. As friends of course.
- January 24, 2014 at 5:53 PM
- Crystal Ridgway said...
Wow, you should get an award or something for writing 'blind'. Please enter me for the drawing! I would love to receive a copy of match made in texas. Plus I have got to get a better look at that list of noisy verbs.
- January 24, 2014 at 6:19 PM
- Erin Taylor Young said...
Regina, you just rock. I love your list of noisy verbs. I'll use them when I write about how my dog stole the box of dark chocolate covered macadamia nuts that came all the way from Hawaii, 'cuz yes, I HEARD him in the next room (he's not very stealthy). : )
- January 24, 2014 at 6:23 PM
- Pat Jeanne Davis said...
I'm going to keep this list of noisy verbs. I have a friend who's blind and he's developed an acute sense of hearing. I've heard the advice that if writers imagine their reader is blind, they'll do a much better job of showing. In one workshop the instructor passed out dark glasses with tips to give our blind reader 3D vision. One tip was take your reader there. There can't be any better way to do that than writing as a blind person. Great post.
- January 24, 2014 at 7:21 PM
- Cara Lynn James said...
Regina, what a great topic! I never considered the challenge of writing about a blind girl and how you'd have to use the senses differently and creatively. Thanks for the noisy verbs!
- January 24, 2014 at 7:27 PM
- Regina Jennings said...
Pam - You should do a spin-off. That sounds really interesting.
Andrea - Are you talking about Bolivar? It is a small world, isn't it? And we have other family there, too, the Ingolds. P.S. I'm so glad you found an excuse to go to the bookstore. I use the "research" excuse often now.
Natalie - Thanks for being brave and giving us an example. Sloshed! Love that word.
Tina - Of course Mr. Cooper will call if he has any sense at all! I don't know what he'll think about catching Fanny, though.
Crystal - Consider yourself officially entered into the drawing! Thanks!
Erin - I'm pretty sure Henry could add a few noisy verbs to the list. Not all of which would be appropriate for a romance. Sorry about your chocolate. :(
Pat - I learned a lot. I also spent some time with a blindfold on and I quickly realized that my house was noisier than I thought. I didn't have to count my steps in the kitchen because I could hear the refrigerator humming and the wind rattling the window. I always knew where I was.
Cara - You are welcome! It's amazing how God gives us ways to compensate for losses. Writing this way helped me understand that better.
- January 24, 2014 at 7:40 PM
- Sharon Srock said...
Regina, It has always been my intent to write at least a part of Karla's story(book 6) with her blind. Thanks for the insight. I'll be asking to borrow those noisy verbs when the time comes.
- January 24, 2014 at 7:41 PM
- Casey said...
I'm reading this book right now--in fact this very novella as well! I loved Regina's examples. And the list of noisy verbs is awesome and what a GREAT word to describe it! Glad I stopped by this post tonight. Thanks, Regina! You really made that scene come to live. Hoping to finish your novella tonight. :-))
((btw, no need to enter me :))
- January 24, 2014 at 10:32 PM
- Mary Preston said...
I had so much fun reading through the list of NOISY VERBS. They are very visual.
- January 25, 2014 at 2:43 AM
- Regina Jennings said...
Sharon - Any time. You know where to find me.
Casey - Thanks for the reading update. Hope you're enjoying the stories.
Mary - Noisy verbs being visual...isn't that ironic?
- January 25, 2014 at 6:28 PM
- Rina S said...
I just finished reading the whole book this weekend! I really enjoyed Grace's story and when I got to the next story in the book I had a hard time remembering the heroine wasn't blind. :-)
- January 26, 2014 at 11:13 AM
- sharonholly said...
What a great idea for a writing exercise!
I think I will go back to some of my lackluster scenes and pretend that my MC can't see. Hopefully that will challenge me to be more precise in what's going on around her, making each sentence more satisfying.
- January 28, 2014 at 2:28 PM


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BATON ROUGE -- A House Committee has given the first step of approval to a proposed merger of Louisiana State University at Shreveport into Louisiana Tech University. The result would be a two-campus Louisiana Tech that would operate as part of the University of Louisiana System.
The 14-4 vote by the House Education Committee Tuesday moves House Bill 964 to the full House of Representatives. The merger is the product of a broad coalition of business and civic groups in Shreveport and Ruston, and it has the backing of the Louisiana Board of Regents, the umbrella body of gubernatorial appointees with limited authority over the state's three university systems. LSU System leaders, who have watched their considerable sway in Capitol affairs wane in recent years, want to hold on to the Shreveport campus. Gov. Bobby Jindal has not publicly taken a position.
Shreveport lawmakers and business leaders pitched the proposal as a way to revitalize a university they say is neglected in an LSU System dominated by the Baton Rouge campus and medical enterprises. House Budget Chairman Jim Fannin's bill contemplates a maximum five-year schedule to complete the merger, beginning with an almost immediate transfer of the campus from the LSU to the UL System. The merger would not affect the LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport.
"We all agree on this: A vibrant four-year university is required" for northwest Louisiana, Shreveport cardiologist Phillip Rozeman, an LSU-Shreveport alumnus, said. "We believe there is great potential in this, and we think it's more likely to be unleashed if the management system is Louisiana Tech instead of the current LSU System."
Fannin, D-Jonseboro, said, "The legislation has been developed in a frustration with the status quo, combined with the desire to build a stronger university." Fannin also argued that consolidated campuses would save money, though he acknowledged a forecast of significant costs in the short run.
With fewer than 5,000 students, LSU's Shreveport campus has seen little growth in recent decades when compared with many other Louisiana schools. But LSU System officials directed blame toward the Board of Regents and the statewide master plan that defines the mission and scopes of particular campuses.
"LSU has played by the rules for years," Interim System President William Jenkins said of state regulations. Shreveport Chancellor Vincent Marsala echoed those sentiments, drawing a rebuke from state Higher Education Commissioner Jim Purcell.
Purcell, who answers to the Board of Regents, disputed the notion that his bosses have restricted LSU's requests for degree programs or other expansion. He cited an example of the board approving initial development of a biotechnology program, saying regents never heard anything else on the matter. "That's not shame on us. That's shame on them," he said.
Several lawmakers said they were frustrated by the polar claims, though the disputed claims appeared to have no bearing on the committee vote.
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Maryland brings in Inside Lacrosse's No. 1 recruiting class.
The Terps headline the Top 20 Classes found in the September 2013 issue of Inside Lacrosse, the vaunted Recruiting Issue.
The entire list, along the Power 100 Freshman, position breakdowns, top 50 high school senior and junior lists and in-depth features and writeups on all the top players can be found first in the digital edition of Inside Lacrosse Magazine — available now for Apple and Android tablets and smartphones and the Amazon Kindle through iTunes, Google Play and the Amazon Appstore.
The Maryland class features two recruits in the top five of the Power 100: No. 2 Matt Rambo, an attackman from La Salle College (Pa.), and No. 3 Tim Rotanz, an attackman from Shoreham-Wading River (N.Y.). The class features nine Power 100 recruits and is deep and diverse, but headlined by top-tier talent.
Maryland's class edges Syracuse, which has the No. 2-ranked class and features No. 1 recruit Jordan Evans.
Here's Maryland's incoming class:
Matt Rambo, A, La Salle (Pa.)
Tim Rotanz, A, Shoreham-Wading River (N.Y.)
Connor Cannizzaro, A, Cazenovia (N.Y.)
Colin Heacock, A, Boys' Latin (Md.)
Lucas Gradinger, A, Torrey Pines (Calif.)
Isaiah Davis-Allen, M, St. Stephen's & St. Agnes (Va.)
John Belz, M, Calvert Hall (Md.)
Josh Reinson, M, Montgomery (N.J.)
Wyatt Wood, M, Cathedral (Ind.)
Chad Rafferty, LSM/D, Malvern Prep (Pa.)
Ben Chisolm, A, South River (Md.)
Mac Pons, D, Boys' Latin (Md.)
Tim Muller, D, Chaminade (N.Y.)
Daniel Morris, G, Dallas Jesuit (Tex.)
"What impresses me is that they're all team-first guys, not prima donnas — we feel they understand what it takes to be a Terp and to be the best they can be," coach John Tillman says.
The class comes in at just the right time, as Maryland loses 10 important pieces — five starters — to graduation.
The full list of Top 20 Classes can be found now in the digital edition of Inside Lacrosse Magazine. A host of photo and content extras will also be included ONLY in the digital edition. Get the magazine on your Android or Apple tablets and smartphones, as well as the Kindle, for EXCLUSIVE content that can't be found anywhere else.
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To the Editor:
Why save the Maple Ridge golf course (which is slated for possible development)?
As candidates for the Mantua Township Committee, we must share with you why this is not feasible or wise.
Please understand that it is great to have open spaces. However, someone has to pay the taxes on this property. Yes, all 112 acres.
It is been discussed that the county may come up with some open-space funding to purchase the property. But where does the county get this money? From us, the taxpayers!
Then, the state may kick in a couple of million dollars. Again, where does the state get its money? It is from us, the taxpayers.
We need to curb our spending. If you do not want your taxes going up, then we need to stop spending.
Next, we must look at the maintenance aspect and the costs associated with maintaining 112 acres.
What personnel are needed to maintain the property? What are and the costs associated for that personnel? Keep in mind the benefits package, and wage increases year after year. Then there is equipment that would be required for these workers to maintain this parcel.
Yes, it needs to be paid each and every year and it is paid for by the taxpayer! We are the taxpayers.
We cannot in good conscience endorse increasing taxes at a time when many of our citizens are struggling to pay their mortgage payments and tax payments, and to feed their families. If times were different and people were not concerned about having jobs, then we would feel differently.
Maybe setting aside 20 acres for open space and having the rest developed wisely is a better use for this property at this time. With today's economy we cannot afford to buy or maintain 112 acres.
Voting for us is a "no" vote on using tax dollars to save Maple Ridge. Get government out of the way so the private sector can save Maple Ridge.
We hope that Manuta zoning and planning board members can hear us now.
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Over 80% of patients would recommend their GP Practice to friends and family
In the summer of 2013 the Department of Health carried out a substantial survey, co-ordinated by Ipsos MORI, of over 8,000 patients, who were given the opportunity comment on the services received from their GP and their overall satisfaction with their GP Practice. The results were extremely positive; showing that over 80% of patients would recommend their GP Practice to friends and family. In six of the Island's GP Practices, this figure increased to over 90%.
Minister for Health, Hon Howard Quayle MHK said: "The Department constantly seeks feedback across the wide variety of services we offer. This survey is one of many checks that the Department carries out in relation to services, performance and quality of care delivered by our GP Practices. It is reassuring to know, through the positive survey results, that overall GP Practices on the Island compare favourably with a similar survey carried out across England at the same time. The Department will be reviewing the results with GP Practices to ensure that we can continue to improve services to patients."
The survey looked at areas such as making appointments, GP care, nursing care, overall satisfaction with the GP Practice, and whether the patient would recommend their Practice to friends and family.
Dave Kissack, External Commissioned Services Manager, said: "Thank you to all the members of the public that took part by returning a completed survey. The results help the Department to compare, enhance and improve services provided through our GP Practices. Of particular note, there were three Practices that had results putting them in the top 10% of Practices across England. Well done to Ballasalla Medical Centre, Snaefell Surgery and Promenade Medical Centre. The full results are testament to the hard work and dedication by the staff of all our GP Practices."
The survey asked about GP care and nursing care, such as whether the GP or nurse gave enough time to the patient, whether the patient felt listened to and cared for, whether the GP or nurse explained the treatment, care and diagnosis clearly, at a level the patient could understand, and the level of overall confidence the patient had in their GP or nurse.
Further questions asked about how easy was it to get through to the Practice by phone, how helpful the receptionist staff were and the availability of a convenient appointment.
The results from this survey can be accessed here and in detail on the Department's iHub at www.gov.im/health/ihubportal.xml
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"No time for indecision
We got to make a move
I hope that we're forgiven
For what we gotta do ..."
"No time for indecision
We got to make a move
I hope that we're forgiven
For what we gotta do ..."
- Neil Young, "Let's Roll"
In the past week, American and Canadian forces in Afghanistan have endured eight casualties (including a Canadian journalist). In that time, a British soldier was also killed on foot patrol, and seven CIA employees were killed in a bombing at a U.S. base there.
The mounting deaths, along with recent doubts expressed by military experts, are bound to intensify pressure to re-evaluate Canada's involvement in the conflict.
And yet, one has to wonder what the alternative is. Surely, it is not to simply withdraw and allow global jihadists to regain a foothold. Surely, it is not to give way to tyranny, oppression and instability.
To further cloud the dilemma, the attempted bombing of a passenger jet on Christmas Day suggests organized pan-terrorism is still alive and kicking.
Security breach aside, there is some encouragement to take from the incident aboard Northwest Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit - in which a Dutch citizen leapt into action and subdued the would-be bomber in mid-detonation.
Shift in attitude
While military strategy remains a head-scratcher, Flight 253 at least reinforced an important shift in the public's attitude towards terrorism - an attitude that can be summed up in one word: enough.
Enough with medieval assholes trying to blow up planes. Enough with brainwashed stooges killing innocents in the name of pseudo-religious fanaticism.
Education, communication and compassion all have their place in nudging oppressive theocracies and death cults into the 21st century. But sometimes, militants must be confronted head on. And that confrontation doesn't always happen on a conventional battlefield.
On Sept. 11, 2001, when Todd Beamer and his fellow passengers stormed the cockpit of United Flight 93, the tide had already turned. Terrorism cannot defeat a civilized people determined to defend their way of life. Londoners are a case in point. Whether it's the bombing of Harrods department store in 1983, or the transit bombings of 2005, journalists looking for hysterical witnesses usually encountered a stalwart citizenry maintaining stiff upper lips.
(One can imagine if Winston Churchill had followed the lead of current waffling in his June 1940 speech to British citizens: "We shall fight on the beaches - but not on endangered wetlands or wilderness preserves. We shall never surrender - unless opinion polls compel us to set a date for withdrawal.")
Todd Beamer and his latter-day counterpart, Flight 253's Jasper Schuringa, are only the more notably heroic among post-9/11 citizens who have stoically adapted to the new reality with renewed resolve.
Meanwhile, the mission in Afghanistan is important, and any decision to end it prematurely could come at a greater cost than the lives lost so far. There is a need to weigh the possibility of causing more harm and fomenting more hatred against the cost of burying our heads in the sand.
In the process, we can't lose sight of one fundamental tenet: people the world over have a right to live in peace and security.
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Hi hi. So if you're anything like us, you're probably counting down the days till Goldenboy's new album Underneath the Radio hits stores too. With a release date of 10/3, we won't have to wait too long! In the meantime, amid all the Irving madness, we'd like to remind you of our delightfully retrospective release Space Needle, still on a high from Magnet's nice little reviewand airtime on Indie 103.1′s Dead Air. If any song has the perfect lazy, late summer sound, it's gotta be the excellent track "Before I Lose My Style". With other favorites like "Never Lonely Alone" and "Sun Doesn't Love Me", the album's a must-have.
New shows are always fun – Seiko and Salome are hitting up The Rickshaw Stop on Sept. 2nd with The Bright Lights for all our lucky Bay Area fans. (Man, you guys have Mario and Oranger!) Speaking of which, Oranger is in the midst of their residency at Hotel Utah, so if you missed them last week, make sure you catch them this Friday, the 18th or next Friday, the 25th.
Tonight Irving heads out to Anaheim (that's right, Anaheim) to party with The Rentals one more time! New fall tour dates are in the works for the Irving guys, as well as Goldenboy, so make sure to check back. See you soon!