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SNOOPY PEEPS

Greetings, Cool Peeps:

This week I've got a few words to say about snoops. You know, the nosy folks who are always in everyone else's business, asking inappropriate questions and focusing their prying eyes where they shouldn't be.

How nosy a question is has everything to do with the asker and not as much to do with the question itself. In the right situation, most questions are reasonable. But when the wrong peeps ask me things like "How much have you saved for your future?" "Why don't you...

MEET LK GARDNER-GRIFFIE

This week, my guest is LK Gardner-Griffie. She is an award-winning young adult author who lives in sunny, Southern California with her husband and three adorable dachshunds. She began writing her first novel at the age of nine, and hasn't stopped since.

Thanks for being my guest this week, LK. Tell the cool peeps about yourself.

Daughter to a rocket scientist and an artist, I'm a combination of those traits which make me a quirky, yet pragmatic writer. For my day job, I work in the...

STUFF THAT PERPLEXES ME

Greetings, Cool Peeps:

Do you ever wonder about things that you figure the rest of the world knows except you? Were you afraid to raise your hand in school because you thought everyone else knew the answer, when in fact, nobody did? This week's blog is about quirky little things that have played havoc with my brain, past and present. (Who knows what future perplexities will nag at me?)

Let me try to make things as simple as possible. Here's a red apple:

Here are some oranges:

Here is a photo of M...

MEET MARIA SAVVA

This week, I'm very happy to introduce Maria Savva. She is a lawyer and writer who lives and works in London. At the moment, she works at a college by day and writes her stories by night.

Hi Maria, thanks for being my guest this week. Please, tell the cool peeps a bit about yourself and your work.

Hi Molly, thanks for inviting me here. I'm an author. I have four published novels and three collections of short stories.

I know you're very excited about your new novel, THE DREAM. What is it...

SUPERMARKET SHUFFLE

Greeting, Cool Peeps:

Today we're going to the supermarket. Although we all shop in different stores around the globe, I'm betting we have some of the same peeves. And I've no doubt that you, my awesome readers, will have your own delightful peeves to share.

Last night I worked late. I was exhausted, but I was out of everything and anything one can be out of: a trip to the supermarket was inevitable. All I wanted was to run in the store, grab some cat food for Captain Jack and go quickly...

MEET JOEL BLAINE KIRKPATRICK

This week, my very special guest is Joel Blaine Fitzpatrick. He is a hermit. A very busy hermit. Shall we get to know him a bit?

Greetings, Joel. It's a pleasure to have you as my guest this week. Tell the cool peeps about yourself.

Thank you, Molly dear! I'm an old coot; living with my wonderful family in Colorado, surrounded by forest, with a nice little trout stream in my backyard. I have all the time in the world to read and write, and too few hours in each day to get it all done.

(Joel...

FACES IN STRANGE PLACES

Greetings, Cool Peeps:

This week I'm talking about faces in strange places. A little odd, yes, but maybe this blog will help us discover just how similar or just how different we are. Indulge me, please.

When I was a child, I loved visiting my grandmother. Her guest bedroom had this beautiful old-fashioned wallpaper with winding vines that boasted exquisite flowers. Before I would turn the light off at night and before I would get up in the morning, I loved to stare at the wallpaper. It was a c...

MEET MARGOT KINBERG

My guest this week is Margot Kinberg, a mystery novelist, blogger and professor who lives with her family in Southern California. My sources tell me that she is only dangerous when she writes .

I'm honored to have you as my guest this week, Margot. Please, tell the cool peeps a little bit about yourself.

Thanks for having me, Molly! I'm originally from Pennsylvania. That's where I went to college, married my college sweetheart, and spent most of my adult life until we moved west. I still...

GOOD DAYS, BAD DAZE

Greetings, Cool Peeps:

Last Tuesday, I woke up in a bit of a rush. I had to meet a source for a feature I was doing in Princeton, New Jersey, and that meant that instead of my easy walk to work, I had to catch a train. But I'm a big girl. I could manage that. Or so I thought.

I woke up, fed Captain Jack, and hopped in the shower. No water! Not in the shower, not in the sink. Nowhere.

I ran from the bathroom to get my cell and call the manager of my apartment complex, when I saw a note being...

MEET SHYKIA BELL

This week, my guest is Shykia Bell, who developed a love for writing at a very young age and often dreamed of authoring books, but her career took several turns before she penned her first sci-fi/fantasy novel, Camileon. At present, she is working on two sequels to her self-published debut and currently resides in Brooklyn, New York with her husband Max, their cat and cockatiel.

Welcome, Shykia. It's a pleasure to have you here. You grew up in my favorite city, New York, but you mentioned...