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Today is is the cover reveal for the third book in Jennifer L. Armentrout’s series A Wicked sage: Brave! I can’t wait to read this book. Let me know what you think of this cover or the first two books if you read them!

There’s also a giveaway that you can enter and information about a virtual sign...

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Have an amazing time tonight @artofhopeglobal — a nonprofit org that supports refugees overcoming trauma, PTSD, psychological wounds through ArtTherapy in Lebanon & beyond…“ #Repost @artofhopeglobal

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HOPE, ART, IMAGINATION = WHAT HELPS US END THE WEEK.

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Moving young children from the Third World to Sweden wipes out about half of their national IQ deficit.  What about performance in high school?  Vinnerljung et al.'s "School Performance at Age 16 Among International Adoptees" (International Social Work, 2010)  compiles the numbers, once again bre... Read more of this blog post »

I learned something interesting a few days. There’s an old phrase that anyone who ever watched Bugs Bunny cartoons has probably heard: “Them’s fightin’ words.” It was one of the irascible Yosemite Sam’s lines, if I recall correctly.

[image error]Don’t criticize the quality. That would be fightin’... Read more of this blog post »

In the last few months, I have started to write a haiku on a daily basis. Mainly to improve evoking emotions in as few as words as possible and also become the form is simple. Here are eight samples, hope you enjoy.

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Crunchy aging leafs
September autumn shiver
Still need sunglasses

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Blood tinged ho... Read more of this blog post »

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Before I got my smartphone, I was always lost. Must the left-handed thing I have going on, but I not only got lost a lot, but I hated asking for directions.

Now I’m in GPS heaven. My phone takes me wherever I need to go.

The same thing is true re: me asking for nominations. I just d...

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¡Hola a todos!
Mi idea al pasarme hoy al fin por este blog era poneros un poco al día de cómo me va la vida y tal, pero la verdad es que no ha cambiado demasiado desde la última vez que me pasé. Y, aparte, quizá os aburra XD
Así que he decidido aprovechar para hacer esta nueva entrada dedicada a lo... Read more of this blog post »

National Customer Service Week is coming up the first week in October. This is a time to appreciate employees for doing a great job taking care of customers. There are many ways companies are celebrating. Everything from an employee appreciation event, like a lunch or dinner, to fun games that ar...

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One of the most popular questions I get is this:

How do I control all the paper?

I understand this question completely because I have a big yellow desk and when I get lazy, that’s the first area that goes out of control for me too.

A post shared by Marcia Francois (@organisingqueen) on Sep 1,...

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Now a New York Times bestselling author, Katy Tur joins to discuss her new memoir 'Unbelievable' on her time covering the Trump campaign.

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dailyladylyrics:

13 beaches - lana del rey

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In molti mi avete chiesto, in seguito alla mia anteprima, cosa ne pensassi di "The Winner's Curse - La maledizione" di Marie Rutkoski. Be' finalmente sono riuscita a condividere con me la mia recensione spoiler-free di questo promettente inizio serie!


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ALAN: Last time you were telling me about your cat Gwydion’s food allergies. I sympathise with Gwydion because I have similar problems myself.

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Alan’s Bane

My mother told me that when I was very young, just moving on to solid food, she had to stop feeding me eggs because every time she...

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Motivating myself to finish this @&$!% draft by compiling my TBR pile. After far, far too long feeling burnt out, I actually have the desire to read again. Which I know is taboo to talk about, but the intimacy of this industry can be difficult to balance when Real Life stuff requires heavy in...

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My TBR pile is ever growing and this is such a great event to inspire us all to tackle our lists, read more, and enjoy books in general! Of course, with all the wonderful suggestions and giveaways, my pile grows faster than I can read – but that’s part of the fun too.

So the challenge today is t...

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I'm barreling toward "The End" with Take a Chance on Me (Quinn's story, the next book in my Firsts and Forever Series), so I'm going to be taking a break from my Throwback Thursday blog posts for the next few weeks. My work in progress is just all-consuming right now and demanding my full attenti... Read more of this blog post »

Peter Marshall writes for the BBC History Magazine (May 2017 issue):

. . . Recent scholarship on the changes taking place after Henry VIII’s break with the papacy tends to assert their relatively peaceful character, and points to continuities across the Reformation divide. Certainly, some importa... Read more of this blog post »

Δες την Ιλιάδα – ναι, αυτή που έγραψε ένας σχετικά άγνωστος τύπος που λέγεται Όμηρος – είναι μια ιστορία που σήμερα θα τη λέγαμε “επική φαντασία”. Εστιάζεται σ’έναν πόλεμο, σε μια πελώρια πολιορκία, και περιλαμβάνει δεκάδες χαρακτήρες, σημαντικότερους και λιγότερο σημαντικούς, από πολεμιστές μέχ...

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Sometimes bad isn’t good enough…

On the outside, Lyle Tarpin is a clean-cut Hollywood actor whose star is on the rise. Inside, he’s battling his own demons, shunning relationships and finding solace in the arms of a string of anonymous women paid very well for their discretion.

But when he’s photog...

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About Eden Wakes

What if the world we live in is a lie? What if reality is just a thinly-veiled illusion?

Kayla Odachi is a 16-year-old orphan bouncing around the foster system since her mother died seven years ago under suspicious circumstances. Odd occurrences have been plaguing Kayla ever si...

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For starters, let’s look at some Golden Retriever puppies instead.

I watched most of the Apple announcement last week (I was on vacation and hanging out waiting for Amy, so I just plopped down on the floor and watched Special Events on the Apple TV channel.) I fell asleep for a few minutes part wa...

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So here it is, the cover for my new book, finally revealed. Whales and Strange Stars. Now then, people say to me, that’s an intriguing title. What on earth does it mean? Is it about whales? Or, Heaven forfend, whaling? The short answer is no. Allow me to explain… https://kathysharp2013.wordpress.... Read more of this blog post »

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It’s always a treat when I get to interview my favorite authors. It’s a double treat when I get to sit down with one of their characters!!! Today I’m talking to Lacey Reed, star of my author friend Charlotte O’Shay‘s newest book A MODEL ENGAGEMENT. Lacey is much much more than jus...

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Recently I found myself thinking more about my dogs Ernest and Petey, and less about the ones I'd lost six months ago, and it shocked me.















Maybe it's only natural to focus on the ones who are here day in and day out. Maybe it's because Ernest has cancer and we spend a great deal of time making sur... Read more of this blog post »

A question that should be asked more often is, do scientists make mistakes? Of course they do. The good news, however, is that when it comes to measuring something, they tend to be meticulous, and published measurements are usually correct, or, if they matter, they are soon found out if they are...

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I'm really, truly, exuberantly delighted to say that volume 2 of NineStar Press' beautiful lesbian paranormal anthology series Into the Mystic is being released on October 16.

Here be dryads, selkies, werewolves and vampires, mermaids and ghosts, oh my! It's a real treat, and being a boutique LGB... Read more of this blog post »

The proper wine drinking holder is oh so important




I'm ready for fall....




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nail polish - Naughty :-0 














Coffee mugs featuring pictures of Michigan Fall that I took (if you are interested comment and I'll send you one)





Pumpkin spice cake featuring Captain Morgan's Pumpkin Rum ...



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It’s strange, but the more we travel the more we actually aspire to own our own home! Maybe we are sick of packing everything we own up into boxes in my poor Dad’s spare room, or maybe we’ve just been to so many amazing properties. We are constantly collecting cool ideas for our future. And […]
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“Be very careful, then, how you live — not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity…” (Ephesians 5:15-16)

Help others by sharing this image on social media using #WakingFaith.

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One of the most interesting, and confounding, parts of writing is doing the research. As I comb through the first draft of my next installment in the Epitaph series, I'm working closely with my "fact checker," a friend who assures me architecture is boring (my main characters are both architects)... Read more of this blog post »