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Outside My Window: Setting is Important
Overnight snowflakes sparkle in the cold morning sun outside my window and I smile to feel how they brighten my world. Blue, blue, my world is blue but it’s that […]
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The Loyalist’s Daughter Book Launch Foiled!
So there I was, all prettied up and wearing my best smile, and starting my book launch on the Facebook platform. I welcomed everyone. I told them how the 45 […]
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6 Great Tips for Writers Today
In these new and different times, most of us have needed to use our imagination for things besides dreaming up intriguing characters and compelling plot lines. When I started my […]
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Two Writing Icons, Both Gone Now: Little and Laurence
This week, in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis all across the world, another of my personal heroes passed away at the age of 88. I told my story about […]
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I Wish You a Little Christmas (and Book Deals!)
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry When I was teaching high school French many years ago, I found a wonderful Christmas story in what we called our French […]
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Marketing Your Brand New Book–5 Great Ideas to Try
Having a successful book does not just mean writing it. We all know how important that is but visions of the back closet filled with boxes of books haunt all […]
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Motivation: Staying Positive to Reach Your Stars
My journey has taught me to mostly count on myself and to always be true to what I want, to what I need and to what I am continually seeking.
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No Time For Reading?
You know you should read. Your people taught you to read. You know it teaches you, it calms you, it excites you, and it even intrigues you and sometimes keeps […]
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The Ups and Downs of Audiobooks
With traffic and travel and time constraints so big a part of most people’s life these days, finding enough time to read has become challenging. Years ago I faced this […]
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A Different Kind of Historical
When you think of it, every story we tell is historical. As soon as we use the past tense, as in “my daughter woke up in the middle of the […]
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