• Three Sentence Review: Wrong Place Wrong Time

    Full Title: Wrong Place Wrong TimeAuthor: Gillian McAllisterGenre: Women’s Psychological Fiction, Mystery, Thriller Brief Synopsis: After a woman witnesses her son stab a stranger, she wakes a day prior to the crime, and each day after is actually another time before. Struggling to solve the mystery of the murder, she experiences her life in reverse with the

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  • Spring is here!

    Spring is here!

    It’s OFFICIAL!I jinxed the White Sox with the post.Sorry, Dave. Spring has arrived.Know how I know? The weather? Nope.The calendar? Nope.Robin sightings? Nope.OPENING DAY! Home-opener for the White Sox is a sacred holiday in my circle.After a long, cold, and sportally dissatisfying winter, hope is in the air.Like rain. Or snowflakes. (Hence why weather is

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  • A Shiny New Thing

    A Shiny New Thing

    I am constantly distracted. Part curiosity, part adventure, part procrastination. I often find myself meandering off track, sometimes even darting, for some shiny new treasure that is not what I am supposed to be focusing on. This happens most often with story ideas. And housework. But let’s stay on point here, okay? Story ideas. For

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  • Frequency Illusion

    Frequency illusion, also known as the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon, is a cognitive bias, an illusion of familiarity. That thing where you do/buy/wear/discover something and all of a sudden that something is everywhere?! I know you’ve experienced it, now you can put a name to it. I got a new (to me) red car and all of

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  • I Hugged a Stranger

    I Hugged a Stranger

    and other anecdotes. As I’m sure you are aware, we have SO MANY more friends now because of social media. Whether we know them in person or not, they count as friends. I was at an event a few weeks ago and got to meet a FB ‘friend’ with whom I share a mutual real-life

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  • 3 Sentence Review: The Island

    Full Title : The IslandAuthor: Adrian McKintyGenre: Thriller, Suspense, Crime Brief Synopsis: On vacation in Australia, an American family struggling with their own personal issues gets stranded on an island ruled by a family of vengeful psychopaths. ~ ~ ~ 3 Sentence Reviews are a quick and easy read, right to the point, no spoilers. Just three sentences

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  • Sign of the Times

    Sign of the Times

    When I was twelve years old, my stepmom gave me a little sign that read: All I want is less to do,More time to do it, and More pay for not getting it done. I think about that saying frequently.Which makes sense when you consider how relevant it is.Inclusively so. Timeless, indeed.

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  • Reading Stories

    Reading Stories

    I’ve been holding onto this post idea for awhile now, waiting for a third entry. You know how I am with the power of 3, lol. This is a fun subject because the title works both ways–it’s about the stories we read, but also stories about reading. First, I want to share an idea that

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  • New to Me

    New to Me

    I don’t know about you, but I still get excited when I learn something new. I mean, I am sooo old, what haven’t I experienced? Just kidding. I expect to get much older and continue learning. Here are a few things I discovered recently: You can buy ground bratwurst! I was making a beer-cheese soup

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  • New Listings

    New Listings

    I kicked off the new year committing myself to setting goals and making lists in order to keep them. I bought a cute little journal and every morning I list 3 Things I would like to accomplish. Some days I get to check them off, other days, well, suffice it to say 3 Things isn’t

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