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For me, starting a new book is a weird process, part excitement, part trepidation, part curiosity. In this case, it’s starting the third, and for the moment, final book of the Duke Grandfather Saga. I say for the moment because even though I have every intention of moving on to other things, I st... Read more of this blog post »

My diet is...(finish the sentence)

I really appreciate everyone who has picked up a copy of The Bacchus Virus during the free giveaway. Over 1500 copies have been downloaded. For a first time author that’s a pretty amazing feeling. Thank you all very much.

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BARRACUDA: Con man, crook, hustler, swindler. Though a notorious scoundrel in his time, French has been relegated to a minor footnote in American antebellum and Civil War history. This cunning rascal, this delightful rogue, is brought out of the shadows and into the spotlight. The crafty Machiave... Read more of this blog post »

I believe in reincarnation ... and someday the world will know the truth about it as well. I found a video on YouTube that speaks of the past lives of Jesus using the Edgar Cayce model of remembrance. It lists the past lives of Jesus, and I am sure there are other past lives not mentioned too.

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"In January 1990, a young Somali man returned to his homeland after spending nearly nine years abroad. For much of that time, he had lived in Washington, DC, where he'd been an ice cream server, a waiter, a taxi driver and at times, an economics student at the University of the District of Columb... Read more of this blog post »

Battles often turn on good fortune and luck as well as planning and training and execution.

When I picked 6 June as one of the days the Time Patrol sends agents back to, the foremost year, of course, was 1944. One of the agents parachutes into France the night before the invasion to link up with t...

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Today is the last day to purchase the Kindle edition of Wendall's Lullaby for 99 cents!


This is an amazing deal on my epic thriller--winner of a silver medal at the Florida Authors and Publishers Association 2018 President's Book Awards.



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As of Sunday evening I found one reviewer on Amazon personally attack me because of something I have no control over including what I choose to eat(I don't like cheese burgers anymore), and a pregnancy that I thought was true. All women go through this but personally attacking someone on their bo... Read more of this blog post »

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With numbers ideas we play

while drawing the circles and squares

while dots fall behind from their chairs

and hours rename our grey.

With letters we dance till the dreams

expand from their capsule of space

reworking the fear into grace

and versing what love really means.

While reading the s...

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Stress was a demon that lived with me everyday.

Heart beats fast.

Even when resting.

Anxiety was high.

Something I had never experienced, before now.

Mom said go to the doctor.

I thought she was silly.

Went anyways.

Doctor took my blood pressure and heart rate.

She said I was on the verge of a heart att... Read more of this blog post »

—Lori Kido Lopez

Effective Asian American media activism requires analyses of media industries and audiences as well as readings of a film's specific meaning and how fictional representations connect to larger structures of racism.

The post What We Talk About When We Talk About Crazy Rich Asians a...

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Maandag Maandag is mijn vaste blogdag sinds een paar jaar. In theorie dan, want in de praktijk komt er alsnog een hoop in de loop van de week voorbij vliegen. Recensies typ ik meestal zo snel mogelijk uit (as we speak moet ik nog een recensie uittypen, maar de steekwoorden staan op papier), maar... Read more of this blog post »

Has this happened to you too? What a coincidence!

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A chicken farmer went to the local bar. He sat next to a woman and ordered champagne.

The woman said: “How strange, I also just ordered a glass of champagne.”

“What a coincidence,” said the far...

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「你認識的女人中，哪一個最有氣質？」

曾有兩位記者小妹妹跑來做訪問。我一時也答不出。

氣質是一種抽象的存在，很難一眼看出。當然，有時會驚豔地感到走過的女人，真有氣質。但是，一坐下來和她們聊了幾句，即刻收回剛才的感覺。她們談的盡是甚麼名牌車輛衣服，其他的一竅不通，外國演員、導演名字的發音都搞錯了，還談得上甚麼氣質？

氣質應該是培養出來的，許多所謂很有氣質的女演員，起初入行的時候胖嘟嘟，只是後來愈看愈美，愈看愈順眼，跟著氣質就來了。但屈指一算，她們在電影圈中至少也浸淫了七、八年。

氣質的產生，是學習的精神，是進取的心態，沒有學問是不要緊的，但總要加上那麼一點點的幽默感。

看書可以加速。這個年代，並不要...

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Am I growing growth mindset children? Are my students becoming used to growth mindset type interactions? Or am I affixing them with a fixed mindset that holds them back? Why do I automatically give praise for achievements? Why shouldn't we? Or is it more of a balance issue? Because when you stop... Read more of this blog post »

The Apocalypse Is Coming

It’s true,

I know it is,

I’ve seen it on t. v.

Rain will turn to fire and robots will hunt people.

Everyone will have to move to Africa.

Or is it the other way around?

 

The Apocalypse Is Coming

I read it in a book.

Everyone’s legs will fall off and genetically modified worms will...

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Clinging tightly to each other, they were silent as the winds of the North Sea whipped around and past them. (A) shiver ran through Brielle's body. Without releasing her, Matthew pulled back and looked at her. "I'm sorry, My Love. You're freezing. Let me take you home."

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  Happy Book Birthday to THE CRYPTID CATCHER! THE CRYPTID CATCHER is a monstrously fun adventure middle-grade novel about a boy’s search for legendary creatures like The Loch Ness Monster and Bigfoot! We’re so happy you’re at our party for THE CRYPTID CATCHER. Join in the fun… PARTY SOUNDS… The t... Read more of this blog post »

Every month (or as close as I can get), I answer questions from the generous people who support me on Patreon. This is the Patreon Q & A from August 2018. 0:00:57 – Announcements 0:06:33 – (Q#1) How are you? 0:12:04 – (Q#2) What can a too-agreeable young woman do

The post #55 – August 2018 Q &...

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We got the chance to take in the airshow at Offutt AFB last weekend. What a fantastic show!



The F-22A Raptor demo is pure aerial witchcraft. The F-35A Lightning II and P-38J Lightning heritage flight was beautiful, and the Aeroshell Aerobatic Team in their four T-6 Texans were the highlight of the... Read more of this blog post »

Today I am writing about Aubrey Stewart in the LWW world! She’s rich, smart, and takes no sass from anyone. Her hero, Knox Bentley, is equally as wealthy, cocky as hell, and he likes to push her buttons! Can you imagine how much fun I’m having with them? MAKING YOU MINE Is a surprise book that wi... Read more of this blog post »

This is the big bad everyone is talking about–moving your books over.

Do you want to move your books from CreateSpace to KDP print? I think, yes. Because if you’ve been following what CreateSpace has been doing (ie, cutting staff, removing services) then you know that Amazon is in the slow process...

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Chapter One
Caleb

Autumn had arrived in New York City the same day we put Jason in the ground.

The leaves had begun the slow shift from green to burnt orange, the children were all back in school, and dry heat that had lingered for the last couple of months had been extinguished almost overnight. T...

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Is great news. Because if you hadn't, then you'd still be the exact same you've been before...

I’m away for a couple of weeks, stocking up my book reviews, so whilst I’m gone I’d just thought I’d post various reminders of the various fiction I’ve put out over the last year. If you haven’t picked them already, then what are you waiting for?

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Death at the Seaside – introduction...

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Amazon: My book will release on Amazon this Friday, August 24th! Pre-order a copy and then leave a review. It makes your favorite poet love you dearly. 

Barnes & Noble:  You can also pick up a copy at B&N. Does your local store not have a copy? Just ask an associate to place an ord... Read more of this blog post »

Det som mangla på Øya i år var trekkfuglene som pleier å fly over oss på siste konsertdagen. Jeg så etter dem, men kunne ikke få øye på dem. Kanskje venta de en uke til, kanskje dro de før Øya, fløy med vinden, eller kanskje jeg bare så opp på feil tidspunkt. Det pleier riktignok å gå et sus gjen...

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“So, Kate, how is your book going?”

*slides library book under couch* *minimizes Goodreads* *shuts tab with a video of a Food Network baker making a cake that looks like a pizza* *exits four Wikipedia tabs*

Uh, I’ve been taking a little break.

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Or, that time I successfully felted BFL blend handspun. BFL is, IME, a PITA to felt. Merino, Icelandic... look at it crossways and it felts. My last rug, even with a merino strand, required two rounds of agitation in hot water and throwing it at a floor (that works. It's magic.).

So. Before felti... Read more of this blog post »

1- قال المغني:    كانت الأغنية حادة الانطلاق، والأصوات التي تزفرها مبحوحة، قاسية، كنهام عجوز غنى منذ طفولته. العيون جاحظة، محمرة، الأيدي تصفق وتخطف الكؤوس المترعة بالشراب الذهبي. الفضاء يمتد عالياً، النجوم حبات صغيرة لامعة. الخلاء يمتد بعيداً.    انطلقت الأغنية بعنف وصخب كمحارب يائس أطلق قذيفة،... Read more of this blog post »

As I mentioned here, the NPR summer reading poll for 2018 was HORROR!

The final list of the 100 Best Horror Novels and Stories came out last last week and it was posted here. I waited until today to put it on the blog however, so I could get the maximum number of eyes on this post.

Why? Because to... Read more of this blog post »

Este dovedit științific: femeile sunt tari!

O lectură obligatorie: Femei în știință. 50 de femei temerare care au schimbat lumea

Bestseller New York Times, Femei în știință. 50 de femei temerare care au schimbat lumea, de Rachel Ignotofsky apare la editura Nemira la începutul lunii septembrie...

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It has been a while since I have played around in my old paddling pool of erotic fiction.

As many of you know, I started my writing career through fanfiction and erotic short stories, and while my old stomping ground has since overgrown with grass, once in a while I spread a blanket there to rerea...

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Welcome to Week #5 of the Made Like Martha mobile book club!

We hope you’ll join us for the next six weeks as we dig into this message of grace and freedom. As we discuss each chapter of Made Like Martha, I’ve invited some of my writing friends to take turns hosting our mobile book club, at the...

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Ma ei mäleta millal see oli, kui Maarja tõi mulle paki kookossnäkke karamelliga. Kuna need nägid välja nagu mingi “tervislik jama”, siis ma ei avanud seda pakki kõvasti üle kuu aja. Teate ju küll neid tervisebatoone, mis mega kasulikud ja tervislikud, aga maitsevad nagu saepuru? Noh, ma eeldasin,...

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Guess who is about to embark on four days of tent camping in Algonquin Park, with the company of her amazing children? I’m ending this insane summer on the perfect note, because I am most myself under a canopy of trees. Here’s a little something I banged out this afternoon in Starbucks, when I w...

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I looked up so many words in the first two chapters of The Once and Future King that, at one point, a linear projection of that rate would have yielded almost 400 new words by the end of the book.

That didn’t happen, of course. The new words dropped off dramatically after the first...

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[image error]Michael S. Lundy, Depression, Anxiety, and the Christian Life (Wheaton: Crossway, 2018), 182 pp.

Depression, Anxiety, and the Christian Life by Michael S. Lundy addresses an important topic that afflicts many people. The vicious tentacles of depression and anxiety threatens to squeeze...

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From the Portland Oregonian:

Paul Welch came to the downtown protest Aug. 4 to let his political leanings be known.

With pride he clutched his U.S. flag as he moved among the crowd of like-thinking demonstrators.

Soon a group of black-clad antifascists, or antifa, demanded he lose the flag, cal...

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Carolyn J. Rose


My mother was a nurse and read many books on nutrition. When we were kids, she planned meals that contained all elements from the food pyramid, with an emphasis on vegetables.
Potato chips, cola, and white bread didn’t make many appearances at our house.
Neither did candy.
Sure, it... Read more of this blog post »

thelampa:

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Want more writing prompts?  Check out my new book, now available for pre-order.

I did want to get back to marketing and selling your self-published book. The last post pertaining to these topics was the categorization of your book within the market so that people can find your book ("Categories, part 2," Feb. 26, 2017). A final word is: remember that you can change these fro... Read more of this blog post »

Segundas partes nunca fueron buenas. En este caso, ni es buena y, siendo de acción, es soporífera. Así que podrá ser un éxito en taquilla, pero esta segunda entrega apenas tiene acción y lo que no es acción es profundamente anodino. Por lo tanto, es una película prescindible. Esta semana hemos vi... Read more of this blog post »

In personalized lifestyle medicine, sometimes one person’s superfood is another person’s poison. Such is the case with oxalates, which are found in high concentrations in many presumed health foods. Once I started testing, I realized that many of my patients were experiencing the downstream conse... Read more of this blog post »

Hi, first I'd like to apologize for not keeping things current here. On the good side, I've kept up with my every other month publishing schedule as promised.

The seventh and final book of the The Taylor Coven series was released today, titled Guardian Empath. This book deals with the last sister... Read more of this blog post »

The adventure continues! I’m at the mid-way point of the series now, and I’m certainly not bored yet. 

Invincible Vol. 13: Growing Pains

Robert Kirkman (writer)

Cory Walker (penciler, inker)

Ryan Ottley (penciler)

Cliff Rathburn (inker)

Dave McCaig (colorist)

FCO Plascencia (colorist)

Rus Wooton (lett...

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