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Christmas Books Galore!

by Diana McCollumI am sharing a Christmas book with two great stories in it. During the busy holiday season sometimes it is nice to sit with a cup of tea, my feet up and read a good, short story. A breather if you will, from the hustle and bustle of the season.  A BIG EASY CHRISTMAS by Sue Drake Ward, is a holiday duet with two Christmas stories.  Story one-Gifts of Christmas-is about Cath Guidry

Alaskan Abundance by Lynn Lovegreen

To an Alaskan, abundance is a full freezer. Many of us live a subsistence lifestyle, which means that all or most of our food comes from the natural world around us. That’s how to survive when the closest grocery store is many miles away, or just too expensive to rely on in rural villages. To give you an example, last year in Utqiagvik, a gallon of milk cost $13.50 versus less than $2 in most of

A Writer Learns A Few Lessons From Squid Game

 Squid Game was my first taste of K-drama. I am not a fan of the survival of the fittest/horror genre,not even one illustrating the theme of the end of childhood innocence. But the social media hype sucked me in and I found myself hooked right away. This post is not about ways to survive the games, there are plenty of those tips all over. I write books for young people, and most of the mentor

An Attitude of Gratitude!

 By: Marcia King-Gamblewww.lovemarcia.comImanifest abundance by being grateful for what I already haveMJ Brown When I hearthe word abundance I think of excess. Excessive spending, more food than onecould possibly eat, gifts that I don’t want and possibly wouldn’t use.Literally, it means to have much more than you need. Yet holidays areassociated with that A word. No wonder so many dread

Writing in the Pandemic by Sue Moorcroft

Sue MoorcroftThisyear’s been a hard one for many people. I consider myself fortunate because‘getting paid for making stuff up’ wasn’t a bad way to survive the Covid-19restrictions. While I was writing, my mind was in another place where peoplecould still hug, kiss, visit pubs and travel, it made up for some of the stuffI was missing.What wasI missing? My writing retreat in Italy and

Can Too Much Abundance Be Bad For Us?

Hi, I’m Judith Ashley, author of The Sacred Women’s Circle series,romantic women’s fiction with light paranormal elements. My stories show youwhat life could be like if you had a place like The Circle where you areunconditionally accepted, supported and loved. And where, with this support,you make choices to overcome the darkest nights and choose love and light.Abundance, what does that

Holiday Stories for Your Reading Pleasure

 As you check out these books, you may notice that several of the authors are our own Genre-istas and the others have been our guests from time-to-time.Learn more about how You can receive one or more of these books here!In addition to this amazing opportunity to read awesome holiday stories from these authors, check out this anthology from our Aussie Author friends here!Enjoy!!!

An Abundance of Obsession

by Robin WeaverI have an abundance of Christmas ornaments, but I’m makingmore. Why? That answer is simple. I’m obsessed with Christmas trees.I’m the first to admit, my obsession is debilitating. If I’duse my time to start a business instead of gluing, painting, and gettingglitter out of my rugs/kitchen/hair/etc., I’d probably be rich.Then I could buy more ornaments. Wait!That’s not what I

Our cup runneth over...

We have an abundance of special days this month - plenty of excuses for a celebratory cake! November 1st is Authors Day, but I celebrate me every day in my house.I tend to give Deviled Eggs Day a miss on November 2nd, surprising since we’re drowning in eggs. But give me an egg salad sandwich on Sandwich Day, November 3rd, and I’ll be happy.It’s all about the stout on November 4, Stout Day. I’m a

The Abundance in my Life by Paty Jager

As I sat thinking about abundance in my life, the firstthing that came to me was friendships. Though up until I started writing andreached out to other writers, I’d had only a few close friends. Growing up I had two to three good friends I’d confide in.College, I had one friend. As a young mother living in an area that was new tome, I slowly acquired friends as my kids started school. But