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11 a.m. Labor Day and I just realized it’s Monday. Now, of course, I know it’s MONDAY, it’s Labor Day! But…I blog on Mondays…and yet… So, in honor of the holiday, this is it, folks… no “real” blog, just a genuine, heartfelt, enthusiastic Labor Day Prayer: May your arms reach wide, Your back be strong, Your…
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I recently read a blog post weighing the pros and cons of hiring a publicist for your novel. In the article it said, “But in a sea of authors, how will potential readers know about your book?” This comment really struck me. Visually. A SEA! Vast, cresting, full of creatures. But in my vision, the sea…
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I am SO PROUD to be sharing the news for the next Word of Art, our fabulous collaboration of authors and artists. This was a program I presented to the In Print board late 2013. They not only supported my dream of a collaboration, contest, reception, and publication, they participated, promoted, and helped to make that dream come to…
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Tomorrow, August 2, will mark TWO WHOLE MONTHS that my debut novel, Pocket Money, has been live. Oh yeah, and also my thirtieth wedding anniversary. Wait, what? THIRTY YEARS!? How is that possible when I’m a mere thirty…forty…holy crap, I’m going…
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Everybody Wants Some !! A kick-ass soundtrack But mediocre movie With the guy from Glee The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream Writers as Readers July book club selection Messy info-dump Gilead Another WaR book I read it on audio Better than Third Coast Pocket Money My publication Four point six on the…
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The Golden Rule is do unto others as you would have them do unto you. But you know that. Whatever happened to don’t knock it till you try it? Sometimes followed by, if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all? When did our point of view become more important than each other? Our…
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As usual, I came to the computer this Monday morning with a million blog ideas and nothing to say. Then I read a post by a blog I follow called, 1PublishedGirl, about her book soundtrack. She says, and I quote because it’s a fabulous quote, “Writing without a soundtrack is like writing without a keyboard.” It’s a split…
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Everyone is familiar with the question, Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Alas, my pondering for this holiday is not so ponder-ous. Knowing my recent history (moving and publishing), I ask, which shall come first–book two or the unpacking of boxes? Remember, it took me ten years to publish. And nineteen years to…
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