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I Missed It!

 Hi, I'm Pippa Jay, author of scifi and supernatural stories to engage your emotions.And the irony of this month's topic - In Case You Missed It - feels very apt. Because this month I totally missed the fact that it was my tenth anniversary as a published author. Oops?To be fair, world events are enough to make anyone forget the odd thing. Add brain fog to that, plus some horrible side effects

Let the Adventure Begin

 Hello everyone and happy May Ray Day!What is May Ray Day??? It's a day to celebrate all the rays of sunshine. When spring starts to whisper about summer, and the sunshine shatters the darkest shadows.And that thought lead me and my crew on our latest adventure... It seems that we have a 'haunted' swamp close by. A woman in the early 20's killed her husband, his father, and possibly a few other

Missing My Peeps! .... Delsora Lowe

Hey, folks, did you know that on May 26 we celebrate “incase you missed it day.” It’s also national blueberry cheesecake day, cherrydessert day, and the list goes on and on. I happen to love dark cherries andblueberries, and I love New York-style cheesecake, sans any toppings. But Idigress…What I really wanted to talk about was one of the May eventsI have missed most in the last few years.

How My World Shapes My Writing by Paty Jager

 IN CASE YOU MISSED IT is our Themethis month in honor of our Eleventh Blog-o-versary! I found some veryspecial posts from past years to repost in case you missed them the first timearound.In " How my world shapes my writing ",first published July 4th, 2011, Western Romance and Murder Mystery Author PatyJager tells us how her personal experiences led her to the genre’s she writes.(File this

Finding Peace by Lynn Lovegreen

 ICYMI, First posted here in July, 2021 In our current world, it can be hard to find peace of mind. It’s easy to get overwhelmed by the news or the negative things in our lives. But it’s essential for our mental and physical health to take a step back and find peace. Here are a few ideas in case you need some to get you started. Find one beautiful thing and focus on that for a minute or two.

Being An Author - A Natural High

 Yesterday my computer decided to die, taking a number of files I had not backed up with it. I really should be in tears. Plus, I recently purchased a new set of eyeglasses. Now I hear that I probably need a cataract removed, which will probably change my prescription and lead to the need for different glasses, aka a need to spend more money.And yet, I can’t get too upset about thosethings

Extraordinary in the Ordinary by Eleri Grace

 In case you missed it -- this was a post from 2019 not long after I began posting here regularly. This seems an appropriate one for Memorial Day month too!A "superhero" is a fictional character with extraordinary or superhuman powers or an exceptionally skilled or successful person.Rather than paying tribute to the numerous actual people who populate my life and have exceptional or superhuman

Let's hear it for the Moms!

 By: Marcia King-Gamblewww.lovemarcia.comThis month of May is all about Mothers. Yesterday wasMother’s Day; the official day for showing appreciation to the woman who carriedyou, or the one who raised you. Maybe it was a person who was just there whenyou needed them. This brings up the question - what is a mother?  Is it a woman who gave birth to a child (birth mother), oris it the person

A Small Epiphany by Pippa Jay

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT is our Theme this month in honor of our Eleventh Blog-o-versary! I found some very special posts from past years to repost in case you missed them the first time around. In "A Small Epiphany", first published Jan. 17, 2014, SciFi and Superhero Romance Author Pippa Jay recounts the discovery that transformed her into a professional writer. (File this one under "Writer's Life"

Achoo!

Old-fashioned handkerchiefs, aka hankies, may be making an appearance in my life. Now that spring has finally arrived, pollen has started wafting through the breeze, precipitating an increased need for a nasal moisture collector. The other day, during my hunt through the sewing cupboard for a button, I came across a box of handkerchiefs that belonged to my mother-in-law. I pawed thru the