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December 14, 2021
Nuttin’ But Books: Author Interview: YA / LGBTQ CT Liotta
I got some good advice from agents, and some that didn’t connect. One agent wanted me to rewrite in first person or close third, but that isn’t how the story works. Another wanted me to make my characters 25 instead of 15, but that’s part of the gag. A third asked if I’d ever read …
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Perhaps You Should Not Spend All Day Ridiculing Others From Afar
Also – and this will endear me to no one – writing tends to appeal to the shy, the quiet, the lonely. Writing is a way to be alone. So you take a cohort of people who largely grew up into the vocation of writing due to low-key and introverted personalities, then thrust them into …
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Texas Fire Captain Suspended for Exposing ‘Penis Ring’ to Fast Food Worker
“On June 8, 2021, I decided to go to the grocery store to get groceries,” Deary wrote. “After getting my groceries to my pick-up I realized that I needed to urinate. So instead of going back into the store I unwisely decided to pee in an empty water bottle. I ended up spilling the water …
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December 13, 2021
Cass County man sues Folgers over volume of coffee in canisters | The Kansas City Star
Mark Smith filed the lawsuit last week in the U.S. District Court in Kansas City seeking class action status contending that Folgers and Smucker have “grossly misrepresented the number of cups of coffee” that can be made from its canisters. Source: Cass County man sues Folgers over volume of coffee in canisters | The Kansas …
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December 9, 2021
Crash involving Maserati, naked driver under investigation
Authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding a crash in Spring Valley involving an SUV, its naked driver, and a toddler. At around 4 a.m., California Highway Patrol officers were called to an area near Campo Road and Bancroft Drive after a reported crash at a used car lot. News that workers at a nearby convenience …
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Bullets in toaster oven cause fire at Greenwood assisted living facility
Officials said it appeared the fire was started because the resident placed several rounds of ammunition into a toaster oven causing the ammunition to discharge and making employees believe that a shooter was on the property. “If someone breaks into the house, I want you to run to the toaster oven and grab my ammunition. …
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December 8, 2021
Scott Yenor, Boise State University Professor, Calls for Women to Be Kept Out of Engineering and Law
A political-science professor at one of Idaho’s top universities has sparked outrage after openly calling for women to be kept out of engineering, medical school, and law so that they can instead focus on “feminine goals” such as “homemaking and having children.” It’s tough to argue this professor’s position was quoted out of context or …
Metro PD: Pastor disarms man with gun during church service | News | wsmv.com
Baganda was waving the gun around when, according to police, he told everyone to get up and “pointed the handgun at the congregation.” That’s when police said the pastor “quickly tackled Baganda” before he was able to fire his weapon. Source: Metro PD: Pastor disarms man with gun during church service | News | wsmv.com
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December 7, 2021
Arizona officer fired after shooting of shoplifting suspect | AP News
A Tucson police officer has been fired after he was accused of shooting a shoplifting suspect in a wheelchair nine times, killing him, after the man brandished a knife, authorities said Tuesday. It’s tough to make the argument that a man in a wheelchair is a threat, even if he’s brandishing a knife. Source: Arizona …
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My Bookish Pleasures: Authors To Watch – CT Liotta, Author of NO GOOD ABOUT GOODBYE
When someone like Scott McEwan pops up with a blimpish conservative YA book for boys like Camp Valor, nobody in the liberal YA ecosystem even acknowledges it. Instead, they eviscerate Amélie Wen Zhao on Goodreads for using the words “tawny” and “bronze” in a book that’s better written and more thoughtful. Source: My Bookish Pleasures: …
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