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It amazes me that people still search for a way to be ‘normal’. They still look for a means to resemble other people, to be like them in every way.

Is this what the era of automation has turned us into? Has it shaped our minds into believing we owe it to ourselves to resemble others in every way?

D...

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No shit, replies every author who persisted long enough to find an agent. I’ve been trying to find an agent for my work sporadically since I finished my third novel, Alpha Slip, in 2010. I’ve learned a lot about writing and the industry along the way (completing 10 novels and twice that many nove... Read more of this blog post »

A Lonely Binge

I recently read three books on the topic of solitude. Two were actually titled Solitude, while the third, and most recently published, was titled Lead Yourself First — which is pitched as a leadership guide, but is actually a meditation on the value of being alone with your thoug...

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Firstly, a big thank you to anyone who has read my book already. And a future thank you to anyone who hasn't yet read it but is going to.

If you didn't read my first one, you might want to give that one a try.
Warning: Michael takes a bit more time to warm up to but I think he comes good in the end... Read more of this blog post »

So anyway, here's a thing: Macmillan are doing all sorts of good stuff. First there are my books appearing on Audible UK. Second, the one you don't know about till right now, is they're doing new covers for my backlist for another push on them. I've seen these covers and they are pretty damned co... Read more of this blog post »

Crow by bayardwu

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I’ve been out of bed for half an hour – awful night thanks to the cat who spent several hours thundering around the house and is now curled up on my lap sleeping the sleep of the totally knackered. And in the half hour I’ve been up I’ve been very severely plot bunnied. Normally the stealthy littl...

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Oh Oslo, why are you so beautiful?

Last weekend we changed servers for the script that feeds Daily Tech Headlines to the Amazon Echo. Alex, who wrote the script made the appropriate changes and Dan who runs the server signed off.

However Amazon returned an error saying the feed was not current. As anyone who subscribes to the podc...

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*clears throat*  May I have your attention please!  The Beautiful Now is LIVE right now on iBooks for 2 DAYS ONLY, Sept 24-25.  After 8pm EST on Monday, Sept 25, it will no longer be available except on Amazon.  If you’re an iBooks lover, get your copy now!

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Dane James worked my stepfa...

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Hi —

We all love romance, so i was interested in what this list of the Top 10 Chick Flicks of All Time would include. I was happy to find some of my favorite films of all time on the list. I’ll confess, i might not have put them in this order, and i’d have left some out, but it’s not a bad list....

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When Barack Obama was president, congressional Republicans were
deficit hawks. They opposed almost...

A decade or so ago, a young musician couldn’t get anyone to play his music. He had raw talent, and just recorded his first album, but all the gatekeepers thought he sounded too young. Without Disney or Nickelodeon marketing his stuff, he was a dud.

What does he do?

I bet you know the names of a few...

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I'm guessing he consulted zero scientists before making this claim.

ASK MARTA MCDOWELL what she’s harvesting in her garden this fall, and here’s the kind of answer you might elicit: [read more…]

The post a landscape-history lesson in the ‘little house’ books, with marta mcdowell appeared first on A Way To Garden.

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книжки Рока в аэропорту Владивостока. ну и цены, мда. сразу хочется поинтересоваться, где наша доля

ЮРО на Букмейте. на том же ресурсе пронаблюдались “Карлики смерти” с портретом бр. Стр.

“Пыльца” расширяет зону охвата (но цитирует порой что-то не то)

Дядя Вова прочел “Рассказ Служанки” Этвуд

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Lazy Son is set in the Hell world and is the wicked story of the son Lucifer never knew about. The son everyone would rather see dead. Pre-order now on: Amazon: https://books2read.com/u/mvYpxz?store... Kobo: https://books2read.com/u/mvYpxz?store... Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.co... Read more of this blog post »

Charles Bradley 1948-2017 RIP


It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Charles Bradley.
Always a fighter, Charles battled cancer with everything he had. He was diagnosed with stomach cancer in the fall of 2016 and underwent treatment. Bradley headed out on the road earlier this yea... Read more of this blog post »

Grant us, Lord, not to be anxious about earthly things, but to love things heavenly; and even now, while we are placed among things that are passing away, to hold fast to those that shall endure; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever [... Read more of this blog post »

Most of you know that Nightingale has a very special place in my heart, and I'm not even going to repeat why, like the sheer amount of time, energy, workshopping and love that went into that book.

It was also the canary in the coal mine - I didn't feel comfortable with it going to a publisher, for... Read more of this blog post »

I had a rough week with my mom. More on that soon, once I'm ready to face it, but while visiting with my family, I took a little joy in signing copies of Columbine around various suburbs: Barnes & Noble Old Orchard, IL.Barnes & Noble Schaumburg, IL.Barnes & Noble Bloomingdale, IL.Barb... Read more of this blog post »

Tads complete schedule for his Swiss & German book tour. Continue reading → Read more of this blog post »

Face of the Day – Blobfish: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c27DqTx4GU4...

Today we welcome guest author Elizabeth J. Duncan back to the Mystery Lover’s Kitchen. The author of two series: the Penny Brannigan mysteries set in North Wales and Shakespeare in the Catskills, Elizabeth is a two-time winner of the Bloody Words Award for Canada’s best light mystery. The paperb... Read more of this blog post »

Can three elite runners, with a little help from Nike and Adidas, smash the marathon world record?

Are you frustrated and depressed with all the terrible news and suffering in the world?

Are you ready for hope and inspiration?

I certainly am. I’m desperate for good news about kindness and generosity — which I try to share with you as often here as possible. Recently I found this story about...

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dkafterdark:

Shout out to Joey at Liberty Tattoo!!! This is the third tattoo she’s done for me and I am in love

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Traces of smoke and strange pollution tainted the outside air but at least it was cleaner than that demon-shit scented sewer. I returned the spherical lid to the street hole and sealed it shut with a Petrify spell. If any of the priests' henchmen or other monsters tried to follow us out into the... Read more of this blog post »