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I thought the themes of Southern magic, romance, and humor were entertainingly woven into an engaging story and I was happy to discover this is book one in a four book series. I ‘read’ it on audio and the narrator, Shannon McManus, did a wonderful job crafting the Savannah drawl and invoking a sense of…
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But I heard there were some commercials! As a Chicago Bears Football Fan, the season has been over for weeks (months), but it’s tradition to watch the Super Bowl in hopes of seeing how the game should be played. I actually watch for the commercials. I’ve been known to keep track of the best Super…
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It’s a spectacular feeling to get through an entire story idea.Beginning, middle, and end, BOOM! written down.I have many partial first drafts.Many. It’s very drafty in here. Brrrr. (a little writer’s humor that might be funnier if I didn’t live in frigid Northern Illinois) I recently returned from a very successful writer’s retreat where I…
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My correspondence closing of choice has been “Take Care & Enjoy~” since the early 80’s and the passing of yearbooks. “Was great having you in Math class! Take Care & Enjoy~” “Stay cool this summer! Take Care & Enjoy~!” You get the idea. I’ve always liked my sign off signature because it summed things up…
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Do you know who Dr. Rick is? If you’ve caught a commercial break lately, you probably do.Dr. Rick is the name of the character on the Progressive “Unbecoming your Parents” commercials. You know, the series with the youngish homeowners who need to comment on the parking situation and introduce themselves to the server because now…
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I had a couple of readers ask me why I bothered to finish The Burnt House if I disliked it so much. Seems like a fair question. I have a multi-part response: First, I don’t read like I used to. There was a time I devoured books! A book on the night stand, a book…
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I want to share my thoughts on the books, television series, and movies that I read and watch, but I realize you’re probably bombarded with reviews already. I mean, everybody is binging in one form or another. And everybody has an opinion, right? So, I’ve got a gimmick. I’m going to summarize my review in…
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Hopefully this year will be too, too amazing. Get it? ’22. We are SO due. Last year at this time, I stepped away from the weekly blog post to focus on getting other writerly things done. My word for the year was MOTIVATION. Let me correct, my word for that particular week, day, hour–moment? was…
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After a decade or more of ordering through many demonstrators, I finally joined the Stampin’ Up!® team. Stampin’ Up!® provides an exclusive line of decorative stamp sets and accessories for handmade cards, scrapbooking, craft projects and home decor. Their products are not available in stores but may be purchased online or through the catalog or…
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It’s that time of year again, Spooky Showcase time! For the fourth year, I contributed to Jolene Haley‘s collection of thrilling short stories posted daily throughout the month of October. This year’s theme was These Deadly Curses and was hosted by Midnight Society Tales. Click here to read this story on their site. Because my…
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