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Brenda Whiteside

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Brenda Whiteside is the award-winning author of romantic suspense, cozy mystery, and romance. After living in six states and two countries—so far—she and her husband have settled in Central Arizona. They admit to being gypsies at heart so won't discount the possibility of another move. They share their home with a rescue dog named Amigo. While FDW fishes, Brenda writes.

Visit Brenda at www.brendawhiteside.com.
Or on FaceBook: www.facebook.com/BrendaWhitesideAuthor
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/brendawhitesid2
She blogs about life’s latest adventure on her personal blog http://brendawhiteside.blogspot.com/
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Fearless or Not? A Fearless Friday post by Randy Overbeck

FEARLESS FRIDAY

We are lucky to have Randy Overbeck back on Discover... He's not sure he's fearless, but I'll give him that description when it comes to leaping into writing...and succeeding. Enjoy his post!

I’m not sure I’ve ever beenfearless.

Fearful, yes, brave, probably,foolhardy, most likely, but fearless?

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“words you might utter. You must feel the same or you wouldn’t have broken this news to me in a letter. Now it’s clear why you have not dropped by the apartment for the last month. I should be upset with you for shutting us out.”
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Michael Murphy Brenda, congratulations on your writing success and thanks for connecting on Goodreads. Hope you'll put my Prohibition-era mystery, The Yankee Club on your to-read list. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...


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