Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Quote of the Day --  " You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand."    ~ Woodrow Wilson -- World of Writing --  Joining us today as our featured guest on the Brummet’s Conscious Blog is Carolyn Moncel, author of Encounters in Paris – A Collection of Short Stories . Her next collection of short stories, 5 Reasons to Leave a Lover will debut this fall . A virtual media and web consultant by day and author by night, Carolyn once lived in Paris for five years and now resides in Lausanne, Switzerland with her family. Visit her website @   www.carolynmoncel.com Q: Carolyn, what are your thoughts on the creation of good story?   The stories that I hated the most as a child were fairy tales because they always had predictable happ...