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'It’s common, but it’s not normal. But when it’s common it seems normal. And when you’re in that environment–from childhood–where it seems like almost everyone is getting drunk every weekend, sometimes every n Read more of this blog post »

TWO MORE WEEKS to go until the release of The Restarting Point, the first book in my brand new series, Chammont Point!

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Rick Bava is part of the leadership team at Today's Senior Magazine. He writes the respected column- The Baby Boomer Corner- Today's Senior Magazine. Many know Rick Bava, as a #babyboomer thought leader, for he has commented on topics surrounding the Baby Boomer Generation, since 2008. Rick Bava is Read more of this blog post »

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Autistic stimming*
Comforting in my old age
Smoke on the Water
Deep Purple’s magical riff
Da, da, da, da, da, da, da….

*If you've ever tapped your fingers against a counter while you were waiting, congratulations, you've stimmed. Autistic people tend to stim more often and Read more of this blog post »

This is novelist William Styron's moving account of his descent into depression which left him on the brink of suicide. Written in Styron's poetic prose (he was greatly influenced by Scott Fitzgerald's style) it is a probing description of the illness that affects millions.
A sentence from Styron: 'T Read more of this blog post »

I love researching facts for historical romance books. Not only researching but twisting and molding facts into an exciting and passionate tale with a happily ever after ending.

In Love on the Border, I combined two major historical facts into the backstory of our hero, John Miller.

The first signifi

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When I wrote Learning Spanish Words Through Etymology and Mnemonics , I intentionally omitted examples for the headwords, so that the book remains compact and each headword entry looks short and clean. A few years have passed and I come to realize that if the book is used as a dictionary for lang Read more of this blog post »

I’ve been considering writing a blog about reviews for some time now, but hesitated; it’s an emotive and controversial subject, after all, and I wasn’t sure. Recently, however, I’ve had some interesting review-based experiences, and felt it was time to go on record with these.

We all want reviews as Read more of this blog post »

* $55 Amazon Gift card Giveaway*

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On the heels of my two bourbon thriller series, just when I thought I couldn't delve any deeper into the world of distilled spirits, a new concept came to mind. After having toured a number of Kentucky distilleries and then sitting around watching shows about backwoods moonshiners, an idea finally s Read more of this blog post »

A new blog post is up on my website for teaser Tuesday. Want to know how this story came about? Head over to www.authorabbyknox.com/abbys-blog and find out!

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It has been almost twenty years since King Taylon tried to invade the Mountain Valley region.
His defeat brought peace to the valley. Now, his son Jase is leading the invasion. He has given the people time to
choose: surrender or fight.
The town of Morningside sends two brave young people to infiltrate Read more of this blog post »

My latest release, AN ALMOST TOLERABLE PERSON: Uncommon Thoughts on Life, Loss, and Looking Back is coming April 20!

If you preorder the eBook, you can have it three days early!

In the meantime, check out a free sample of the book HERE:

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Today's Podcasts:


Batchery Daily Prompt
A convict on death row gets his last rites from a Wiccan, whose life he once saved. She "blesses" him so that after his execution, he wakes up in his pre-felon body with a clean slate and a second chance.

Disturbing Thought of the Day
A grandmaster teaches a secre Read more of this blog post »

I wrote six full-length manuscripts facing a wall.

I’ve lived in different apartments with different desks and different desk setups. But every time, my desk was head on into a wall or, when I had one of those corner desks, the corner of a room. Windowless and bare every time.

Come to think of it, wh Read more of this blog post »

I wrote six full-length manuscripts facing a wall.

I’ve lived in different apartments with different desks and different desk setups. But every time, my desk was head on into a wall or, when I had one of those corner desks, the corner of a room. Windowless and bare every time.

Come to think of it, wh Read more of this blog post »

🏈 CHANGING THE PLAYER 🏈

CTP releases April 23rd.

Add it to your TBR:
👉https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

Synopsis:

FLYNN

You know that voice in the back of your head telling you not to do something? Well, I don’t have one, at least not one that functions properly. Mine eggs me on, daring me to do m Read more of this blog post »

“To hope is normal, to expect is naïve”—wise advice that Rosemary Mild’s psychoanalyst father taught her, and which she too often ignores. 

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“Everybody Lies,” a short story peek is free on Kindle for the next 3 days. EVERYBODY LIES Forty-year-old Sherry Boyd has never really grown up. She’s living life in a fantasy, in a world where life is played out in a Hollywood musical. The stories she heard about the father she has never met, how … Read more of this blog post »

"Blackout at Irene's" and "The Emperor" are free today (4/12) and tomorrow (4/13), while "Stormbolt Turns It Around" is free today only! Just follow the links below, and if you want to show any further support, you can check out the rest of my Quick Fiction series, or click the "Support Me" button d Read more of this blog post »

In more ways than one, the Derek Chauvin trial offers a preview of post-pandemic justice.

Continue reading on Medium »

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Novelists spend all day
inside their own heads,
trying to find their way
to the end of a maze
they made up
themselves.

The post A self-imposed madness appeared first on bentlily.

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Foto dal web

Il frutto
Perdere rinunciare sono ancora nostri.
Anche dimenticare fa di noi
gli esseri umani che siamo.
Ci danno la sensazione di possedere il centro
dolore rabbia amore compassione
metamorfosi del divenire.
Ci pensiamo sul ramo del passato
come frutti maturi
in cui urge la linfa del futuro.

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Join me last Friday morning. I’m sitting in the early morning sunlight, looking out at the evergreens, pondering my conversation with my friend Beth.  I’ve spent 20 minutes listening to her challenges caring for her ornery, mean-spirited ninety-five-year-old mother.  Although my mother had not been

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 Привет, мои дорогие рускоязычные подписчики и читатели! Наконец-то получилось выложить все 4 части романа "Ангелы пьют молоко"  на ресурс Литрес. Интриги и жизненные приключения главной героини -  корейского врача Ким Джин Хо набирают неожиданные обороты. Третья глава географически позиционирована

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Doar dragostea mai poate să rimeze
Când zilele se-ntorc din timp
În curse lungi pe-un contratimp
De griji ciobind în metereze.

Când zori se prind în hore – dor
Cu șoaptele luminii – cânt
Iar seri dansează pe pământ
Speranțe pentr-un viitor.

Când stele cad și ruga-n noi
Ne arde gândurile-n taină,
Când luna își

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Seawoman Chronicles: The Podcast with host, Sandra Sealy - In S01E03, Sandra celebrates for the 14th blogaversary with an exclusive audio clip & continues interview w/ Andrea Lo, global freelance writer. Sandra and Andrea discuss #COVID19, comparisons of Hong Kong vs Barbados & #streetharassment. nd Read more of this blog post »

With Mother's Day right around the corner, there are very few more beautiful ways to honor your Mamma Mia than with a beautiful orchid dish garden.

Orchids are considered a symbol of love, rare beauty, virility, strength and wealth.

Manuel Herzing, wife Julia and colleague Jean-Luc ~ the s

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A couple of year’s ago, I asked a group of friends, “how do you see Jesus when you pray?” You can check out their responses here. I also answered the question myself… I imagine Jesus waiting for me at the well. Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well. John 4:6 He…

As I mentioned in last week’s blog (part one of this two-part post on the subject of marketing and promo), what I understand from several “experts” in the field is that the first goal for self-publishers who are promoting their book is to get reader reviews on the various book-selling platforms. Ama

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If you have read several of these posts, you know that I have four kids. Sometimes, we add an exchange student to the mix. Often, we are with "cousin friends" as well. There is no shortage of fights and squabbles. The st...

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I am me
Authenticity is freedom’s key
I am me
No matter the occasion or day
Because love lets my heart splay

All you need is love and acceptance
So find joy in yourself
Even though the world has many angels
Your presence makes a difference

Wouldn’t you rather be free than caged?
Don’t do it for someone else’

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Today was a great gardening day. I put in three rhubarb plants and two elderberry bushes. I also leveled an adjacent area in preparation for a 2'x8' strawberry bed.

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My easy taco pasta skillet recipe is made in one large pot, uses fresh and pantry staple ingredients, including delicious brown rice pasta, and is ready in about 30 minutes. This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosures. My teenage son, and tween daughter, are growing. And this means

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Is your living space in chaos or is it clean?

Maybe both depending on what area of the house you are talking about! Despite our best efforts, clutter often appears like magic. Kids and cats (or other pets) often contribute to clutter chaos.

We recently emptied out a closet containing assorted storage

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Happy Monday!

The Longblood book tour starts TOMORROW, and it begins with my guest post, “Why You Should Give Audiobooks a Listen,” on 4 the Love of Audiobooks!

Image by Myriams-Fotos from Pixabay

Here is the final schedule:

Apr. 13th:
4 the Love of Audiobooks (Spotlight + Audio Excerpt, Guest Post)
The

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Pale earthy colors,\ carved geometric patterns.\ Braided with stone beadsHAIKUPRAJNA - (The Sloth's Crown)

Kindle ebook sales are live for The HaikuPrajna Collections "Elephant in the Room" and "SM-SARA, Poems and Other Stories"! Digital copies are available for 0.99 on the US and UK Amazon s

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Birthdays are bittersweet

Today I am 23
Yesterday I was sad and twenty
Losing my virginity Breathlessly like Ginny
Feeling heavy and empty
Dragging all the bags I'd packed
How I packed plenty
Torn somewhere so it always got messy
Tear stains ingrained in the bedsheets
Wet cheeks
Wondering why my baggage woul Read more of this blog post »

Remnant: Book of Xiandol Chapter 6 Carlyle had arisen early once again that morning, that time being to retrieve horses from the stable just outside the walls of the city. As he guided the pair of them back by the long sets of reins, their fresh horseshoes clopped loudly against the paved stone road Read more of this blog post »

I know people—three local friends spring to mind immediately—who've had dozens of Echium wildpretii seedlings spring up in the wake of their bloomed-out plants. In fact this plant of mine (below), which bloomed last spring, came from one of those people. His plant bloomed, he had more seedlings than

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