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Wordless Wednesday: Awaken

Check out Awaken: A young adult novel where the good guys aren’t always good and the bad guys are even worse. By Heather C. Myers, indie author of FOUR SIDES OF A TRIANGLE, a modern retelling of Emma. Twitter Tumblr Related articles Wordless Wednesday: Awakening Colors Mainely Musings: Wordless Wednesday Wordless Wednesday: The Author’s Guide […]

On a Scale of 1-10

I was talking – or messaging as many conversations are had these days – with a friend who was asking for help in how to interpret that persnickety of all insults, an office slight. She told me about the incident and then listed all the reasons it made her furious. Her reaction triggered an image […]

Wordless Wednesday: The Author’s Guide to Working with Book Bloggers

I’m thrilled to help spread the word about this book because Barb Drozdowich is my design/newsletter/blogger guru. She has been fantastic to work with and knows quite a bit about how writers can make the most of the blogosphere. Do you feel out of your comfort zone when dealing with book bloggers? They are the […]

Was I Robbed of a Bestseller?

Last week, I was battling (and losing) jet lag, the requisite wound for international summer travel. What saved me was Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. In sheets damp with sweat -we came back to a broken air conditioner – I turned pages until the wee hours of the morning. My perspiration could have been attributed […]

Summer Blues

I prefer the summer holiday over the winter break. Maybe because in December in North America, everyone is in the frenzy of Christmas shopping or scrambling to make New Year’s Eve plans, too distracted to spend time with the very loved ones they are stressed over pleasing in gift exchanges or at parties. Or perhaps […]

Wordless Wednesday: Trick Out Your iPhone Camera with Juxt-a-pose

If like me, you have an iPhone and are amazed by how great the camera is, then you might also want to know how to trick it out beyond the dimly lit Instagram photo of your last meal. Enter Camera+, the app I love that has the effect of a mega-camera upgrade for the price [...]

The Modern American Civil War

I sat in the movie theater on a Sunday afternoon, tears streaming down my cheeks. The roughness of the concession stand napkin was all I had to staunch my sorrow at the end of Fruitvale Station. The film depicts the last day of 22 year old Oscar, a guy trying to make ends meet in [...]

Wordless Wednesday: Awakening Colors

I recently had the chance to review Ritu K. Gupta’s Awakening Colors. A lovely read because of the intersections of culture and non-traditional spirituality. If you’re looking for a read with twists and turns and lively characters, this is it! Rooted to her land of birth, India, and tied to her adoptive country Canada where [...]

Birthday Parties Are the Bane

Birthday parties are the bane of my motherhood. Not because they are filled with sugar overload opportunities for my almost-three-year-old who is a tornado of activity when not under the influence. Or because they tempt me with treats when I’m trying to reclaim from figure from the damage wrecked by baby #2, now three months [...]

Wordless Wednesday: 3 Days Without Food

  As the last few days tick away while we wait for our vacation to start, my husband and I decided to try at 3 day dextox or raw juice cleanse. I’m glad we did it together because we’ve been comparing notes each day as we drink the assigned drink (one every two hours, 7 [...]